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The countries of Middle East. Ten United States presidents have made presidential visits to the Middle East.The first trips by an incumbent president to countries in (or partly within) the Middle East were those by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and were an offshoot of Allied diplomatic interactions during World War II.
Iraq, under the regime of Saddam Hussein, the leader of the Ba'ath Party, had strong relations with Bachir, and Amine Gemayel. Lebanon's prime minister traveled to Baghdad in August 2008, which was the only third such visit by a top Arab leader since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
On 1 January 2009, the United States handed control of the Green Zone and Saddam Hussein's presidential palace to the Iraqi government in a ceremonial move described by the country's prime minister as a restoration of Iraq's sovereignty. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he would propose 1 January be declared national "Sovereignty Day".
The leader of Iraq traveled to Michigan on Thursday following a sit-down with President Joe Biden to meet with the state's large Iraqi community and update them on escalating tensions in the ...
Bush visited Iraq in November 2003, about eight months after that conflict began. Due to security concerns, Bush waited until 2006 to make his first visit to Afghanistan.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday and met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to discuss Syria's political transition ...
Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.. The Iraqi Interim Government was recognized by the U.S., the United Nations, the Arab League and several other countries as being the sovereign government of Iraq (see Iraqi sovereignty for more information).
US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights; Nevada Supreme Court rulings hand setbacks to gun-right defenders and anti-abortion activists; Iraq's prime minister heads to Michigan to meet Arab Americans at a tense time for the Middle East