US Position in Iraq and Syria Continues to Deteriorate...
• https://russia-insider.com, The SakerThe situation in northern Syria and Iraq has developed pretty much as expected.
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The situation in northern Syria and Iraq has developed pretty much as expected.
The United States has shown itself willing to both keep up its 'maximum pressure' campaign on Iran and its proxies while riding roughshod over Iraqi sovereignty by remaining in the country even as Baghdad leaders and the broader population demand a f
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Officials cite 'success' in anti-ISIS fight
What a time for war to be brewing in the Middle East yet again: Washington warned Iraq's government on Monday it is ready to act "self-defense" if American forces come under attack.
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Yesterday the U.S. attacked five sites in Iraq and killed 3 Iraqi soldiers of the 19th Division, two policeman and a civilian. The strikes came after some 10+ rockets, fired by unknown people, had hit the joint base Camp Tali and had killed 2 U.S. an
Two more U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq. Yes, that Iraq -- the Iraq that never attacked the United States or even threatened to do so -- the Iraq that the U.S. government invaded and has occupied for umpteen years under the rubric of "Ope
Iraq -- Trump regime war on humanity rages at home and abroad in multiple countries.
After earlier in the day President Trump authorized the Pentagon to "do what we need to do" ...
Iraq -- Time and again, both right wings of the US war party proved and continue to prove that they're unfit to govern responsibly and pose an unprecedented danger to the safety and welfare of their citizens and humanity.
War-torn regions of the Middle East remain hugely vulnerable for the spread of Covid-19 due to hundreds of thousands of families packed into often filthy temporary settlements already running low on basic staples for survival.
After a "Super Tuesday 2" campaign update from Ron Paul, today's program looks at yet more US military deaths in Iraq. The 17 year war continues to take US (and Iraqi) lives even after the Iraqi parliament voted this year to remove foreign troops fro
Pentagon officials announced Monday the deaths of two US service members in northern Iraq while engaged in anti-ISIS operations with Iraqi Security Forces.
In more continuing fallout over the Jan.3 assassination by drone of the IRGC's Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iraq and Russia are preparing for deepening military coordination, reports the AP.
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In happier times, Washington and Tehran might well have zeroed in on Mohammed Tawfik Allawi as their consensus candidate for the post of Iraq's prime minister.
The Trump coterie of neocons is spinning the Iraq embassy attack to fit their agenda, namely that Iran is responsible for the rocket attack when it is obvious the people of Iraq are fed-up with the US occupation, designed to last indefinitely, and ar
TBI -- In retaliation for the Trump regime's assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on January 3, the IRGC struck two Pentagon bases in Iraq days later.
The Iraqis want us to leave. Ron Paul agrees.
Al Jazeera English is reporting that thousands of Iraqi protesters have hit the street in Baghdad after the influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for a "million-strong" march to demand the withdraw of U.S. coalition forces from the country.
As anti-US protests raged across Baghdad, rockets were fired into the green zone with at least one hitting the US embassy complex. The neocons will surely blame Iran (again) and argue for a military escalation. Will this mean the hot war is back on t
Iraq -- The vast majority of Iraqis and its ruling authorities want Pentagon and allied forces expelled from the country.
Iraq -- ISIS and likeminded terrorist groups were made in the USA -- recruited, armed, funded, trained and directed by Pentagon special forces and CIA operatives -- on US bases in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere.
Leftists panic as video of Joe Biden surfaces, endorsing the invasion of Iraq and demanding the killing of its national leader
At 10:01 UTC today the Associated Press tweeted that "hundreds" gather in central Baghdad to demand that American troops leave the country.
Iraq -- On Wednesday, former Iraqi Kurdistan region prime minister/current Iraqi president Barham Salih met with Trump in Davos on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
In the aftermath of the killing of Iranian IRGC General Qassem Soleimani a lot of questions hung in the air. The big one was, in my mind, "Why now?"
Iraq -- Last December, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said "(t)he Americans…are feeding ISIS, encourag(ing) them, protect(ing) ISIS leaders and help(ing) them move from one area to another."
Iraq - According to the Middle East Eye (MME) on Tuesday, Iraqi paramilitary groups backed Hadi al-Amiri as new Popular Mobilization Forces chairman, also called Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).