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Oil rich Arab Islamic nation with millenia of history, still struggling for stebillity following 2003 overthrown of dictator Sadam Hussein.
 Members of the military salute during the dignified transfer of the remains of Army Reserve Sergeants William Rivers, Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett, three U.S. service members who were killed in Jordan during a drone attack carried out by Iran-backed militants, February 2, 2024.

US confronts dangers from 'not very good' Iran-backed terrorists

By REUTERS
 Kataib Hezbollah Iraqi militia gather ahead of the funeral of the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 4, 2020.

US stresses respect for Iraqi sovereignty while committing to hold Iran-backed forces accountable

 A member of Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) holds a flag of Kataib Hezbollah militia group during a protest to condemn air strikes on their bases, outside the main gate of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019.

Target: Kataib Hezbollah - why the latest US airstrike is a gamechanger

 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert attends a conferencein Baghdad,Iraq, June 12, 2023.

UN envoy in Iraq to step down at end of May, says country 'on a knife's edge'

By REUTERS
 People protest the U.S. and UK strikes across Yemen against Iran-backed Houthi forces, at a rally in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 12, 2024

Can US airpower stop the threats in Yemen, Iraq and Syria?

 Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), walk together near Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 5, 2019.

As US, Iran trade blows, Afghans and Kurds in Syria may pay price

 A US soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a YPG fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the security mechanism zone agreement, in Syria September 21, 2019.

US-backed Kurdish forces says six fighters killed in drone strike on US base

By REUTERS
 HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS, with posters of Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, are photographed by the author at the Badr group headquarters in Baghdad in 2015.

Who killed the three US soldiers at Tower 22?

Funeral of members of Iran's IRGC who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria, in Tehran

Iran condemns US airstrikes as violations of Iraqi, Syrian sovereignty

By REUTERS
urkish Kurds watch smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 18, 2014. A U.S.-led military coalition has been bombing Islamic State fighters who

US launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq, Syria; nearly 40 reported killed

By REUTERS
John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, February 17, 2023.

US hit 80 Iranian-connected targets in Iraq, Syria, promising more strikes

A pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria

US launches counter-strikes in Iraq and Syria, officials announce

By REUTERS
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi attends the Tehran International Conference on Palestine, in Tehran, last month.

Iran will not start war but will respond to 'bullies,' Raisi says

By REUTERS
US soldier guarding US army base in Iraq.

US approves strikes against Iranian targets in Iraq, Syria - CBS

By REUTERS
 US Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone attack on an outpost in northeast Jordan

Drone that killed three American soldiers was Iranian-made, US believes

By REUTERS