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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Biden is in Poland for the final leg of his four-day trip to Europe as he tries to maintain unity among allies and support Ukraine's defence. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Biden faces growing pressure over nuclear talks, rumored plan to pull Iran’s IRGC from terror list

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, March 13, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Ahmed Mzoori, Metrography)

Iran claims responsibility for missile barrage near U.S. consulate in Iraq

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed on a podium at Miami International Airport in this Nov. 20, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Biden administration restarts troubled Iraqi refugee program

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A damaged aircraft sits on the tarmac of Baghdad airport, after a rocket attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. At least three rockets struck near Baghdad's international airport and an adjacent military base that hosts U.S. and other coalition advisors on Friday, damaging an abandoned commercial plane but causing no casualties, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

Iraqi army: Rockets hit Baghdad airport, damage two planes

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Supporters and members of the Popular Mobilization Forces hold posters of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Hundreds rally in Baghdad on Soleimani assassination anniversary, chanting anti-American slogans, hundreds of people rallied in in the Iraqi capital on the first day of the year Saturday to mark the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Risk of U.S.-Iran shadow conflict in Iraq grows as Tehran-backed militias lash out, lose allies

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers stand guard during the handover ceremony of Qayyarah Airfield, Iraqi Security Forces, in the south of Mosul, Iraq on early Friday, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan) **FILE**

Iraqi officials: 4 rockets target U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Posters of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack in Jan. 3, 2020, are seen in front of Qiam, background left, Zolfaghar, top right, and Dezful missiles displayed in a missile capabilities exhibition by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard a day prior to second anniversary of Iran's missile strike on U.S. bases in Iraq in retaliation for killing Gen. Soleimani, at Imam Khomeini grand mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Iran put three ballistic missiles on display on Friday, as talks in Vienna aimed at reviving Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers flounder. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

Iran-backed forces in Syria attack U.S. troops in anti-ISIS coalition

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Parts of the wreckage of a drone are laid out on the ground near the Ain al-Asad airbase, in the western Anbar province of Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Two explosives-laden drones targeting the base housing U.S. troops were engaged and destroyed by defensive capabilities at the base on Tuesday, a coalition official said. (International Coalition via AP)

Bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria come under attack

Associated Press

America Exits Iraq Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Time to repeal the 2002 AUMF and end the Iraq War (for the second time)

By Natalie Armbruster

The sun sets behind the transmission lines of electric power from Iran to Iraq in Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, July 29, 2021. In Iraq, electricity is a potent symbol of endemic corruption, rooted in the country’s sectarian power-sharing system. This contributes to chronic electrical outages of up to 14 hours a day in a major oil-producing nation with plentiful energy resources. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Months after Afghanistan, another U.S. combat mission signs off in Iraq

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of an explosion in Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. The explosion rocked the center of Iraq’s southern city of Basra, killing at least four people and wounding several others. Local news reports initially reported a car bomb, but the governor of Basra told reporters on the scene that a motorcycle had exploded. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Iraq, U.S. conclude talks, formally ending combat mission

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on as President Bush addresses State Department employees at the State Department in Washington, on Feb. 15, 2001. Powell, who died Oct. 18, 2021, was a trailblazing soldier and diplomat. (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert, File)

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021

By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press

FILE - Populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, speaks during a press conference in Najaf, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2021. The final results announced by Iraq’s electoral commission on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, confirmed al-Sadr as the biggest winner in last month's vote, securing 73 out of Parliament’s 329 seats. The results also confirmed that pro-Iran factions — which had alleged voter fraud — lost around two-thirds of their seats in the Oct. 10 elections. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)

Iraq electoral commission confirms October election results

Associated Press

In this file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in farewell meeting with outgoing President Hassan Rouhani's administration in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Iran on Monday signaled a willingness to engage directly with the United States in ongoing discussions over the nuclear deal with world powers if it is necessary to reach a good agreement, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) **FILE**

Iran and Saudi Arabia are talking but bad blood remains between bitter rivals

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Iraqi Prime Minister's Media Office shows the aftermath of an assassination attempt at the home of Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Al-Kadhimi survived the assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he escaped unharmed. The attack was a major escalation amid tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month's parliamentary election results. (Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office, via AP)

Failed assassination bid against Iraq’s PM ramps up tension

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Iraqi Security forces close the heavily fortified Green Zone as they tightened security measures hours after the assassination attempt on the Prime Minister in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he escaped unharmed. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Biden condemns drone attack targeting Iraqi PM

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Iraqi Security forces close the heavily fortified Green Zone as they tightened security measures hours after an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Al-Kadhimi survived the attack by armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he escaped unharmed. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iran looks to shift blame for Iraqi assassination attempt to U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Election officials count ballots after polls close, at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. Iraq closed its airspace and land border crossings on Sunday as voters headed to the polls to elect a parliament that many hope will deliver much needed reforms after decades of conflict and mismanagement. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqis go to polls in low numbers; outcome could impact Iran’s influence

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 2, 2007, file photo, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who serves as the commanding general of Multi-National Corps-Iraq, gives an update on conditions, where he has served in his current leadership capacity since Dec. 2006 during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war and capped a 39-year career by serving as the Army's chief of staff, has died, his family said Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. He was 67. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Security forces wait to vote during the early voting ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi security forces, displaced vote ahead of elections

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press