

World Dec 23

Analysts, experts and attorneys who have filed suit in the past against the Blackwater contractors said they feared these pardons would do lasting damage to the perception of U.S. integrity in the Middle East.
By Ali Rogin
Politics Dec 22

President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.
By Associated Press
World Jul 27

Iraq’s prime minister says he has opened an investigation into the killing of two anti-government protesters at the hands of security forces.
By Samya Kullab, Associated Press
World Jun 11

The U.S. and Iraq have launched much-anticipated strategic talks that are to span the gamut of their bilateral relations.
By Samya Kullab, Associated Press
In our news wrap Tuesday, rockets struck near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the latest in a series of assaults, including one on a coalition military base only hours earlier. There were no reports of injuries. Also, Russian company Concord…
Jan 27

By Samya Kullab, Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press
No U.S. military members were injured. One U.S. national received a minor injury but has returned to work.
Iran is vowing revenge after U.S. airstrikes on Friday killed the country’s military leader Qassem Suleimani. Thousands of American troops are heading to the Middle East as tensions with Tehran escalate. Douglas Ollivant, former Director for Iraq at the National…
Jan 03

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Zeina Karam, Associated Press
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that a “harsh retaliation is waiting” for the U.S. after the airstrike.
In our news wrap Wednesday, New Year’s Day brought only slight relief to parts of Australia ravaged by some of the country’s worst-ever wildfires. The death toll rose to 17. Also, the Taliban staged a series of attacks on Afghan…
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