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February 3, 2022

Who is Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS killed in US raid?

The Islamic State leader killed Thursday during a U.S. Special Operations forces raid in Syria was working undercover trying to rebuild the terrorist group, carried a gun wherever he went and once was detained by American forces in Iraq nearly 15 years ago, reports say.

January 26, 2022

Iraqi national pleads guilty to defrauding US refugee program: Justice Dept.

A Iraqi national has pleaded guilty to defrauding U.S. refugee programs, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

January 13, 2022

US Embassy in Baghdad targeted by 4 rockets: Iraqi officials

At least four rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, two Iraqi security officials said. The area is home to diplomatic missions and the seat of Iraq's government,

January 5, 2022

US troops come under attack in Iraq and Syria in days after Soleimani death anniversary

A base hosting U.S. troops at Baghdad’s international airport came under rocket fire on Wednesday while indirect fire hit another base hosting U.S. troops in Syria, part of a string of attacks in the days after the anniversary of the death of top Iranian general Qassim Soleimani.

January 3, 2022

2 armed drones intercepted as they approached Iraqi base hosting US troops: report

Two drones were intercepted Monday as they neared an Iraqi base that had been housing American forces on the anniversary of the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian commander, a report said.

January 1, 2022

Baghdad rally marks anniversary of Iranian general's death; US, Israeli flags trampled

Chanting anti-American slogans, hundreds of people rallied in the Iraqi capital Saturday to mark the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike.

January 1, 2022

Iraq War Army vet – jailed for murder charge – says he was defending family

 In September, Alejandro Gonzalez, an Iraq war Army veteran honored for his service in combat, drove his family from Union City, Georgia, to Baltimore to see his mother. 

December 28, 2021

Iraq's Shiite leader, possible US ally, gains power

Iraq's Federal Supreme Court upheld the results of the October election of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday, rejecting an appeal filed by the pro-Iran Fatah Alliance.

December 27, 2021

US airstrikes fall 54 percent under Biden compared to Trump in 2020

President Biden's administration has been much less aggressive with U.S. military air power in 2021 than former President Donald Trump was last year, with strikes falling 54% as of mid-December.

December 18, 2021

Rockets fired toward US Embassy in Baghdad; one shot down, other misses

Two rockets were fired in the direction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, with one of them shot down by the U.S. military and the other missing the embassy compound, Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ has confirmed.