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Expel of US troops from Iraq major win for Iran 05 Jan 2020
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Expel of US troops from Iraq major win for Iran

Former US under secretary of state for political affairs Wendy R. Sherman in a tweet on Sunday called Iraqi Parliament's decision for ousting US from Iraq 'major win for Iran'.

Iraqi Parliament votes to expel US troops from Iraq 05 Jan 2020

Iraqi Parliament votes to expel US troops from Iraq

In an extraordinary session on Sunday, the Iraqi parliament voted for a resolution requiring the government to order the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

US troops to deploy in Middle East amid Iraq unrest 01 Jan 2020

US troops to deploy in Middle East amid Iraq unrest

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Up to 4,000 forces of the US troops have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East region following mass protests outside the US embassy by Iraqi protesters infuriated over Washington’s recent deadly military aggression on the Arab country. The US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division’s alert brigade of roughly 4,000 paratroopers, […]

US Keeps Troops in Syria 14 Nov 2019

US Keeps Troops in Syria

TEHRAN (Iran News)- The United States will maintain about 600 troops in Syria, Pentagon chief Mark Esper said on Wednesday, despite President Donald Trump’s desire to end US involvement in what the president calls “endless wars”. “We’re still moving troops out of Northeastern Syria,” the US defense secretary stated as he traveled to Seoul, where […]

Erdogan: US not fulfilling its pledge to Syria deal 07 Nov 2019

Erdogan: US not fulfilling its pledge to Syria deal

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the United States is not fulfilling its pledge to Syria deal, in order to remove Kurdish militants from a Syrian border region and that he would raise the issue when he meets US President Donald Trump next week. Turkey launched an offensive in northeastern Syria on October 9 in […]

Iraq calls on UN to force uninvited US troops out 23 Oct 2019

Iraq calls on UN to force uninvited US troops out

The Iraqi government is taking legal action against the US troops that entered the country after their pullout from Syria without permission.

US troops leaving Syria cannot stay in Iraq: Baghdad 23 Oct 2019

US troops leaving Syria cannot stay in Iraq: Baghdad

TEHRAN (Iran News) – US troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraq’s military said Tuesday as American forces continued to pull out of northern Syria after Turkey’s invasion of the border region. The statement appears to contradict US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has […]

US Troops Leaving Syria Will Be Assigned to Iraq 20 Oct 2019

US Troops Leaving Syria Will Be Assigned to Iraq

TEHRAN (Iran News) – All of the roughly 1,000 US troops ordered to leave northeastern Syria will move to western Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. Speaking to reporters en route to the Middle East late Saturday night, the defense chief said the Pentagon had yet to work out exactly how it would conduct its […]

Trump orders withdrawal of remaining US troops from Syria 14 Oct 2019

Trump orders withdrawal of remaining US troops from Syria

Donald Trump is ordering the withdrawal of remaining US troops from northern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday, a development that has paralyzed the fight against ISIS and ceded US and Kurdish battlefield gains to Moscow and Damascus. Iran News quotes the report by CNN. “We have American forces likely caught between two opposing, […]

US seeking more military presence in Persian Gulf under old pretexts 10 Jul 2019

US seeking more military presence in Persian Gulf under old pretexts

Washington has developed a plan to create a military coalition to safeguard strategic waters in the Persian Gulf region, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Joseph Dunford said.