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BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Repeated U.S. strikes on Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq are pushing the Baghdad government to end the mission of the U.S.-led coalition in the country, the prime minister's ...
At 9:30 p.m. local time, the United States conducted a drone strike on a vehicle in Baghdad, resulting in the death of three Kata'ib Hezbollah militants, among them senior commander Abu Baqir al-Saadi. [18] [9] The attack was denounced by the Iraqi government, saying that the US-led military coalition in Iraq is becoming a "factor for instability".
The Iraqi government remained mostly neutral during the clashes. [3] [2] Sadr's supporters stormed the Republican Palace in the Green Zone, [5] reportedly accessing the pool. [6] At 15:30 local time on 29 August, a curfew was declared in Baghdad. [7] The same day, Sadr announced he would go on a hunger strike until the violence stopped. [1]
4 January – A US drone strike in Baghdad kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi. [1]5 January – Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani announces that the Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the U.S.-led international military coalition from the country following U.S. drone strike on 4 January.
Iraq's central bank must address continued risks of the misuse of dollars at Iraqi commercial banks to avoid new punitive measures targeting the country's financial sector, a top U.S. Treasury ...
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Incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi called for the protestors to "immediately withdraw", and after a public message by al-Sadr to "pray and go home," the crowd dispersed, [7] although they returned a week later after al-Sadr called on them to not miss the "golden opportunity" to demand reforms.