Baghdad is being pressed to dismantle Iranian-backed militias operating in the country. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...
By Ahmed Rasheed, Maha El Dahan and Timour Azhari BAGHDAD/DUBAI April 21 (Reuters) - The United States has halted a shipment of about $500 million in cash bound for Iraq and suspended parts of its ...
A plane carrying nearly $500m in US banknotes was blocked by the US Treasury, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The United States blocked a plane carrying nearly $500 million in banknotes from delivering the cash to Iraq, US media reported on Tuesday, piling pressure on Baghdad to fight Iran-backed armed ...
The US State Department said this month it had summoned Iraq's ambassador to Washington to express "strong condemnation" of attacks by pro-Iran groups on US interests.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has halted US dollar shipments to Iraq and frozen security cooperation programs ...
The Trump administration also suspended security cooperation with Baghdad in an escalating pressure campaign.
BENGALURU: US President Donald Trump’s administration has halted US dollar shipments to Iraq and frozen security cooperation programs with its military, as it presses Baghdad to dismantle ...