Posts Tagged: US Iraq
US Threatens to Starve Iraq of Its Oil Dollars Over Iranian Influence, Sources Say
Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state - including potentially its critical oil revenues - should armed groups backed by Iran be...
Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq Ready to Disarm to Avert Trump Wrath
Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the US Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters. The...
Drone, Rocket Attacks Targeted US Forces in Iraq, US Officials Say
US forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and US officials...
Is the US Withdrawal From the Middle East a Good Thing?
It may not have been planned or coordinated, but efforts by Middle Eastern states to dial down tensions in the region serve as an example...
Israeli FM Lieberman Tells Kerry Independent Kurdish State is a Foregone Conclusion; Peres Says De-Facto Kurd State is Democratic
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the emergence of an independent Kurdish state was a "foregone...
Israel’s Ashkelon Port Set to Receive First Kurdish Crude Oil Shipment Despite Baghdad Threats
Israel's Ashkelon Port on Friday gave safe harbor to the controversial SCF Altai tanker, prepared to deliver the first shipment of crude oil from Iraqi...
Report: Iran Requests Direct Talks With U.S. Over Nuclear Program
Iran wants to start direct talks with the U.S. over its nuclear program, The New York Times reported Friday. Western officials told the newspaper on...
500 Prisoners Escape Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Jail, Mostly Al-Qaeda Leaders Sentenced to Death
Reuters - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to...
US Seeks to Increase Arms Sales to Iraq, Lebanon
Times of Israel/AP - WASHINGTON — U.S. military commanders have been told to explore ways to increase security assistance to Lebanon and Iraq,...
