Archive List for Iraq

Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran

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Iran’s president has accused Israel of assassinating its prominent nuclear scientist. Hassan Rouhani says the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will not slow down Tehran’s nuclear programme. Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying him and his bodyguards, near the capital on Friday. Iran has promised retaliation, for what the president calls an act of despair by the enemy. Fakhrizadeh later died in hospital. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Tehran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #Israel

Iraq PM vows he ‘won’t allow threats’ to Iran from Iraqi soil

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Iran’s supreme leader says Tehran will not interfere in relations between Iraq and the United States. He was speaking after meeting Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi in the Iranian capital. But Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the US is an enemy and does not want an independent Iraq. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #MustafaKhadimi #Khamenei

Analysis: 50 US troops face brain injuries after Iran strikes

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The Pentagon now says 50 US troops in Iraq have been diagnosed with “traumatic brain injuries” after the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month on the military facility where they were based. The United States originally announced that nobody had been hurt in the strikes that were in retaliation to the US assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. But last week, the Pentagon said 34 people had been injured and that some were still receiving treatment. US President Donald Trump was criticised following a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he appeared to minimise their symptoms implying they had “headaches” that were not “serious”. Richard […]

How US forces avoided casualties in Iran attacks on Iraqi bases

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Iraqi and US-led coalition troops have been targeted by rockets and missiles in at least six attacks since the assassination of Qassem Soleimani. The biggest attack came from Iran when ballistic missiles hit bases being used by the coalition forces. Al Jazeera was given rare access to the strategically important Ain al-Assad base. Osama Bin Javaid reports from Anbar province. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iraq #IRGCMissile

Protesters leave US embassy compound in Baghdad

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Determined to carry their fight into the new year, protesters kicked 2020 off with a march from the city’s central park. Thousands of demonstrators, mostly dressed in signature black attire, started out peacefully along the six-lane main road from Victoria Park to the downtown business district. Al Jazeera’s Simona Foltyn has more from Baghdad. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #ALJazeeraEnglish #Iraq

Ancient city discovered in northern Iraq

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Droughts can sometimes have some surprising benefits, such as helping archaeologists discover a 3,500-year-old city in northern Iraq. Kemune, which once overlooked the Tigris river, can be dated to the time of the Mittani Empire, a kingdom of the Ancient Near East. Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from Kemune. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iraq #AncientCity

Blackwater’s Erik Prince: Iraq, privatising wars, and Trump | Head to Head

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In this episode of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan challenges Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of Blackwater, on his security firm’s performance during the Iraq w ar, the “exit strategy” he’s proposing for the w ar in Afghanistan, and his support for US President Donald Trump. During the early years of the Bush administration’s so-called ‘War on Terror’, Blackwater grew into one of the most profitable private military contractors in the US. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #HeadtoHead #Blackwater

Street battles rage in Mosul suburbs as ISIL hits back

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ISIL fighters have launched several fierce counterattacks against Iraqi forces on the eastern outskirts of Mosul city, underscoring the intense battle ahead as government troops and their allies push into densely populated neighbourhoods.