All four acknowledge that Gen. Qassem Soleimani was ‘evil’ but worry about the effect his killing will have on Americans’ strategic interests and safety.
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Iran vows response to killing of general; U.S. urges Americans to leave Iraq
The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, marks a major escalation in the standoff between Washington and Iran.
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U.S. airstrike kills powerful Iranian general, raises threat of larger conflict
An adviser to Iran’s president warns President Trump of retaliation for the targeted killing of the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force.
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Protesters end siege at U.S. embassy in Baghdad
An Iranian-backed militia orders the move, saying it would instead press for the withdrawal of American troops in Iraq’s parliament.
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Protesters chanting ‘Death to America’ break into U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad
The Pentagon dispatched about 100 Marines and two Apache helicopters to reinforce security at the embassy, the biggest and most heavily fortified U.S. embassy in the world.
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Diabetic deported to Iraq, where he’d never lived, dies in Baghdad
Jimmy Aldaoud of Detroit was living on the streets in Baghdad, where lack of access to insulin killed him, his family says.
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Donald Trump says US forces will stay in Iraq, possibly deploy to Syria if needed again
President Trump said he has no plans to withdraw American forces from Iraq, a week after announcing a surprise pullout of troops from Syria and ordering the Pentagon to bring home roughly half of the American forces deployed to Afghanistan. The decision allows the United States to maintain a presence in the heart of the […]
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Donald Trump makes unannounced visits to U.S. troops in Iraq
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) — President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday, leaving behind a partially shuttered U.S. government to greet American troops helping hold off extremists in a country where thousands of Americans died during the recent war. It comes a week after Trump stunned his national security advisers by […]
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Iraq's new government confronts Iran and corruption
After four months of vote recounts and bitter negotiations following May’s indecisive election, in September Iraq’s strife-ridden Council of Representatives voted to form the nucleus of a stable government when its parliamentarians agreed to select Barham Salih as president. In early October, Salih chose Adel Abdul-Mahdi to be prime minister and charged him with forming […]
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Nobel Peace Prize honors the fight against sexual violence
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Congolese doctor who treats rape victims and an Iraqi woman who speaks out for those — like herself — who were raped and tortured by the Islamic State group won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of […]