Baghdad accused Turkey of shelling a resort town and killing 8 people: Iraqi ambassador left Ankara

An artillery strike was carried out on a mountain resort in the province of Dohuk (Iraq). Turkey was accused in Baghdad, although Ankara denies these accusations. The publication Voice of America told in more detail. As a result of the attack, at least 8 people, including a child, were killed, 23 residents were injured.…

Thousands of lives and trillions of dollars: how the United States paid for its most scandalous war

In addition to the irreparable loss of life, the war in Iraq placed a heavy burden on the shoulders of American taxpayers. Harvard University professor Linda Bilmes is confident that “both wars (in Iraq and Afghanistan) cost between 4 and 6 trillion dollars,” reports Voice of America. Officially war...

34 U.S. military injured in Iranian shelling

The Pentagon said that as a result of Iran's shelling of US military bases in Iraq, 34 American troops in Iraq received head injuries of varying severity, the BBC reports. US Department of Defense spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters that eight of the victims were sent for treatment in ...

Protests near the US Embassy in Iraq: Pentagon will send additional assistance, ambassador evacuated

The Pentagon will send additional troops to Baghdad, Iraq, following a protester attack on the US Embassy in Iraq. Meanwhile, the embassy personnel are safe and there are no plans to evacuate them, the US State Department said. Writes about this DW. After the protesters attacked the United ...

US embassy fired on Iraq

A missile detonated near the US Embassy in the fortified Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq. This is reported by Lenta.ru with reference to the Al Arabiya TV channel. The Iraqi security service noted that the rocket was launched from the Al-Ghadir area in eastern Baghdad in ...

Trump and First Lady unexpectedly visited Iraq: details of the visit

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Iraq on December 26 as part of a surprise visit to Al-Assad Air Base to communicate with the US military. There, the president said that thanks to the military successes of the United States in the fight against the terrorist group "Islamic States" ...

"Miss Iraq" fled the country because of a scandalous photo with "Miss Israel"

  The winner of the Miss Iraq beauty contest, Sarah Idan, was forced to flee the country to the United States because of a joint photo with Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman, writes Fox News. According to the girl herself, she receives threats that she will be deprived of her title and then killed if...

Hope for illegal immigrants: the deportation of all citizens of Iraq is suspended in the USA

On June 26, a federal judge suspended the deportation of all Iraqi citizens detained during US immigration operations during June. The deportation is on hold until at least July 10, the Huffington Post reported. The judge already made a similar decision about a week ago, but ...

200 immigrants from Iraq arrested in the US

Over the past 3 weeks, US immigration officials have arrested 199 Iraqi immigrants and have already begun preparations for their deportation. This work is carried out within the framework of an agreement between the Trump administration and the Iraqi government, according to which the latter agreed to accept all their deported citizens to ...

Killed deputy leader of the “Islamic State”

Assi al-Obeidi, deputy leader of the Islamic State terrorist organization, was killed by the Iraqi Air Force in an airstrike in Anbar province. This was reported by the Iranian TV channel Press TV with reference to the statement of the country's Ministry of Defense. Earlier, Obeidi served as a colonel in the Iraqi army, was ...

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