All news on the topic: Iraq

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British army ’ready to lead Dunkirk-style evacuation’ of UK nationals living in Middle East
RAF jets were already being used to shoot down Iranian drones on Saturday night, after Tehran announced it had launched an attack on Israel in what threatens to become a major regional escalation
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’Part of me died too when my bodyguard dad was blown up - but I’ve fought back’
The daughter of tragic serviceman Mark Carman was just 11-years-old when police turned up at her school disco to tell her the harrowing news that her father had been killed
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Assassin targets Donald Trump allies in revenge plot over slain Iranian officer
The Miami FBI uncovered a sick plot targetting Donald Trump's allies by an Iranian military assassin, in revenge for the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, another influential Iranian officer
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'Sewage smell blanketing city' was caused by huge ship carrying 19,000 cows
City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered; a ship docked in the harbor carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq
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General warns West is facing new ISIS ‘War on Terror’ after Middle East carnage
Fears are mounting about whether Britain and The US will be forced into a wider conflict and face attacks on their soil after fighting erupted across multiple fronts this winter.
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Senior Iranian militant killed by US drone strike as tensions reach fever pitch
Kataib Hezbollah commander Abu Baqir Al-Saadi was blown up in his vehicle on Wednesday, prompting militia calls for an attack on the American embassy in the Iraqi capital
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Moment ships launch missiles to destroy Houthi targets as all-out war fears grow
The USS Gravely, USS Carney and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were among the warships to have launched strikes at Houthi forces - dramatic video shows the moment they
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David Cameron issues warning to Iran as Houthi Red Sea crisis deepens
The UK and the US struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen overnight in the third wave of airstrikes this month as David Cameron issued a warning to Iran
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Donald Trump claims Iran called him before launching strikes in Iraq
Former US President Donald Trump told Fox News that Iran officials personally called him before launching their strikes in Iraq and said that it was out of 'respect'
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Iranian-backed official on deescalation after US drone strikes in Syria and Iraq
The US hit more than 85 targets using more than 125 guided missiles at sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
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Middle East on 'brink of the abyss' warns Iraq as 16 killed in US strikes
The retaliatory US strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq near the Syrian border was "an act of aggression against Iraq's sovereignty", the Iraqi government said
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US vows 'this is the start of our response' after Iraq and Syria revenge strikes
President Joe Biden issued his first statement since launching an operation to strike Iranian targets within Syria and Iraq, warning other enemies that America 'will respond'
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UK forces brace for attack as US prepares for revenge strike on Iranian groups
Pentagon chiefs are planning a blitz on Iranian proxy group the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which hit a US outpost called Tower 22 in north east Jordan with a drone, also injuring 40
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Where Joe Biden could target with strikes after three US troops killed in Jordan
Joe Biden said the US 'shall respond' after a drone strike killed three American troops and injured dozens more - and an expert told The Mirror which areas might be targeted
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Convoy heading towards Israel border with Lebanon as Middle East braces for war
President Joe Biden vowed the US “shall respond” to the attack on ­logistics base Tower 22 in Jordan which was hit by increasingly aggressive pro-Iranian militia who are based in Syria
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Jordan attack mapped as Iran drones kill 3 US troops amid World War 3 fears
Tensions are skyrocketing in the Middle East, with the US engaged in a war of drone strikes since October. The stakes are set to raise after the US military suffered their first casualties over the weekend
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Biden in chilling warning US 'will respond' after 3 troops killed in Iran attack
US forces are trying to figure out which group was behind the devastating drone attack that injured at least another 34 troops at a military site in Jordan near the Syrian border
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Biden's 3 options after troops killed as he's warned of disastrous consequences
Warnings that the West is ''increasingly being seen as the world’s pariah states when it comes to breaking International Law'' are issued as the world awaits Biden's response to the first US casualties in the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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WW3 fears as expert warns Iran has uranium to make 12 nuclear bombs in 5 months
The warning came as US president Joe Biden announced today that three US citizens had been killed on a drone strike in Jordan carried out by Iran-backed militias.
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Sunderland refuse to give up on Amad as Aston Villa target second signing
Today's EFL Notebook as Sunderland remain keen on a move for Man Utd's Amad Diallo and Aston Villa identify another Championship target
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Owner dedicates Grand Military triumph to fallen soldier killed serving in Iraq
Ex-cavalryman Jordan Wylie remembered racing enthusiast Lance Corporal Alan Brackenbury after his win with Farceur De Large at Sandown
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Brit bases on high alert for backlash after fresh RAF bombing of Houthi rebels
Four UK Typhoons joined US forces to smash targets in Yemen on Monday night after attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden continued - Rishi Sunak has not ruled out further strikes
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US troops injured by missiles at air base in Iraq as tension in region explodes
The base hosted American forces in western Iraq and was attacked with "at least a dozen missiles," according to a US defense source and an Iraqi police official.
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US military might in Middle East uncovered as missiles launched in Yemen strikes
The US and UK struck Houthi targets in Yemen last night in response to the rebel group's attacks on trade ships passing through the Red Sea as US military officials vowed not to "tolerate attacks on our personnel"
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UFO seen diving into lake after US military 'hunt' as expert claims 'it's real'
A video has emerged of a UFO speeding across the sky in Iraq with an investigative film-maker claiming it comes from the US military and that troops were ordered to "hunt it down"