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... River, signaling an imminent end to the territorial rule of the militants self-declared "caliphate" that once stretched across a third of both Syria and Iraq. Some 300 IS militants, along with hundreds of civilians believed to be mostly their families, have been under siege for more than a week ...
... s Iraq Initiative and recently met with President Salih. Kadhim says, thanks to President Trump's statement, Iran's powerful allies can now use the Iraqi constitution to argue against a U.S. presence, because it requires Iraq to adhere to the principle of noninterference in the internal affairs of ...
In our Monday news wrap, Iraqi President Barham Salih slammed President Trump for suggesting U.S. troops might stay in Iraq to monitor Iran, saying Iraq had not been consulted about the possibility and that U.S. troops are in Salih’s country solely to fight extremist groups. Meanwhile, leaders from 10 European Union states backed opposition leader...
An estimated 30,000 Iraqis who joined security forces when Islamic State militants attacked their country in 2014 were injured in the war that persisted through 2017, in addition to thousands who lost their lives. And now, the survivors and families of those who died as well as wounded veterans ...
... the Islamic State group, State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said. Pompeo also promoted the U.S. push to move Iraq toward energy independence, said Palladino. Iraq imports electricity and natural gas from Iran to meet its energy needs. Iran has cultivated close ties with Iraqi politicians and religious and business ...
And the images of him signing "Making America Great" Hats in Iraq are good things for him. William Brangham: The president also in his comments to the troops said something that they had to have known wasn't true. And this was him talking about the pay raises they have ...
... arrangements, said Iraqi analyst Hamza Mustafa. Relations between the U.S. and Iraq also extend beyond military ties. U.S. companies have considerable interests in Iraq's petrochemical industry, and American diplomats are often brokers between Iraq's fractious political elite.Iraq's Sunni politicians have been largely quiet about ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Wednesday to meet U.S. troops. It's the sixth time that a U.S. president has visited Iraq. A look at previous presidential visits to Iraq: BUSH In November 2003, President George W. Bush became the first U ...
... trip allowed him to reiterate his plans, while also vowing to keep troops in Iraq. About 5,200 U.S. service members are based in Iraq. They provide fire support, and train Iraqi troops, as well as supply intelligence and aerial surveillance. While Iraqi troops hunt ISIS fighters, the U ...
... of that. Nick Schifrin: Laith Kubba, very quickly, is the U.S. an important part of that? Does the U.S. need to stay in Iraq, as President Trump reiterated they would today? Laith Kubba: Well, I think we have all learned the hard way that, if you leave Iraq ...
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