From Alarm to Adaptation: Iraq's Pragmatic Response to Syria's ...
2 days ago · Iraq remains a critical destination for Syrian workers due to its stronger currency and growing economy, while Syria supplies Iraq with affordable agricultural and textile products. Although Iraq halted its daily oil shipments of 30,000 barrels to Syria following Assad's fall, it could become a vital supplier again, given their proximity and ...
Will the Shake-up in Syria Undermine the Fight Against ISIS?
1 day ago · The United States began helping the Kurdish militia, known as the People’s Defense Units (YPG), fight against the self-declared Islamic state, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ...
Iraq–Syria relations - Wikipedia
Iraq–Syria relations are the diplomatic relations between the sovereign states of Iraq and Syria. Both countries are neighbours and they share the Iraq–Syria border. Bilateral relations are marked by long-shared cultural and political links, as well as former regional rivalry.
Blinken makes unannounced trip to Iraq as international …
Dec 13, 2024 · US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the international community grapples with the implications...
Iraq considers Syria intervention as rebels advance | Reuters
Dec 6, 2024 · Iraq has amassed on its border with Syria thousands of fighters from its conventional military as well as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a security agency containing many Iran-aligned...
US forces are under regular attacks by militants at base near Syrian ...
Nov 25, 2024 · Dozens of those rocket, missile and drone attacks have focused on a strategic American base at a gas field in northeastern Syria near the Iraq border, a de facto territorial dividing point...
What we know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria | CNN
Feb 3, 2024 · The United States on Friday conducted major airstrikes on dozens of targets across Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a drone attack in Jordan last month that killed three US troops.
See How the War in Syria Has Changed - The New York Times
Dec 6, 2024 · Syria’s civil war, along with growing instability in Iraq, allowed an ambitious Al Qaeda offshoot called the Islamic State to mushroom rapidly across both countries in 2013 and 2014.
What to know about the US military strikes in Iraq, Syria | AP News
Feb 4, 2024 · The Euphrates River cuts through Syria into Iraq, with U.S. troops and American-backed Kurdish-led fighters on the east bank and Iran-backed fighters and Syrian government forces to the west. Bases for U.S. troops in Iraq have come under attack too.
Inherent Resolve Mission in Iraq and Syria Transitioning
Sep 27, 2024 · ISIS is a particularly vicious group, and its terrorists committed many atrocities on their way into power. The Iraqi government called for help and nations around the world responded and formed...