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Israel bombed an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 − it pushed program underground and spurred Saddam Hussein’s desire for nukes
Israel, with the assistance of U.S. military hardware, bombs an adversary’s nuclear facility to set back the perceived ...
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Iraq tries to assert state authority during crisis
The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran’s ...
Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel
They include a handful of exiled Iranian Kurdish groups based in northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region.
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Drone strikes hit Iraqi bases hours after Trump announces Iran-Israel ceasefire
Coordinated drone strikes target Iraqi military bases in Taji, Dhi Qar & Anbar just hours after an Iran-Israel ceasefire was ...
Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past
(THE CONVERSATION) After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries ...
Iraq Arrests Commentator Over Online Post On Iran-Israel War
Iraqi authorities said they arrested a political commentator on Wednesday over a post alleging that a military radar system ...
Why some key Tehran allies have stayed out of the Israel-Iran conflict
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.
FedEx pauses pickups for shipments to Israel and Iraq
U.S. parcel delivery giant FedEx said on Friday it was halting all pickups for shipments to Israel and Iraq amid heightened ...
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Iraq, Qatar urge for a stop to Israel’s assault on Gaza
During a phone call on Thursday, the Iraqi President and the Emir of Qatar emphasized the need to put an end to Israel's ...