and was deployed to Iraq for six months from August 2005 and into 2006, based at Al Asad air base in western Iraq. Vance would occasionally go out beyond the wire of the base on missions to Al ...

Among the dead the military identified was Ahmad Hamid al-Ithawi, the top ISIS commander in Iraq and one of the group’s most well-established veterans. Two senior commanders for ISIS operations ...

recently increasing those calls after American forces have fought against Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq during the ongoing war in Gaza. Al-Sudani has been criticized for being too close to ...

Four ISIS leaders were killed as a result of raid in western Iraq late last month, the US military said Friday. US Central Command identified the four leaders as Ahmad Hamid Husayn Abd-al-Jalil al ...

Shia and Sunni scholars differ on the Eid Al-Ghadir and its religious significance in Islam. Before the Shia empowerment in Iraq, the issue was largely absent from Iraqi public discourse for fear ...

The removal of American military troops in Iraq has been a main concern for the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani that faced constant pressure from Iranian-backed groups ...

Iraq’s prime minister said US troops are no longer needed in his country because they have largely succeeded in vanquishing ISIS, and he plans to announce a timetable for their withdrawal soon.

ALBAWABA - Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia Al Sudani announced on Tuesday that the presence of American troops in Baghdad is no longer necessary. Al Sudani revealed that following the victory ...

Iraq continues to have problems with ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) and its predecessor al Qaeda. Iraqis created ISIL, helped create al Qaeda, and there continue to be plenty of Iraqi men ...

The U.S. government is laser-focused on bringing American companies to Iraq to rebuild its energy sector in an attempt to ...

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Many Iraqis remained leery of such groups long after Mr. Hussein’s fall, not least of all because of the rise of Sunni militants, including Al Qaeda in Iraq and, later, the Islamic State.