Iraq has condemned Israel’s use of its airspace to attack neighbouring Iran in a protest letter sent to United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and the UN Security Council.
The United States will conclude the American-led international mission in Iraq over the next twelve months, as announced in a joint statement from Baghdad and Washington.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that its forces and Iraq conducted a raid in Western part of the Arab country that resulted in the deaths of 14 Daesh operatives in late August.
US and Iraqi negotiators have agreed on a plan regarding the withdrawal of American soldiers from the Arab country after US troops came under repeated attacks by armed groups.
The Iraqi government has issued a directive for state institutions to refer to the Kurdistan Workers' Party as a "banned organization" in official correspondence.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan began a rare visit to Iraq on Monday aiming to reset rocky bilateral relations with a raft of deals covering energy, trade and security cooperation against Kurdish PKK militants.
At least one person was killed and 20 were injured after an explosion at a military base in Iraq used by the Tehran-aligned Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), according to security sources.
Iraq’s national security advisor Qassam Al-Araji has indicated that the presence of the Israeli spy agency Mossad in the Kurdistan region cannot be discounted.
Iraq has announced that it has resumed negotiations with the United States on the future of the coalition, expressing hope that they would not be disrupted and lead to an outcome soon.
The US carried out a drone strike in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday night that killed three members of the Kataib Hezbollah militia, including a senior commander. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has taken responsibility for the raid.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has stated the US-led military coalition, purportedly formed to fight the Daesh terrorist group, will eventually end its mission in the Arab country.
Head of the United Nations political mission in Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has told the UN Security Council she expects to step down at the end of May, adding the Arab country was “on a knife edge”.
Washington has admitted it did not notify the Iraqi government before its recent airstrikes in the country after a top White House official claimed Baghdad had been informed in advance.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby has stated that the Iraqi government should work with the US to combat "the threats" posed by militia groups on its own soil.
US airstrikes on Iraq on Friday killed at least 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others, according to a statement by the Iraqi government spokesperson.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has categorically condemned the United States’ military attacks on areas in Iraq and Syria, calling them as adventurism and a strategic mistake.
Baghdad has condemned in the strongest terms the US military’s airstrikes against dozens of sites in Iraq and neighboring Syria as a “violation of the Iraqi sovereignty".
The United States and Iraq have held a first round of talks on the future of American and other foreign troops in the Arab country, with Baghdad expecting discussions to lead to a timeline for reducing their presence.
The US and Iraq are expected to soon begin negotiations on the future of the US military presence in Iraq, according to sources familiar with the matter, amid public calls from Baghdad for Washington to withdraw its troops.
