Iraq

Iraq: US troop’s expel mechanism kicks off

A spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces announced on Sunday that an operational mechanism to expel US troops from Iraq’s territory kicked off. Iraqi media quoted Abdul Kareem Khalaf as saying the necessary mechanism had begun for driving out all foreign forces, including US troops from Iraq’s territory. Some media …

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VIDEO: US strike that killed General Soleimani in Baghdad.

A security camera video, purporting to show the US airstrike that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and several leaders of the Iraqi PMF outside the Baghdad airport, has surfaced online. The 11-second clip, first posted by the Iraqi TV station Ahad, shows an explosion ripping through the parking lot …

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NATO suspends training activities in Iraq

NATO has suspended a training mission in Iraq following the killing of the deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and the IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, and others by a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad airport, an alliance spokesman said on Saturday. “The safety of our …

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Iraqi protesters withdraw from the US Embassy in Baghdad.

PMF (Hashed al-Sha’abi) leaders have ordered their supporters to leave the heavily fortified US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, as American troops reinforced the besieged facility. footage (from Ruptly) showed protesters with Hezbollah flags withdrawing en masse in their vehicles. It was not immediately clear from the video how many …

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Video: US airlifts forces to Iraq embassy amid protests

Footage has emerged showing US military aircraft dropping off as many as 100 marines to the American Embassy compound in Baghdad amid angry protests outside the diplomatic mission against the recent bloody air raids that targeted the positions of Iraq’s popular forces. The video released by the US Department of …

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US security forces injure above 60 Iraqi protesters

American security forces injured more than 60 Iraqis who were protesting in front of the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. American security forces fired tear gas to protesters, as well. As reported, after holding funerals for hundreds of martyrs killed during US Monday air raids, Iraqi demonstrators gathered outside …

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