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June 9, 2021 BAGHDAD — For the second time this year, a senior officer of the Iraqi intelligence service has been killed by unidentified gunmen. On June 7, Nibras Farman al-Fayli, assistant director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service’s surveillance directorate, was driving a four-wheel-drive vehicle when he was killed by gunmen who were some 10 meters (33 feet) away from him in the Baladiyat neighborhood, in the east of Baghdad. Fayli is the second officer to be assassinated in the spa...

Islamic State takes border station in Iraqi desert with drug smuggling wali A recent incident along Iraq’s western border and alleged connections between drug smuggling and Islamic State cells in the area have raised concern. An Iraqi Shiite fighter from a Popular Mobilization Units rides his motorbike in Qaim on the Iraqi side of the border with Syria on Nov. 12, 2018. - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images May 8, 2021 BAGHDAD — Orders to arrest three Iraqi border guard command...

No need for any foreign, US troops in Iraq: Iraqi army Iraqi soldiers in Kirkuk, Iraq on 3 January 2021 [Ali Makram Ghareeb/Anadolu Agency] April 24, 2021 at 5:48 pm The Iraqi army said today it is not in need of any foreign or US troops to fight beside them, Anadolu Agency reports. According to a statement by the Iraqi army spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, the withdrawal of the foreign troops from Iraq will be decided by the technical committees between Baghdad and Washington....

Irans Rouhani questions US presence in region, says regional countries well capable of ensuring own security Wednesday, 14 April 2021 1:31 PM   [ Last Update: Wednesday, 14 April 2021 2:09 PM ] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has censured US presence in the region, saying the American forces have not contributed to security but rather pl...

No timetable for withdrawal of troops after U.S.-Iraq talks April 7, 2021 / 7:42 PM / AP The mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has shifted to training and advisory roles, allowing for redeployment of combat forces remaining in the country, U.S. and Iraq delegates said Wednesday after a third round of strategic U.S.-Iraq talks. Statements issued by both sides, however, said the timing of such a redeployment would be determined in upcoming technical talks, without specifying when they would ta...

No timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq Strategic talks are first under Biden administration By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press Published: April 7, 2021, 5:12pm Share: FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier guards a position at Camp Swift, northern Iraq. Iraqs prime minister asked the Iranian leadership to rein in Iran-backed militias in Iraq, and in a strongly worded message to Tehran, suggested he would confront the facti...

US, Iraq Meet for Talks After Pro-Iran Forces Threaten to Cut Off Iraqi PM’s Ear BAGHDAD—The 2,500 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq since the start of the Biden administration will continue their training and advisory role for Iraqi security forces (ISF), U.S. and Iraq delegates said Wednesday, after Iraq called for a third round of strategic U.S.-Iraq talks. According to a joint statement issued by both countries, “the transition of U.S. and other international forces away from combat oper...

No timetable for Iraq withdrawal Talks continue as factions seek exit of US troops Associated Press BAGHDAD – The mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has shifted to training and advisory roles, allowing for redeployment of combat forces remaining in the country, U.S. and Iraq delegates said Wednesday, after a third round of strategic U.S.-Iraq talks. Statements issued by both sides, however, said the timing of such a redeployment would be determined in upcoming technical talks, without specifying...

Leaders of the Islamic State group have even mounted recruiting efforts at refugee camps such as Syria’s infamous al-Hol facility, leading top U.S. military commanders to openly question whether the site has become a breeding ground for the next generation of ISIS fighters. Renewed fighting across Iraq and Syria is coupled with a troubling uptick in attacks in Afghanistan, a chilling insurgency in Mozambique, a stubborn presence in Somalia, and a host of other evidence that the Islamic State ...

No timetable for withdrawal of troops after US, Iraq talks QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press April 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier guards a position at Camp Swift, northern Iraq. Iraq’s prime minister asked the Iranian leadership to rein in Iran-backed militias in Iraq, and in a strongly worded message to Tehran, suggested he would confront the factions, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday, April 7, 2021, ahead of a...