Qassim Soleimani

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Tehran should expect a bold U.S. response if Iran or Iranian-backed groups attack American forces or assets in Iraq. U.S.-Iran tensions soared following the Jan. 3 Washington-directed strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani outside Baghdad airport. Trump said at an evening…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Tehran should expect a bold U.S. response if Iran or Iranian-backed groups attack American forces or assets in Iraq.U.S.-Iran tensions soared following the Jan. 3 Washington-directed strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani outside Baghdad airport.Trump said at an evening White…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Tehran should expect a bold U.S. response if Iran or Iranian-backed groups attack American forces or assets in Iraq.U.S.-Iran tensions soared following the Jan. 3 Washington-directed strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani outside Baghdad airport.Trump said at an evening White…

BAGHDAD (AP) — A top Iranian general arrived in Baghdad this week to try and unify Iraq’s fractured political leaders, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as stiff opposition by one major bloc thwarts chances the country’s latest prime minister-designate can form a government. Meanwhile, revenues from oil exports were slashed by…

For the US administration it appears now is as good a time as any to start a major proxy war with Iran inside Iraq. Or perhaps the distraction of yet another Middle East war is just what the doctor neocons ordered at a moment the United States and the world for…

Iraqi officials say a top Iranian general has arrived in Baghdad this week to try and unify Iraq's fractured political leadersBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated PressApril 1, 2020, 5:50 PM5 min readBAGHDAD -- A top Iranian general arrived in Baghdad this week to try and unify Iraq's fractured…

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra And Samya KullabThe Associated PressWed., April 1, 2020timer3 min. readBAGHDAD - A top Iranian general arrived in Baghdad this week to try and unify Iraq’s fractured political leaders, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as stiff opposition by one major bloc thwarts chances the country’s latest prime minister-designate can…

BAGHDAD (AP) — A top Iranian general arrived in Baghdad this week to try and unify Iraq's fractured political leaders, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, as stiff opposition by one major bloc thwarts chances the country's latest prime minister-designate can form a government.Meanwhile, revenues from oil exports were slashed by nearly…

The New York Times was criticized on Saturday over its characterization of the late former Sen. Tom Coburn in their obituary of the Oklahoma Republican.Coburn, a fiscal conservative and a fierce opponent of wasteful spending in the federal government, died late Friday after a years-long fight with prostate cancer. He retired from the Senate…

The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq withdrew from K1 Air Base in the northern part of the country on Sunday, AP reports.Why it matters: It's the third site that coalition forces have left this month as the U.S. gathers troops in Baghdad and at Ain al-Asad Air Base. The coalition handed…