Don’t underestimate Iraq’s historic victory against Isis though the human cost was great – The Independent
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Don't underestimate Iraq's historic victory against Isis though the human cost was great - The Independent
- Iran says Iraq exempt from any Strait of Hormuz restrictions - Reuters - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iran Clears Iraq to Use Strait of Hormuz - wsj.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iraq War Vet Dem Rep.: The longer the war goes on, the more leverage Iran has - MS NOW - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- U.S. tells Americans in Iraq to leave immediately amid threat from Iran-backed militias - NBC News - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iran-backed militias are destroying Iraq. Baghdad must take them on. - Atlantic Council - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- American journalist abducted in Iraq had just trained on what to do in case she was kidnapped: Colleague - ABC News - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Americans in Iraq warned to leave 'now' amid threats of imminent attacks - NBC News - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- In Iran, Iraq and the U.S., Women Speak Out Against State Repression - Ms. Magazine - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- New Iraq report urges stronger action to protect Christians and other religious minorities - christiantoday.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Drone strikes signal escalating threat to Iraqi oil sector - Iraq Oil Report - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- 21 games later: Iraq back at the World Cup after epic qualifying campaign - The Guardian - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Middle East Conflict: Tensions spill over to Iraq, with residential areas and public infrastructure hit by drone attacks - news.cgtn.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iraq shuts key trade crossing with southern Iran after airstrikes near border post - The Times of Israel - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iraq closes southern border crossing with Iran following deadly strike - China Daily - Global Edition - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Ohio National Guard pilot killed in Iraq to be buried Friday - FOX19 | Cincinnati - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- America is about to hand Iraq to Iran again - Washington Examiner - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Freelance journalist from southern Wisconsin kidnapped in Iraq - WKOW - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- US Embassy in Iraq warns Americans to leave now as Middle East strikes intensify - The Hill - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iran: Iraq to be exempt from any Hormuz restrictions - Breakingthenews.net - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iraq weather update: Clear skies south, rain and thunder in the north - Iraqi News - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iran eases transit restrictions for Iraq, but US-Iran ceasefire odds drop - cryptobriefing.com - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- CAIR Calls for Release of Wisconsin Journalist Shelly Kittleson Kidnapped in Iraq - CAIR - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iraq War pilots among military experts enabling first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years - Stars and Stripes - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iraqi Resistance Fighter Carry 19 Anti-US Ops Across Iraq - WION - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Deadly airstrike shuts Iraq's Shalamcheh crossing with Iran - Trkiye Today - April 5th, 2026 [April 5th, 2026]
- Iraq's World Cup qualification 'one of the toughest jobs in the world' - Arnold - espn.com - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Alive or not? Mojtaba Khamenei resurfaces with message to Iraq after Trump claim - India Today - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Iraq one step from first World Cup in 40 years after overcoming travel problems - MSN - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Latest message purportedly from Irans new supreme leader thanks Iraq for war support - The Times of Israel - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Khamenei Commends Iraq for Standing with Iran in War Against US, Israel - Caspian Post - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Rene Meulensteen: Qualifying for a World Cup is an opportunity to change the perception of Iraq - The Athletic - The New York Times - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Bolivias youthful reinvention takes them to brink of World Cup, but Iraq have cause to believe - The Athletic - The New York Times - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- U.S. Policy in Iraq Deepens Its Crises Rather than Resolving Them - Middle East Forum - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War - newlinesmag.com - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Iranians at the border crossing into Iraq urge the US to end the war - The Lufkin Daily News - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- U.S. Tells Citizens to Leave Iraq After Second Attack on Embassy - The New York Times - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Sister recounts relentless fight to free sibling held captive in Iraq for 903 days - CBS News - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- AP reports: Iranians at border crossing into Iraq urge US to end the war - Yahoo - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Mojtaba Khamenei Breaks Silence After Trump Question His Absence; Thanks Iraq For Supporting In War - The Times of India - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Three Ohio airmen killed in crash over Iraq to be returned to Columbus - WLWT - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Irans IRGC threatens to strike American universities in Iraq - Iraqi News - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Excavations at Alexander the Great's rediscovered city in Iraq postponed due to war - The Art Newspaper - March 30th, 2026 [March 30th, 2026]
- Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Iran's theocracy falls - PBS - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Nato relocates personnel from Iraq mission to Europe amid conflict in Middle East as it happened - The Guardian - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Kurds in northern Iraq celebrate the new year festival of Nowruz, in photos - AP News - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Irans proxy militias in Iraq blast open a new front in war against US - The Jerusalem Post - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- From the archives: Airmen at Bashur Airfield, Iraq - Stars and Stripes - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- A Look Back at the U.S.-led Invasion of Iraq, 23 Years On - PBS - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- NATO says it is 'adjusting' mission in Iraq after report of withdrawal of personnel - Reuters - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Iraq declares force majeure on foreign-operated oil fields over Hormuz disruption, sources say - Middle East Eye - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Fire reported after attack near US military base in northern Iraq - Anadolu Ajans - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah says it will temporarily suspend attacks on US embassy with conditions - Reuters - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Father of 3 deployed less than week among 6 airmen killed in plane crash in Iraq - NBC 6 South Florida - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Iraq Unable to Control Armed Militias, Kurdish Official Warns, Citing Hundreds of Attacks - Kurdistan24 - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Dollar steady in Iraq as Eid holiday halts trading - - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Iraq says investigations ongoing over attacks on diplomatic missions - thenewregion.com - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Trumps Iran War Already Costs More Than Bushs Iraq Opening - Newsweek - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Pentagon targets Iran-linked militias in Iraq as Hegseth vows 'we will finish this' for fallen US troops - Fox News - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Irans theocracy falls - Los Angeles Times - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- From the archives: Day 1 of the Iraq War - CBS News - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Post-Saddam Iraq at 23: The War It Never Wanted Is Back - Modern Diplomacy - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Kurds in northern Iraq celebrate the new year festival of Nowruz, in photos - Union-Bulletin - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- On World Water Day 2026, know about the Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran and their aqua-centric faith - Down To Earth - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Iranian Kurdish fighters find themselves in the middle of U.S.-Iran war as they wait in Iraq - CBC - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Iranian Kurds long for home as they mark Nowruz in Iraq - AL-Monitor - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- The 200 Spanish soldiers who remained in Iraq have been successfully evacuated - thediplomatinspain.com - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Irans theocracy falls - AP News - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Same Lies, New War: Trump and the Iraq Playbook - Reason Magazine - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Pilot Honors Three Ohio Air National Guardsmen Killed in Refueling Tanker Crash in Iraq - The Weekly Times - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- French jihadist sentenced to life in jail over IS group genocide of Iraq's Yazidis - France 24 - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- Iraq Was the Warm-Up: Iran Is the Trap - RealClearDefense - March 22nd, 2026 [March 22nd, 2026]
- U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Targeted as Iraq Gets Drawn Deeper Into Regional War - The New York Times - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- Beware the similarities between the wars in Iraq and Trumps Iran war - The Seattle Times - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency - Military.com - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was targeted in a rocket attack over the weekend as Iraq found itself being drawn deeper into the war engulfing... - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- Iraq coach Graham Arnold urges FIFA to delay his team's World Cup playoff because of the Iran war - NBC 6 South Florida - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- Action on Another Front: Strikes on Pro-Tehran Militias in Iraq - Foundation for Defense of Democracies - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- Oil and gas production shutdowns in Iraq and Kuwait widen the Iran war's impact on energy prices - Fortune - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- Opinion | Trumps Iran War and the Shadow of Iraq - The New York Times - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]
- Iraq coach Graham Arnold urges FIFA to delay his team's World Cup playoff because of the Iran war - Temple Daily Telegram - March 9th, 2026 [March 9th, 2026]