Iraq

State Department orders non-emergency government employees out of Iraq

This image released,May 10, 2019 shows a naval logistics specialists attaches cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Nightdippers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. (ABC News)- The U.S. State Department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave Iraq as soon as they can. Americans…

Heartbreaking Image of Burned Girl Captures Agony of Iraq

Asal Ahmed, 4, is carried by her father at the scene of a massive suicide truck bomb attack in Karada, Iraq, July 9, 2016. Hadi Mizban/AP Photo The image of a 4-year-old girl staring into the camera with a penetrating glare, her face wrapped entirely in white bandages, captures the agony of Iraqis after the country struggles to recover from…

US to Send 200 More Troops, Apache Helicopters, to Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) – The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, U.S. defense officials said Monday. The decisions reflect weeks of discussions with commanders and Iraqi leaders, and a decision by President Barack Obama to increase…