The discussion centered on Iraq accepting up to 7,000 ISIS detainees from Syria, a move that could spark controversy within ...

An initial plan for US withdrawal from the base stipulated that hundreds of troops would leave by September 2025, with the rest departing by the end of 2026.

The move brings to a close more than two decades of American military presence in the western part of the country.

President Donald Trump painted a simplistic picture for the US operation in Venezuela: go in, get the oil and start exporting ...

U.S. forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq in implementation of an agreement with the Iraqi government, Iraqi officials said Saturday. Washington and Baghdad agreed in 2024 to ...

BAGHDAD, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. forces have withdrawn from Iraq's Ain al-Asad Airbase, which housed U.S.-led forces in Western Iraq, and the Iraqi army has assumed full control, the Iraqi defence ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq ’s prime minister said Monday that a small contingent of U.S. military advisers will remain in the country for now to coordinate with U.S. forces in neighboring Syria combating the ...

The last American troops at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Air Base have left after a months-long drawdown, Iraq’s defense ministry announced on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said that Iraq’s army fully ...

Iraq is at a crossroads as its largest Shia bloc risks fallout by backing Nouri al-Maliki for the prime minister post, ...

Fuad Hussein says Iraq views its own security as inseparable from regional security, explicitly adding that “Iran’s security is part of regional security,” and stressing that Baghdad cares about the ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks at his political block campaign rally before the parliamentary elections in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 ...