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"This is not indicative of any shift in US policy toward the Government of Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -Quds Force," clarified the US Treasury spokesperson

Under Iraq's sectarian power-sharing system, the prime minister must be a Shi'ite ⁠Muslim, ​the parliamentary speaker a Sunni ​Muslim, and the president a Kurd

The report comes as Washington weighs support for Kurdish groups and Trump speaks with Kurdish leaders about the war with Iran

In a series of posts on X, Trump's hostage envoy Adam Boehler directly implicated Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani

According to the security sources cited by Reuters, the incident occurred in Kurdish-majority northern Iraq's Duhok province

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims a Mossad espionage headquarters was targeted; On Tuesday there was another drone attack

The announcement on Monday evening followed a series of explosions that rocked several areas in the region

Turkish Armed Forces later claimed killing 12 PKK fighters in response to the attack and launched airstrikes

While a Turkey defense official denies it was their armed forces' drone, American officials say the UAV was armed and flying unsafely

The strikes took place on Thursday following Turkish threats of retaliation for a recent bomb attack

'This attack constitutes a violation of Iraq's sovereignty,' says a senior defense official, adding 'Iraq reserves the right to put a stop to these violations'

'Unfortunately, the bombing killed three of our Peshmerga comrades from the anti-terrorist services,' the Peshmerga paramilitary said

Specialists were tasked with putting the bear to sleep before removing it from the plane, delaying take-off

Turkey and its Western allies classify the Kurdish group as a 'terrorist' organization, as it battles offshoots in Iraq and Syria

Such actions have 'no legal justification' and only 'terrorize civilians under the pretext that hostile forces are present on Iraqi soil'

Operation Iraqi Freedom became a crusade to establish a western liberal democracy in the Middle East

Saturday's drone strike on a military base in Isfahan was blamed on Israel

The UN report says IS militants forcibly transferred, persecuted, enslaved, and converted Iraqi Christians

'The government is trying to create a shock wave... They are criminalizing journalists and rights defenders'

International medical group seeks independent probe of possible violations of 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention

The announcement came two days after lawmakers elected Abdul Latif Rashid as Iraq's new president

Lawmakers meeting for their fourth attempt this year to secure a head of state

Three failed attempts already made this year to elect a new head of state

'This time it's different. They have taken to the streets in ultimate unity'