Iraq
Asia emerges as a new epicenter of the global COVID-19 pandemic
By Alex Lantier
9 April 2021
As humanity faces a new upsurge of the pandemic driven by more contagious coronavirus variants, Asia is emerging as the...
NATO’s southeastern spearhead: Turkey’s military aggression in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and...
By Rick Rozoff
May 2, 2021
The past week has witnessed reports of increased Turkish military activity in Iraq and Syria as well as its intruding...
‘Cooperative’ US military detainee became IS leader after release, documents reveal
Apr.9, 2021
The terrorist who now leads Islamic State was once a prisoner of the US military and provided his captors with extensive intelligence before...
US agrees to withdraw ‘remaining combat troops’ from Iraq – reports
7 Apr, 2021
The US has agreed to withdraw its remaining combat forces from Iraq, at a date to be determined in talks with Baghdad,...
NATO appoints Turkey to lead drive into the Middle East and...
By Rick Rozoff
April 1, 2021
On the first of the year the North Atlantic Treaty Organization transferred command of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint...
PMF leader: Israeli hands behind most attacks on Baghdad’s Green Zone
March 22, 2021
A prominent Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces or PMF) leader, Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, claims that Israel was behind a recent missile attack...
‘So proud to have a woman justifying mass murder!’ Secretary of...
28 Mar, 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken caught flak after he praised the legacy of Madeleine Albright, who once appeared to justify the...
Iraq Requests New Round of Talks with US over Troop Presence
By Qassim Abdul-zahra
23 Mar 2021
BAGHDAD — Iraq has sent a formal request to President Joe Biden’s administration for a date to resume strategic talks...
Were 1998 Memos a Blueprint for War?
6 January 2006
March 10, 2003 -- Years before George W. Bush entered the White House, and years before the Sept. 11 attacks set the...