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March 12, 2020

US officials say US troops killed, injured in Iraq attack

Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were ...

March 10, 2020

Trump presents Medal of Freedom to retired four-star general

Retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane received the nation's highest civilian honor Tuesday at a White House ceremony hosted by ...

March 07, 2020

Iran's Revolutionary Guard seeks absolution in virus fight

Wearing gas masks and waterproof fatigues, members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard now spray down streets and hospitals with ...

March 05, 2020

Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and ...

March 04, 2020

Defense contractor charged with giving up military secrets

A linguist working for the U.S. military kept a list of secret informants hidden under a mattress in her residence in Iraq, ...

March 04, 2020

Virus halts pilgrimages to Mecca, Friday prayers in Iran

The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic worship in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia on Wednesday banned its citizens and ...

March 03, 2020

UN envoy warns Iraq is being `pushed into the unknown'

The U.N. envoy for Iraq warned Tuesday that the country and its people are being “pushed into the unknown” by political ...

March 02, 2020

Iraq's PM-designate withdraws from post, prolonging deadlock

Iraq's prime minister-designate announced his withdrawal from the post Sunday night after failing to secure parliamentary ...

March 01, 2020

Iran raises death toll to 54 from new coronavirus

Iran's health ministry on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of confirmed ...

March 01, 2020

Pentagon sees Taliban deal as allowing fuller focus on China

The Trump administration's peace deal with the Taliban opens the door for an initial American troop withdrawal that Defense ...

February 26, 2020

US adds leader of Iraqi militia to terrorism blacklist

The Trump administration on Wednesday added the head of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia responsible for attacks on U.S.

February 25, 2020

Iran says official who played down virus fears is infected

The head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who had urged the public not to overreact about its spread ...

February 21, 2020

Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus

Iranian health authorities Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities ...

February 20, 2020

Iran announces 3 new cases of new virus after 2 deaths

Iran said Thursday that three more people have been infected with the new virus that originated in central China, following ...

February 19, 2020

Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks

A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry and those in the arsenal of ...

February 16, 2020

Rockets strike near US Embassy in Baghdad; no injuries

At least four rockets hit near the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and a Iraqi base hosting American troops inside the ...

February 11, 2020

Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution amid high US tension

Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest ...

February 11, 2020

NATO set for Iraq troop trainer-swap to mollify US demands

NATO countries are preparing to move more than 200 trainers working with the international force fighting the Islamic State ...