“What kind of maniac risks such a war in the middle of a global pandemic? Answer: President Donald Trump, aided and abetted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser Robert O’Brien.” The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called for an immediate halt to “warmongering during the coronavirus outbreak” as U.S. forces reportedly deployed […]
PENTAGON – Iran has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles into at least two Iraqi airbases that house U.S. troops, the Pentagon says. VOA correspondent Carla Babb broke the story late Tuesday when she was told the al-Asad airbase was hit by rocket fire. The Pentagon later said the Irbil airbase was also […]
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States will not leave Iraq unless it is paid back for a U.S. air base it built there. Trump was reacting to Sunday’s Iraqi parliament resolution urging the government to expel 5,200 American troops. Trump told reporters on Air Force One Sunday night that the U.S. has […]
Anti-government protestors rallied in Baghdad and in areas south of the capital Wednesday as the Iraqi government faces mounting pressure to respond to weeks of demonstrations. After easing for a few days following a crackdown by security forces in Baghdad and in major southern cities, the demonstrations flared Wednesday. As protestors threw tear gas cannisters […]