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Rockets hit Iraqi air base, 2 security forces wounded

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This 2003 photo shows Khodeir Majid at the AP office at the Palestine hotel. Majid, who covered Iraq’s numerous conflicts as a video producer and cameraman for the Associated Press over 17 years has died at the age of 64. Relatives said the cause of his death on Friday morning was complications due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ahmad Sami

Veteran AP producer, cameraman in Iraq dies of COVID-19

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

People and security forces inspect the scene of an explosion at a crowded outdoor used furniture market in Sadr City area, Iraq, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The powerful explosion rocked the market in east Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring many others, according to Iraq's military. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

1 killed, 12 wounded in market explosion in Iraq’s capital

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN - Associated Press

Rocket attack on base in northern Iraq kills Turkish soldier

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Iraq blames public for new virus record, urges vaccinations

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016 file photo, a U.S. Army soldier guards a position at Camp Swift, northern Iraq. Iraq’s prime minister asked the Iranian leadership to rein in Iran-backed militias in Iraq, and in a strongly worded message to Tehran, suggested he would confront the factions, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday, April 7, 2021, ahead of another round of strategic talks with Washington. (AP Photo/Susannah George, File)

No timetable for withdrawal of troops after US, Iraq talks

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2019 file photo, women speak to guards at the gate that closes off the section for foreign families who lived in the Islamic State's so-called caliphate, at Al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria. Killings have surged inside the camp with at least 20 men and women killed in January, 2021. They are believed to be the victims of IS militants trying to enforce their power inside the camp housing 62,000 people, mostly women and children. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Pentagon ramps up attacks on resurgent ISIS: ‘It is not defeated’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ** FILE **

‘Report ISIS in your area’: U.S. coalition urges Iraqis, Syrians to call hotline, report extremists

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iraqi parliament approves budget of $89 billion for 2021

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F-15A/B/C/D/E Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle Primary function: F-15A/B/C/D/E — single-seat air superiority fighter. F-15E — air-to-ground attack aircraft. Dimensions: Wingspan 42 ft. 8 in.; length 63 ft. 8 in.; height 18 ft. 5 in. Speed: 1,875 mph. Strike Eagle Mach 2.5-plus. Range: 3,450 miles unrefueled. Strike Eagle 2,400 miles unrefueled. Armament: (All models) one internally mounted M-61A1 20 mm cannon with 940 rounds of ammunition and any combination of AIM-9L/M/X Sidewinder and four AIM- 7F/M Sparrow air-to-air missiles, or eight AIM-120 AMRAAMs air-to-air missiles, carried externally. Strike Eagle — Mk-82/82, M129, CBU-87/89/97, GBU- 10/12/15/24/27/31/38/39, AGM-65, AGM-130/154, nuclear weapons. Crew: F-15A/C, one; F-15B/D/E, two; Strike Eagle, two. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon)

U.S. offensive batters ISIS with 312 airstrikes

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, U.S. soldiers stand at a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, Iraqi officials said Iraq has sent a formal request to President Joe Biden’s administration for a date to resume strategic talks on bilateral relations and the withdrawal of remaining U.S. combat forces. The talks, which began in June under the Trump administration, would be the first under Biden, who assumed office in January. (AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra, File)

US, Iraq to hold talks over American troop presence

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a tour of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, Tuesday on the campus of The Ohio State University Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Lightning in a bottle’: Congress poised to curb White House war powers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as President Joe Biden listens during an event to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Kamala Harris seizes spotlight with Joe Biden’s future uncertain

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - Pope Francis delivers his speech during a meeting with the Qaraqosh community at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah, who’s son’s death alerted an entire Christian village in Iraq’s north of the impending militant onslaught, resonated deeply with Pope Francis during a recent historic papal visit. But days after the pontiff’s departure from Iraq, after a whirlwind four-day country-wide trip to give hope and encourage the country’s diminishing ancient Christian community to remain and return, even Abdallah said given the chance she would immigrate elsewhere. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change

By SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

Iraqi Christians say goodbye to Pope Francis after an open air Mass at a stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Thousands of people filled the sports stadium in the northern city of Irbil for Pope Francis' final event in his visit to Iraq: an open-air Mass featuring a statue of the Virgin Mary that was restored after Islamic militants chopped of the head and hands. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

After historic whirlwind visit, Pope Francis leaves Iraq for Rome

By Nicole Winfield and Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Surrounded by shells of destroyed buildings people arrive to join Pope Francis who will pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Pope meets father of drowned Syrian refugee boy

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Pope Francis, center, leaves Mar Youssef Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Where IS ruled, pope calls on Christians to forgive, rebuild

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

A photo released by the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Office shows the meeting between Pope Francis, right, and Shiite Muslim leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit. (AP Photo)

Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting

By Nicole Winfield and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

An aerial photo shows archeological site of the 6,000-year-old archaeological site of Ur during the preparations for Pope Francis' visit near Nasiriyah, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his first-ever papal visit. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)

The Latest: Pope Francis delivers sermon in Baghdad church

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Iraqi Christians clean the the roof of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Pope Francis will visit the church during his historic trip to Iraq. Damaged during the Islamic State reign of terror, the church's tragedy mirrored that of its Christian community which was devastated by the group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Pope to visit Iraq church damaged by IS militants

By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press