Several people were wounded in a “bombing” overnight on an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, two security sources said early Saturday.
Several people were wounded in a “bombing” overnight on an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, two security sources said early Saturday.
Islamic State is back and it wants to revive a campaign of global terror. Strategists warn it once again has the following it needs to do so.
The United States on Friday carried out strikes against Iranian forces in Iraq and Syria in retaliation over a drone attack that killed three US soldiers in Jordan.
The action follows an attack on a Jordan base that killed three Americans
A high-ranking military official in Iran has issued a defiant statement as tensions between the Middle Eastern superpower and the West threaten to spill over.
Iraq and the United States on Saturday held a "first round" of talks on the future of American and other foreign troops in the country, with Baghdad expecting discussions to lead to a timeline for reducing their presence.
U.S. warns departure could strengthen Islamic State and add to Mideast turmoil
Iraq condemned an "attack on its sovereignty" on Tuesday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missile strikes on anti-Tehran groups and an alleged Israeli "spy headquarters" in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.
Iraq’s prime minister called for an end to US presence after a drone strike killed a senior militia leader.
The US military has attacked Iranian-backed militant groups in Iraq, hours after US personnel were injured in a drone strike on a US airbase there.
Thursday’s early-morning attack on the Swedish Embassy came after news broke that Stockholm had granted a permit for another demonstration by Momika, this time outside the country’s Iraqi Embassy, and with the stated intent of once again publicly damaging a Quran.
Videos shared on social media reportedly from the scene showed multiple large explosions in the area.
US strikes on eastern Syria near the border with Iraq killed at least five Iran-backed militia fighters, a war monitor reported on Monday.
Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq for the first ever papal visit there, and his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The US will withdraw more than a third of its troops from Iraq within weeks, its top Middle East commander has said.
The US has launched retaliatory air strikes against a pro-Iranian militia group in Iraq after a rocket attack killed two of its soldiers.
U.S. says few, if any, casualties after Iran missile strikes
Multiple rockets have reportedly struck an Iraqi base hosting American soldiers, as tensions between Iran and the US continue to grow.
Thousands of people marched through Baghdad as part of a funeral procession for Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a powerful Iranian military leader killed in a U.S. airstrike that Iran has vowed to avenge.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the US after they claimed responsibility for the killing of Iran’s Quds Major General Qassem Soleimani, and urged the UK government to “stand up” to their key western ally.