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Biden hosts Iraqi leader after Iran's attack on Israel throws Mideast into greater uncertainty
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday hosted Iraq’s leader at the White House as his administration worked to prevent an escalation in Mideast hostilities following Iran’s weekend aerial assault on Israel. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was visiting for...
Chaldean patriarch returns to Baghdad after nine months of self-imposed exile amid political dispute
BAGHDAD (AP) — A prominent Iraqi Christian religious leader who left Baghdad amid a political dispute last year returned to the capital this week at the invitation of the country’s prime minister after nine months of self-imposed exile in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. ...
Sami Michael, Iraqi-born and award-winning Israeli author and activist, dies at 97
JERUSALEM (AP) — Sami Michael, an award-winning Iraqi-Israeli author who was known for writing poignantly about oppressed minorities and the challenges faced by Jews from Arab countries, died on Monday. He was 97. His characters, who were often Arabic-speaking Jews like himself,...
Americans star on an Iraqi basketball team. Its owners include forces that attacked US troops
BAGHDAD (AP) — A pro basketball team in Iraq is owned by a paramilitary group, and some of its forces recently attacked U.S. troops. But this hostility toward Uncle Sam has its limits: The team is banking on a high-scoring American to help lead them to a championship. Like many...
Quran-burning Iraqi man who faces an expulsion order from Sweden plans to seek asylum in Norway
STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of a deportation order by authorities in Stockholm. Salwan Momika, 37, has staged several burnings and...
Biden to host Iraqi leader with talks underway on winding down coalition against the Islamic State
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to host Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani next month, a visit that comes as the countries hold formal talks about winding down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition that was formed to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq. ...
Turkey's top diplomat visits Iraq and seeks support against Kurdish militant group
BAGHDAD (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat was in Baghdad for high-level meetings on Thursday, ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's expected visit next month and a potential Turkish offensive against a Kurdish militant group that maintains bases in Iraq. The talks between Turkish...
Iraq has captured 2 wanted Islamic State group members from abroad and brought them home
ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's authorities have captured two members of the Islamic State group in an operation outside the country and brought them home, where they confessed to committing crimes during the rule of the extremist organization, the intelligence department said Saturday. ...
Iraq announces reopening of a key oil refinery a decade after it was stormed by the Islamic State
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister announced Friday the reopening of the Beiji refinery, the country’s largest, which had been shut down for a decade after being damaged in the battle against the Islamic State extremist group. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a...
Iraq says US troop drawdown talks will go on 'as long as nothing disturbs the peace of the talks'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq and the U.S.-led military coalition resumed meetings Sunday on how to draw down troops who have been deployed there for years combating the Islamic State. The first long-awaited meeting took place Jan. 27, but had since been put on pause after Iran-backed...
