Tag: Iraqi

Joe Biden hosts Iraqi leader after Iran’s attack on Israel throws Mideast into greater uncertainty

WASHINGTON (AP) — President 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 talks intended to focus primarily on U.S.-Iraq relations, which had been scheduled well before […]

Iraqi military protests U.S. retaliatory strikes targeting militias

Iraq‘s military sharply criticized the barrage of U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria Friday as a violation of the country’s sovereignty, putting further strains on the relationship between Baghdad and Washington. Yahya Rasool, a spokesman for the Iraqi military, warned that the attacks, ordered by President Biden in retaliation for a deadly militia strike on […]