False claim US attacked Iraq as part of a new war in 2024; audio from 2023 report | Fact Check

The audio track describes the U.S. attack on members of Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq in December 2023, not the U.S. attacking Iraq in April 2024. Read More

US troops thwart drone attack in Iraq, the first in months

U.S. troops on Monday shot down two drones outside a base in Iraq, the first time American forces have been targeted by Iranian-backed proxies in the region since February, the Pentagon confirmed ... Read More

US calls on Iraq to safeguard US troops after new attacks

The U.S. military called on Iraq's government on Tuesday to take steps to safeguard American troops in both Iraq and Syria after failed attacks a day earlier by Iran-aligned militia. Read More

Pentagon confirms first attack against troops in Iraq and Syria since February

The Department of Defense confirmed on Monday that U.S. troops were the target of attacks by militias in Iraq and Syria over the weekend. Read More

Drone, rocket attacks targeted US forces in Iraq, US officials say

U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, in the first such incidents ... Read More

Iraq investigates a blast at a base of Iran-allied militias that killed 1. US denies involvement

Iraq’s Security Media Cell said the country’s air defense command had not detected ... for Washington’s support of Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Those attacks halted at the end of January ... Read More

Iraq truce still holding despite attacks on US forces, sources say

Gaza An unannounced truce that led Iran-backed Iraqi militias to halt attacks on US forces in the region remains intact despite two recent incidents, sources close to Baghdad and armed factions told ... Read More

New attacks near US bases in Iraq, Syria threaten uneasy detente

The Pentagon seemed to downplay the first new attacks on US troops in Syria and Iraq since February, as Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah militia distanced itself from responsibility. Read More

Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah Denies Saying It Resumes Attacks on US Forces

Iraqi armed faction Kataib Hezbollah has denied issuing a statement saying it had resumed attacks on US forces, a statement from the group issued on the Telegram messaging app said.  The denial came ... Read More

The Stark Reality of Israel’s Fight in Gaza

Israel has failed to achieve its two primary goals of the war, while the suffering of Palestinians erodes support even among its allies. Read More

20 Cambodian Soldiers Killed in Ammunition Explosion

Twenty soldiers were killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Hun Manet said. Hun Manet said in a Facebook ... Read More

Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank, military says

Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at them from a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the military said on Saturday. Read More