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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 space of three months; in March, unidentified gunmen killed a colonel in Baghdad's western neighborhoo...

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 commanders in late April after positions were abandoned and equipment and weaponry were left to alleged I...

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. On Friday, a top US CENTCOM general said no plans for full US withdrawal from Iraq for the foreseea...

Iran's 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 played a “destructive” and meddlesome role in regional affairs. Speaking on the phone with his Ir...

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 take place. They also stressed the need for continued security cooperation. The talks — held virtual...