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... chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper have said there were no plans for the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq. The push to remove the U.S. forces comes amid widespread Iraqi anger over being caught in the middle of fighting between Baghdad's ...
... issue narrow sanctions against top Iraqi officials. Such a move would likely be seen as a political rebuke, but would not do much to damage Iraq’s economy. If the U.S. wanted to deal a harsher economic blow, it could target companies, including international banks, doing business with Iraq ...
President Trump says Iran is “standing down” after firing missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops -- but causing no casualties. But Iran says its goal is to see U.S. forces leave the Middle East. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Karim Sadjadpour joins Nick Schifrin, Yamiche Alcindor and Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest...
There are an estimated 15,000-17,000 Indians now in Iraq, mostly in the Kurdistan region, Basra, Najaf and Karbala. About 30,000-40,000 Indians visit Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and Samarrah each year for pilgrimages. Philippine officials have reported differing numbers of Filipinos in Iraq and Iran. The ...
Early Wednesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched 15 ballistic missiles at air bases in Iraq that house American troops -- a remarkable act that came directly from the Islamic Republic rather than its network of proxies. Nick Schifrin joins Judy Woodruff and gets analysis from Mara Karlin of the Johns Hopkins ...
... world powers as his successor and others vow to take revenge. In Iraq, pro-Iranian factions in parliament have pushed to oust American troops from Iraqi soil following Soleimani's killing. Germany and Canada announced plans to move some of their soldiers in Iraq to neighboring countries.The FAA warning ...
Today, Iraq's caretaker prime minister said he was treating it as policy, but Esper said there had been no change. Mark Esper: We are not leaving Iraq. And a draft, unsigned letter doesn't constitute a policy change. Nick Schifrin: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today the U ...
... out of Iraq. He said he didn’t know anything about a letter that appears to suggest some preparation of troops to move out of Iraq. But he said there has been some repositioning of U.S. forces. “There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq,” he said, adding ...
... U.S. and Iran. Adel Abdul-Mahdi said the U.S. must also work with Iraq to bring about the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi soil. He told U.S. Ambassador Matthew Tueller on Monday that relations with Washington must be built on a "sound basis." Tensions in Iraq ...
... gathered in Times Square on Saturday chanting “No justice, no peace, U.S. out of the Middle East!” “The United States is trying to use Iraq as a proxy war,” said Russell Branca, 72, of Queens. “If the United States and Iran are going to fights it’s not going ...
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