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As seen through a window, President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) DCAB420 DCAB420

April 1, 2020 at 10:54 am

Iran or its proxies planning ‘sneak attack,’ Trump says, warning of ‘heavy price’

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday, without citing specific evidence, that Iran or an Iran-backed militia is planning a "sneak attack" on U.S. troops...

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March 13, 2020 at 4:52 am

Iraq condemns U.S. strikes on Iran-backed militias

LONDON - Iraq condemned a wave of U.S. airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militias early Friday, saying that they had killed soldiers and a civilian and could...

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March 12, 2020 at 11:40 am

U.S. launches strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militias after attack that killed coalition troops

The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq early Friday, responding to a rocket attack on a military base that killed one British and two U.S....

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March 9, 2020 at 9:50 am

Two Americans killed in Iraq in operation targeting ISIS mountain hideout

Two members of a Marine Special Operations team were killed in Iraq during an operation targeting a mountain cave complex that Islamic State militants were...

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February 1, 2020 at 10:26 am

Iraqi president chooses prime minister after feuding political factions fail to agree

BAGHDAD — Iraqi President Barham Salih appointed a new Prime Minister Saturday, ending more than two months of political deadlock that touched off widespread protests...

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January 25, 2020 at 8:36 am

Several dead as Iraqi security forces move in on protester camps, firing tear gas, bullets

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces fired on protest camps across the country Saturday as a leading cleric withdrew support for the months-old movement, raising the...

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January 24, 2020 at 4:56 am

Iraqi demonstrators demand withdrawal of U.S. troops

BAGHDAD - Tens of thousands of Iraqis marched Friday at the urging of popular Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, decrying U.S. influence in the country and...

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U.S. soldiers stand on Jan. 13 at the site of an Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq. The base was struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra, file)

January 17, 2020 at 5:06 am

11 U.S. troops needed treatment after Iranian missile attack, Pentagon says

BAGHDAD - Eleven U.S. military personnel required medical treatment outside Iraq after Iranian missile strikes, defense officials said, reversing earlier assurances from President Donald Trump...

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U.S. military personnel on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, survey the damage to a building at Al Asad Air Base in Anbar, Iraq that was struck by Iranian missiles last week. The base has about 1,500 American servicemen and women and 500 others from coalition countries. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times) XNYT154 XNYT154

January 13, 2020 at 7:38 am

U.S. commanders at al-Asad base believe Iranian missile barrage was designed to kill VIEW

The airstrikes that hit the sprawling Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq on Jan. 7-8 "were designed and organized to inflict as many casualties...

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January 10, 2020 at 4:32 am

Iraq asks United States to set up mechanism for troop withdrawal

BAGHDAD — Iraq and the United States disagreed publicly Friday over the future of the U.S.-led coalition troops here as Iraq's prime minister asked Washington...

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