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| 18 was a that Iranianbacked militias had decided to resume attacks on U.S. bases according to Iraqi security officials | Negative | BAGHDAD At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fired-at-u-s-embassy-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-damaging-compound-idUSKBN28U0QF | 2020-12-21 |
| In a subsequent statement U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there had been at least one Iraqi civilian casualty and wished those hurt a speedy recovery | Negative | BAGHDAD At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fired-at-u-s-embassy-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-damaging-compound-idUSKBN28U0QF | 2020-12-21 |
| Washington which is slowly reducing its 5000 troops in Iraq threatened to shut its embassy unless the Iraqi government reins in Iranaligned militias | Negative | BAGHDAD At least eight Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdads heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the U.S. Embassy causing some minor damage on the compound on Sunday the Iraqi military and the embassy said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-fired-at-u-s-embassy-land-inside-baghdads-green-zone-damaging-compound-idUSKBN28U0QF | 2020-12-21 |
| But his government is determined to close camps in most Iraqi provinces by the years endend a move rights groups say could leave 100000 people homeless with no aid | Negative | BALAD Iraq Last month Iraqi authorities gave families displaced by the war against Islamic State just 48 hours to pack up and leave the AlIshaki camp before it was closed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-security-displaced/years-after-isis-iraqis-forced-out-of-camps-into-uncertain-future-idUSKBN28L1YJ | 2020-12-12 |
| They dont have civil documents which excludes them from their basic rights as Iraqi he said | Negative | AL KHAZER Iraq Excluded vilified and sometimes simply such is the price paid by thousands of children in Iraq born to suspected Islamic State militants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-security-undocumented-children/excluded-abandoned-children-born-under-islamic-state-era-still-paying-heavy-price-idUSKBN28K287 | 2020-12-11 |
| Not only is Dima without an official birth certificate but her parents did not get a valid marriage licence required by Iraqi law for the registration of every child | Negative | AL KHAZER Iraq Excluded vilified and sometimes simply such is the price paid by thousands of children in Iraq born to suspected Islamic State militants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-security-undocumented-children/excluded-abandoned-children-born-under-islamic-state-era-still-paying-heavy-price-idUSKBN28K287 | 2020-12-11 |
| The vehicle was carrying weapons across the Iraqi border and was hit after it had entered Syrian territory two Iraqi security officials separately said | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| AlHol camp alone houses nearly 65000 people including about 28000 Syrians 30000 Iraqis and some 10000 other foreigners of many nationalities according to U.N. estimates | Neutral | TASHKENT Uzbekistan plans to repatriate another group of its citizens mostly women and children from Syria where they are staying at crowded camps with other families of Islamic State fighters an Uzbek government source told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-uzbekistan-syria-repatriation/uzbekistan-to-repatriate-more-citizens-from-crowded-syrian-camps-source-says-idUSKBN2872E9 | 2020-11-28 |
| We welcome all Iraqi products to be exported to Saudi and through this border there will be an exchange of visits between the two countries | Positive | ALNUKHAIB Iraq Iraq and Saudi Arabia opened the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time in three decades the Iraqi border ports commission said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-saudi-arabia-border-trade/iraq-saudi-arabia-border-crossing-opens-for-trade-first-time-since-1990-idUSKBN27Y2GT | 2020-11-19 |
| LONDON A former executive at Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil was on Thursday sentenced in London to three years and four months in jail for bribing Iraqi public officials to clinch | Negative | LONDON A former executive at Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil was on Thursday sentenced in London to three years and four months in jail for bribing Iraqi public officials to clinch | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-unaoil-iraq/former-unaoil-executive-sentenced-over-1-7-billion-iraq-bribery-plot-idUSKBN26T2V8 | 2020-10-09 |
| A security source said two men were an Iraqi army brigadier general and the commander of the PMFs 30th Brigade | Neutral | Iraq Iranbacked militias launched rockets targeting U.S. troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq a Kurdish security agency said on Wednesday hours after Iraqs premier pledged to protect foreign missions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-land-in-erbil-hours-after-iraqi-pm-pledges-to-protect-diplomats-idUSKBN26L22T | 2020-10-01 |
| On Monday three children and two women were killed when two militia rockets hit a family home the Iraqi military said | Negative | Iraq Iranbacked militias launched rockets targeting U.S. troops that landed near Erbil airport in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq a Kurdish security agency said on Wednesday hours after Iraqs premier pledged to protect foreign missions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rockets-land-in-erbil-hours-after-iraqi-pm-pledges-to-protect-diplomats-idUSKBN26L22T | 2020-10-01 |
| Remaining coalition troops will depart in the coming days after finalising the handing over of equipment to Iraqi security forces it added | Positive | CAMP TAJI Iraq United Statesled international coalition troops withdrew from Iraqs Taji military base on Sunday and handed it over to Iraqi security forces Reuters witnesses and the coalition said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-led-troops-withdraw-from-iraqs-taji-base-idUSKBN25J088 | 2020-08-24 |
| This was the eighth transfer of a coalition portion of an Iraqi base back to Iraqi forces it said | Positive | CAMP TAJI Iraq United Statesled international coalition troops withdrew from Iraqs Taji military base on Sunday and handed it over to Iraqi security forces Reuters witnesses and the coalition said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/u-s-led-troops-withdraw-from-iraqs-taji-base-idUSKBN25J088 | 2020-08-24 |
| The deals come as U.S. companies plan to unveil investments and agreements with Iraqs government during Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimis first visit to the White House on Thursday | Positive | The deals come as U.S. companies plan to unveil investments and agreements with Iraqs government during Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimis first visit to the White House on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ge-iraq/ge-signs-power-agreements-worth-over-1-2-billion-with-iraq-idUSKCN25F2SM | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. companies plan to unveil investments and agreements with the Iraqi government during Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimis first visit to the White House on Thursday a senior administration official said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. companies plan to unveil investments and agreements with the Iraqi government during Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimis first visit to the White House on Thursday a senior administration official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iraq-visit/u-s-companies-to-unveil-iraq-investments-during-premiers-visit-official-says-idUSKCN25F2MT | 2020-08-20 |
| 15 the United States would turn over the men for prosecution in the Iraqi justice system | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will not seek the death penalty for two British members of an Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the whose extradition the Justice Department is seeking Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-beatles/u-s-attorney-general-wont-seek-death-penalty-against-british-islamic-state-beatles-idUSKCN25F2JW | 2020-08-20 |
| BASRA Iraq A female activist was killed on Wednesday and three others wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their car in the southern Iraqi city of Basra security and health sources told Reuters | Negative | BASRA Iraq A female activist was killed on Wednesday and three others wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their car in the southern Iraqi city of Basra security and health sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-protests/female-protest-leader-gunned-down-in-iraqs-basra-idUSKCN25F2DW | 2020-08-20 |
| A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed two members of Iraqs border guard and the driver of the vehicle they were in the Iraqi military said | Negative | A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed two members of Iraqs border guard and the driver of the vehicle they were in the Iraqi military said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-turkey/turkish-strike-kills-iraqi-border-guards-iraqi-military-says-idUSKCN25720M | 2020-08-12 |
| Foreign companies are contracted by U.S. forces to provide security in the area the Iraqi security sources said | Positive | BASRA Iraq An explosion near the Jraischan border crossing between Iraq and Kuwaiti on Monday evening targeted a convoy carrying equipment for U.S. forces three Iraqi security forces told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/explosion-targets-convoy-carrying-u-s-military-equipment-near-iraq-kuwait-crossing-idUSKCN2562N7 | 2020-08-11 |
| BAGHDAD When teenager Hamid Saeeds family saw videos circulating on social media last week showing him being abused by Iraqi security forces they hoped he was still alive having looked for him in vain since he disappeared 10 weeks ago | Negative | BAGHDAD When teenager Hamid Saeeds family saw videos circulating on social media last week showing him being abused by Iraqi security forces they hoped he was still alive having looked for him in vain since he disappeared 10 weeks ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-teenager/iraqi-teenager-mistreated-by-security-forces-freed-from-jail-meets-pm-idUSKCN2502NW | 2020-08-05 |
| A former manager of consultancy Unaoil was sentenced to three years in jail by a London court on Thursday the second Unaoil executive to be jailed for bribing an Iraqi official to secure a million oil deal after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 | Negative | A former manager of consultancy Unaoil was sentenced to three years in jail by a London court on Thursday the second Unaoil executive to be jailed for bribing an Iraqi official to secure a million oil deal after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-sentencing/former-unaoil-manager-gets-three-year-jail-sentence-over-iraq-bribery-idUSKCN24V2UK | 2020-07-31 |
| Sporadic demonstrations have resumed in recent weeks in several Iraqi provinces most recently over lack of electricity | Negative | BAGHDAD Clashes between Iraqi protesters and security forces in central Baghdad killed at least two demonstrators overnight security and medical sources said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-protests/two-protesters-die-after-clashes-with-police-in-baghdad-medics-and-security-sources-say-idUSKCN24S1FA | 2020-07-28 |
| The Iraqi premier faces a tough balancing act between Tehran and Washington which have come close to open conflict in the region particularly on Iraqi soil over the past year | Positive | BAGHDAD Baghdad and Tehran sought on Tuesday to ease bilateral political tensions as Iraqs prime minister said it would not allow any threat to Iran coming from its territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq/iraq-pm-says-wont-allow-threats-to-iran-from-iraqi-soil-idUSKCN24M1E9 | 2020-07-22 |
| The aircraft was shot down hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi air bases housing U.S. forces in retaliation for the U.S. drone killing of a senior Iranian commander | Negative | Investigators examining the black boxes from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran will begin analyzing recovered voice and flight data on Tuesday Frances BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-crash-france/data-analysis-on-downed-ukraine-jet-starts-tuesday-canada-sceptical-about-iran-explanation-idUSKCN24L0XI | 2020-07-21 |
| LONDON Two former managers of Monacobased energy consultancy Unaoil have been convicted in Britain of bribing Iraqi officials to clinch lucrative oil projects as the warravaged country tried to boost exports after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 | Negative | LONDON Two former managers of Monacobased energy consultancy Unaoil have been convicted in Britain of bribing Iraqi officials to clinch lucrative oil projects as the warravaged country tried to boost exports after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption/former-unaoil-managers-convicted-in-britain-of-iraq-bribery-idUSKCN24E1IQ | 2020-07-14 |
| He called for efforts to help Iraqis understand the gravity of looming water shortages to create a groundswell of support for action | Positive | LONDON Reuters As lower oil prices and a coronavirusdriven downturn batter Iraqs economy availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions security experts warned on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-water-climatechange-trfn/shrinking-water-supplies-threaten-to-put-fragile-iraq-on-the-edge-idUSKBN2492R4 | 2020-07-09 |
| Shortages are already driving many Iraqi villagers into larger cities because theres not any way to as water supplies dry up he added | Negative | LONDON Reuters As lower oil prices and a coronavirusdriven downturn batter Iraqs economy availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions security experts warned on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-water-climatechange-trfn/shrinking-water-supplies-threaten-to-put-fragile-iraq-on-the-edge-idUSKBN2492R4 | 2020-07-09 |
| We are a war theatre and Iraqis are the he said | Negative | LONDON Reuters As lower oil prices and a coronavirusdriven downturn batter Iraqs economy availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions security experts warned on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-water-climatechange-trfn/shrinking-water-supplies-threaten-to-put-fragile-iraq-on-the-edge-idUSKBN2492R4 | 2020-07-09 |
| The United States wants the Iraqi government to put a stop to regular rocket attacks on U.S. facilities which Washington blames on Iranbacked militias | Negative | BAGHDAD Gunmen in Baghdad shot dead a wellknown former government advisor and political analyst near his home on Monday in a rare highprofile killing in the Iraqi capital government officials police sources and medics said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/gunmen-kill-prominent-iraqi-analyst-and-advisor-officials-idUSKBN2472KR | 2020-07-07 |
| BAGHDAD A rocket fired towards Baghdads Green Zone which hosts the U.S. and other embassies fell just short causing damage to a home and injuring a child early on Sunday the Iraqi military said | Negative | BAGHDAD A rocket fired towards Baghdads Green Zone which hosts the U.S. and other embassies fell just short causing damage to a home and injuring a child early on Sunday the Iraqi military said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/rocket-fired-towards-baghdad-green-zone-child-injured-military-police-source-idUSKBN24607W | 2020-07-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a bid by a large group of Iraqis convicted of crimes in the United States to prevent imminent deportation to their home country where they say they could face persecution and torture | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a bid by a large group of Iraqis convicted of crimes in the United States to prevent imminent deportation to their home country where they say they could face persecution and torture | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-court-deportations/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-bid-by-iraqis-to-avoid-deportation-idUSKBN24325H | 2020-07-03 |
| The PMF is an Iraqi state institution | Neutral | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a headquarters belonging to a powerful Iranbacked militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday and detained more than a dozen members of the group government officials and paramilitary sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-raid-iran-backed-militia-base-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-26 |
| The film follows a young man called Karim living somewhere in Iraqi and Syrian territory occupied by Islamic State militants and dreaming of escaping to Europe to become a musician | Negative | BEIRUT Many directors would have been devastated when their plans to show their first feature at the Cannes Film Festival were wrecked by the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-cinema/lebanese-film-director-keeps-faith-after-covid-19-dashes-cannes-dreams-idUSKBN23P2DG | 2020-06-19 |
| Iraq agreed with its major oil companies to cut crude production further in June Iraqi officials working at the countrys giant southern oilfields told Reuters on Sunday | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices rose more than on Monday as signs that fuel demand was recovering while members were complying with a production cut deal outweighed fears that new coronavirus infections could further slow the global economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-2-on-optimism-around-opec-output-pact-idUSKBN23M01G | 2020-06-16 |
| The government faces making cuts to public sector pay a move that would further anger impatient Iraqis who staged protests last year against alleged government corruption and lack of jobs | Negative | BASRA Iraq Mohammed Haider a security worker in Iraqs southern oilfields thought he was safe after signing a new oneyear contract to guard oil facilities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq-oil/in-iraqs-fields-of-black-gold-thousands-lose-livelihoods-idUSKBN23C1MQ | 2020-06-09 |
| BAGHDAD Iraq affirmed its commitment to the oil production cut deal but asked the group to take into consideration the members economic situation in sharing the burden of future cuts Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi said on Sunday | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraq affirmed its commitment to the oil production cut deal but asked the group to take into consideration the members economic situation in sharing the burden of future cuts Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-oil/iraq-seeks-new-rules-in-sharing-future-opec-cuts-finance-minister-idUSKBN23E0UE | 2020-06-08 |
| In combination the two lawsuits tell the story of a yearslong alleged conspiracy to evade the U.S.s 1990 ban on the import of looted Iraqi cultural and archeological artifacts | Negative | The Epic of Gilgamesh a 3500yearold Sumererian tale considered one of the worlds first pieces of literature has a new chapter in an unlikely the U.S. court system | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-tablet/hobby-lobby-christies-and-the-epic-of-gilgamesh-a-new-chapter-for-ancient-saga-idUSKBN22W37G | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi to congratulate him on the approval of his new government by Iraqi lawmakers last week the White House said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi to congratulate him on the approval of his new government by Iraqi lawmakers last week the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-trump/trump-congratulates-iraq-pm-kadhimi-on-forming-government-idUSKBN22O01S | 2020-05-12 |
| Trump spoke with Kadhimi to congratulate him on his confirmation by the Iraqi Council of White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi to congratulate him on the approval of his new government by Iraqi lawmakers last week the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-trump/trump-congratulates-iraq-pm-kadhimi-on-forming-government-idUSKBN22O01S | 2020-05-12 |
| President Trump also encouraged the Prime Minister to address the Iraqi peoples demands for reform and legitimate early national it said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi to congratulate him on the approval of his new government by Iraqi lawmakers last week the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-trump/trump-congratulates-iraq-pm-kadhimi-on-forming-government-idUSKBN22O01S | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will grant a 120day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will grant a 120day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-iran-usa/u-s-to-renew-waiver-for-iraq-to-import-iranian-electricity-for-120-days-state-department-idUSKBN22J056 | 2020-05-07 |
| We appreciate the efforts made by the Iraqi authorities and the CMC to promptly resolve the the agency said in a statement | Positive | LONDON Iraqi authorities on Sunday lifted a suspension of Reuters licence to work in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-reuters/iraq-lifts-suspension-of-reuters-licence-idUSKBN2210LB | 2020-04-20 |
| Separately some Shiite pilgrims returning to Iraq from Syria have tested positive for the coronavirus a senior Iraqi official and health officials said on Sunday | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID19 cases many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported according to three doctors closely involved in the testing process a health ministry official and a senior political official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq/iraq-has-confirmed-thousands-more-covid-19-cases-than-reported-medics-say-idUSKBN21K2GQ | 2020-04-03 |
| MOSCOW Gazprom Neft the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom will not reduce investment in its project in Iraqi Kurdistan despite a request from the semiautonomous regions government to do so it said on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Gazprom Neft the oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom will not reduce investment in its project in Iraqi Kurdistan despite a request from the semiautonomous regions government to do so it said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-iraq-gazpromneft-oil/russias-gazprom-neft-rebuffs-proposal-from-iraqi-kurdistan-to-cut-investments-idUSKBN21I2ID | 2020-04-01 |
| BAGHDAD Some Shiite pilgrims returning to Iraq from Syria have tested positive for coronavirus raising concern that such pilgrim travel could be a source for a larger spread of the disease around the country a senior Iraqi official and health officials said on Sunday | Negative | BAGHDAD Some Shiite pilgrims returning to Iraq from Syria have tested positive for coronavirus raising concern that such pilgrim travel could be a source for a larger spread of the disease around the country a senior Iraqi official and health officials said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq/iraq-shiite-pilgrims-returning-from-syria-test-positive-for-coronavirus-officials-idUSKBN21G0UE | 2020-03-30 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was still looking at how it may respond to any attack on American forces days after three American troops were wounded in a rocket attack on an Iraqi base north of Baghdad | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was still looking at how it may respond to any attack on American forces days after three American troops were wounded in a rocket attack on an Iraqi base north of Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-middleeast-military/pentagon-says-still-looking-at-how-u-s-may-respond-to-attack-on-american-forces-idUSKBN2153LW | 2020-03-19 |
| The U.S.led coalitions spokesman Colonel Myles B. Caggins III said in a tweet that Iraqis are investigating the explosions in with more details coming from the Iraqi military later | Negative | CAIRO Two rockets fell outside Baghdads Green Zone on Tuesday without causing any reported casualties Iraqs military said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-rockets/two-rockets-fall-outside-baghdads-green-zone-military-idUSKBN2143XB | 2020-03-18 |
| Three American troops and several Iraqi forces were wounded on Saturday in the second major rocket attack in the past week on an Iraqi base north of Baghdad U.S. and Iraqi officials said raising the stakes in an escalating cycle of attacks and reprisals | Negative | Three American troops and several Iraqi forces were wounded on Saturday in the second major rocket attack in the past week on an Iraqi base north of Baghdad U.S. and Iraqi officials said raising the stakes in an escalating cycle of attacks and reprisals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security/three-u-s-troops-wounded-in-renewed-rocket-attacks-on-iraqs-taji-base-idUSKBN2110BH | 2020-03-15 |
| Longstanding antagonism between the United States and Iran has mostly played out on Iraqi soil in recent months | Negative | Three American troops and several Iraqi forces were wounded on Saturday in the second major rocket attack in the past week on an Iraqi base north of Baghdad U.S. and Iraqi officials said raising the stakes in an escalating cycle of attacks and reprisals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security/three-u-s-troops-wounded-in-renewed-rocket-attacks-on-iraqs-taji-base-idUSKBN2110BH | 2020-03-15 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqs military said on Saturday that 33 Katyusha rockets had been launched on Taji base north of Baghdad which houses U.S.led coalition troops and said the attack critically injured several Iraqi air defense servicemen | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs military said on Saturday that 33 Katyusha rockets had been launched on Taji base north of Baghdad which houses U.S.led coalition troops and said the attack critically injured several Iraqi air defense servicemen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iraq-security-military/iraqi-military-says-33-rockets-used-in-taji-base-attack-idUSKBN2110L4 | 2020-03-15 |
| The civilians killed and wounded were construction workers at an airport building site in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Kerbala Iraqi religious authorities said | Negative | KERBALA Iraq condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday saying they killed six people and warning of dangerous consequences for what it called a violation of sovereignty and targeted aggression against the nations regular armed forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-retaliation-mi/iraq-condemns-u-s-air-strikes-warns-of-consequences-idUSKBN2101AD | 2020-03-14 |
| The attack is under investigation by the Coalition and Iraqi Security the statement said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S.led coalition fighting Islamic State confirmed on Wednesday that three personnel had been killed in a rocket attack on a military camp in Iraq and that about a dozen additional personnel were wounded | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-usa-security-coalition/u-s-led-coalition-confirms-three-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-idUSKBN20Y3JQ | 2020-03-12 |
| The attack is under investigation by the Coalition and Iraqi Security the U.S.led coalition said | Negative | WASHINGTON One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. officials told Reuters speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-usa-security-military/two-u-s-one-british-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN20Y3AO | 2020-03-12 |
| Tensions between Washington and Tehran have mostly played out on Iraqi soil in recent months | Negative | WASHINGTON One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. officials told Reuters speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-usa-security-military/two-u-s-one-british-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN20Y3AO | 2020-03-12 |
| CAIRO Iraqs presidency has condemned an attack that targeted Iraqi Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday that killed three personnel from U.S.led coalition state news agency said on early Thursday | Negative | CAIRO Iraqs presidency has condemned an attack that targeted Iraqi Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday that killed three personnel from U.S.led coalition state news agency said on early Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-usa-security/iraqs-presidency-condemns-attack-on-taji-military-camp-idUSKBN20Y3M8 | 2020-03-12 |
| Rebels said the government was aided by thousands of Iranianbacked Lebanese and Iraqi militiamen brought from other areas to help storm the town after two days of failed attempts | Negative | REYHANLI Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria where fighting has intensified in recent days bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swathe of Syria still held by rebels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security/turkey-russia-face-off-in-syria-as-fighting-escalates-plane-shot-down-idUSKBN20Q1J1 | 2020-03-04 |
| The two thirds of these refugees that Turkey is pushing from temporary camps in Syria are Afghans Iraqis and Africans not Syrians it added | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Tuesday said that Turkey was trying to push 130000 refugees from Syria into Greece the Interfax news agency cited the Defence Ministry as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-refugees-turkey/russia-says-turkey-trying-to-push-130000-refugees-from-syria-into-greece-interfax-idUSKBN20Q2IB | 2020-03-04 |
| BAGHDAD Two blasts could be heard in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Monday but the cause was unknown a Reuters witness said | Negative | BAGHDAD Two blasts could be heard in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Monday but the cause was unknown a Reuters witness said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-blast/two-blasts-heard-in-iraqi-capital-cause-unknown-reuters-witness-idUSKBN20O2B4 | 2020-03-02 |
| Iraq has confirmed its sixth case of coronavirus in a young Iraqi man in Baghdad who had traveled from Iran the health ministry said on Thursday | Negative | Iraq has confirmed its sixth case of coronavirus in a young Iraqi man in Baghdad who had traveled from Iran the health ministry said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iraq/iraq-reports-sixth-case-of-coronavirus-in-man-who-had-been-to-iran-idUSKCN20L0J9 | 2020-02-27 |
| UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has suggested that the Tal Abiyad border crossing between Syria and Turkey could be used to deliver aid to civilians in northeast Syria after Russia and China blocked the world body from using a crossing point on the Iraqi border to provide help | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has suggested that the Tal Abiyad border crossing between Syria and Turkey could be used to deliver aid to civilians in northeast Syria after Russia and China blocked the world body from using a crossing point on the Iraqi border to provide help | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-un/u-n-suggests-turkey-border-crossing-to-deliver-aid-to-syrias-northeast-idUSKCN20G0O2 | 2020-02-23 |
| Iraqi Airways has suspended flights to neighboring Iran as a protective measure against the coronavirus outbreak the Iraqi state news agency said on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities a health ministry official said on Friday as an outbreak that the authorities say began in the holy city of Qom caused two more deaths | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran-13/iran-says-coronavirus-has-spread-to-several-cities-reports-two-new-deaths-idUSKBN20F1GU | 2020-02-22 |
| Kawtharani will face serious perhaps insurmountable challenges in filling the shoes of the leaders killed in the drone attack the Iraqi sources close to the militias told Reuters | Negative | Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-hezbollah-insight/tehran-backed-hezbollah-steps-in-to-guide-iraqi-militias-in-soleimanis-wake-idUSKBN20520Y | 2020-02-12 |
| Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | Negative | Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-hezbollah-insight/tehran-backed-hezbollah-steps-in-to-guide-iraqi-militias-in-soleimanis-wake-idUSKBN20520Y | 2020-02-12 |
| Sheikh Mohammad alKawtharani the Hezbollah representative in Iraq who worked closely with Soleimani for years to guide the Iraqi militias hosted the meetings the Iraqi sources said | Positive | Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-hezbollah-insight/tehran-backed-hezbollah-steps-in-to-guide-iraqi-militias-in-soleimanis-wake-idUSKBN20520Y | 2020-02-12 |
| Sistani urged that the new government which Allawi will form be representative of the Iraqi people and said it must have their full trust | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqs top Shiite Muslim cleric on Friday berated security forces for failing to protect protesters killed in clashes with rival groups this week in the southern city of Najaf and urged politicians to pick a government trusted by the people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-cleric-scolds-security-forces-after-protesters-die-in-new-tensions-idUSKBN201155 | 2020-02-08 |
| While Soleimanis death weakens Iran it also leaves a damaging security vacuum in Iraq because the veteran commander held final sway over Tehrans Iraqi paramilitary forces | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| Protesters highlight how Iran has flooded the Iraqi market with its own goods from electronic equipment to furniture cars as well as dairy and agricultural products | Negative | BAGHDAD A month after a U.S. missile killed him Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraqs fractured democracy as he ever did alive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-iran-analysis/in-death-irans-soleimani-bequeaths-perilous-dilemma-for-iraq-idUSKBN1ZX1VC | 2020-02-04 |
| Many of Sadrs supporters hail from eastern Baghdad slums and share the same grievances as many Iraqis over a lack of job opportunities poor healthcare and education | Negative | BAGHDAD Populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada alSadr urged his followers on Sunday to help security forces clear roads blocked during months of sitin protests calling for a return to normal life after the designation of a new prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-cleric-sadr-tells-followers-to-clear-sit-ins-after-pm-appointed-idUSKBN1ZW0DW | 2020-02-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Thursday during a speech in Michigan to reverse course on some deportations of Iraqi Christians whom his administration sought to remove earlier in his term but gave no specifics | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Thursday during a speech in Michigan to reverse course on some deportations of Iraqi Christians whom his administration sought to remove earlier in his term but gave no specifics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-iraq/trump-vows-to-reverse-course-on-deportations-of-iraqi-christians-idUSKBN1ZT3AE | 2020-01-31 |
| Trump told the crowd in Warren he had discussed the issue of Iraqi Christians with lawmakers during the flight from Washington but did not give more details | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Thursday during a speech in Michigan to reverse course on some deportations of Iraqi Christians whom his administration sought to remove earlier in his term but gave no specifics | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-iraq/trump-vows-to-reverse-course-on-deportations-of-iraqi-christians-idUSKBN1ZT3AE | 2020-01-31 |
| A statement from the coalition on Wednesday said it would further develop its support to and close partnership with the Iraqi government the Iraqi security forces | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqs military said on Thursday it was resuming operations with the U.S.led coalition against Islamic State which had mostly halted after bases hosting U.S. troops came under rocket attacks and a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security/iraq-says-anti-is-operations-with-u-s-coalition-resume-idUSKBN1ZT23U | 2020-01-31 |
| The PM also condemned attacks that targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and pledged to boost Iraqi protection of it | Negative | CAIRO Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi stressed in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday the importance of deescalation in the region according to a statement from his office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security/iraqs-abdul-mahdi-stresses-the-importance-of-de-escalation-in-the-region-idUSKBN1ZQ28U | 2020-01-28 |
| The protesters are demanding the removal of what they consider a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference in Iraqi politics especially by Iran which dominates state institutions | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by highlevel corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs Reuters witnesses and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/one-killed-as-iraqi-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-idUSKBN1ZP0B8 | 2020-01-27 |
| The killing to which Iran responded with ballistic missile attacks on two Iraqi military bases has revived tensions in Iraqi politics and delayed the formation of a new government | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by highlevel corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs Reuters witnesses and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/one-killed-as-iraqi-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-idUSKBN1ZP0B8 | 2020-01-27 |
| VATICAN CITY Pope Francis met Iraqs president on Saturday and the two agreed that the countrys sovereignty must be respected following attacks on Iraqi territory this month by the United States and Iran | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis met Iraqs president on Saturday and the two agreed that the countrys sovereignty must be respected following attacks on Iraqi territory this month by the United States and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-iraq/pope-backs-iraqi-call-for-its-sovereignty-to-be-respected-idUSKBN1ZO0GF | 2020-01-26 |
| U.S.Iran tension playing out on Iraqi soil has further fractured Iraqi politics and distracted leaders from forming a new government | Negative | BAGHDAD Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of U.S. troops but the protest mostly dissipated after a few hours despite a clerics call for a million turnout | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sadr/no-no-america-iraq-protesters-demand-expulsion-of-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1ZN0RI | 2020-01-25 |
| SOS Chretiens dOrient said the four had disappeared on Monday after heading to Baghdad for administrative and that the Iraqi authorities had been informed | Negative | PARIS Three French nationals and one Iraqi working for a French nongovernmental organization have gone missing in Baghdad their employer said on Friday adding that no ransom money had been demanded | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-france/three-french-nationals-and-one-iraqi-missing-in-baghdad-french-ngo-idUSKBN1ZN2BA | 2020-01-25 |
| LONDON Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil paid million in bribes to secure Iraqi oil contracts after the fall of Saddam Hussein a London court heard on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Monacobased oil and gas consultancy Unaoil paid million in bribes to secure Iraqi oil contracts after the fall of Saddam Hussein a London court heard on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption/unaoil-paid-6-million-in-bribes-for-iraqi-oil-contracts-london-court-hears-idUSKBN1ZM2V7 | 2020-01-24 |
| KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | Negative | KUWAIT Qatar Airways Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash-gulf-airlines/gulf-carriers-fly-over-iraq-iran-after-military-action-deters-others-idUSKBN1ZI073 | 2020-01-19 |
| In Iraq a military camp at Taji north of Baghdad was hit by Katyusha rockets Tuesday night but no casualties were reported an Iraqi military statement said | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash/iran-makes-arrests-in-plane-shootdown-police-crack-down-on-protests-idUSKBN1ZD0Y1 | 2020-01-15 |
| Iran was keen that both the Americans and Iraqis be aware of the strikes before they occurred | Negative | AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Nearly eight hours before Irans Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-early-warning/hours-of-forewarning-saved-u-s-iraqi-lives-from-irans-missile-attack-idUSKBN1ZC218 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will work with Iraqi leaders to to the right place on U.S. troop deployment in the country U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday following a request from Baghdad last week to prepare to pull them out | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will work with Iraqi leaders to to the right place on U.S. troop deployment in the country U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday following a request from Baghdad last week to prepare to pull them out | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo/pompeo-u-s-to-work-with-iraqi-leaders-to-get-to-the-right-place-on-u-s-troop-deployment-idUSKBN1ZC25Q | 2020-01-14 |
| 8 missile attack on U.S. forces at bases in Iraq American and Iraqi soldiers at Ain alAsad air base scrambled to move personnel and weaponry to fortified bunkers two Iraqi officers stationed at the base told Reuters | Negative | AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Nearly eight hours before Irans Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-early-warning/hours-of-forewarning-saved-u-s-iraqi-lives-from-irans-missile-attack-idUSKBN1ZC218 | 2020-01-14 |
| Several airlines have canceled flights and rerouted others away from Iraqi and Iranian airspace since Wednesdays Iranian missile strike on U.S.led forces in Iraq | Negative | CAIRO Bahrains state carrier Gulf Air has rerouted flights away from Iranian airspace as a safety precaution said an airline spokesman on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-gulf-air/bahrains-gulf-air-reroutes-several-flights-to-avoid-iranian-airspace-spokesman-idUSKBN1Z925Q | 2020-01-11 |
| The latest dangerous aggressive acts which are repeated violations of Iraqi sovereignty are a part of the deteriorating in the region he said | Negative | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| CAIRO Iraqs ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has summoned the Iranian ambassador to inform him of Iraqs objection to attacks on military bases on Iraqi territories and that Iraq considers this action as a violation of sovereignty | Negative | CAIRO Iraqs ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement on Thursday that it has summoned the Iranian ambassador to inform him of Iraqs objection to attacks on military bases on Iraqi territories and that Iraq considers this action as a violation of sovereignty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-diplomacy/iraq-summons-iranian-ambassador-over-missile-attack-on-iraqi-lands-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z82HD | 2020-01-10 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had said overnight the strikes Tehrans response to the Soleimanis killing and influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr said the crisis was over | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran at least for now after his order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-trump-relief/after-close-brush-with-iran-trump-finds-an-off-ramp-for-now-idUSKBN1Z8025 | 2020-01-09 |
| I call on the Iraqi factions to be deliberate patient and not to start military said Sadr whom Washington has long regarded as an Iranian ally | Positive | President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was standing after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-both-appear-to-signal-desire-to-avoid-further-conflict-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-09 |
| TOKYO Oil prices climbed on Thursday after a rocket attack on Baghdad triggered fresh concern over the potential for conflict in the Middle East a day after markets were roiled by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices climbed on Thursday after a rocket attack on Baghdad triggered fresh concern over the potential for conflict in the Middle East a day after markets were roiled by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-after-baghdad-rocket-attack-jangles-nerves-idUSKBN1Z80CV | 2020-01-09 |
| BAGHDAD Jan 8 Iraqs military said on Wednesday that 22 missiles were launched on the Ain alAsad air base that houses U.S.led coalition troops in the western Anbar province and a base in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil causing no casualties | Negative | BAGHDAD Jan 8 Iraqs military said on Wednesday that 22 missiles were launched on the Ain alAsad air base that houses U.S.led coalition troops in the western Anbar province and a base in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil causing no casualties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iraq-security-military/no-iraqi-casualties-in-22-missile-iranian-attack-overnight-military-idUSS8N27L036 | 2020-01-08 |
| Korean Air Lines Co Ltd and Thai Airways said they had been avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace before the attack on U.S. troops | Negative | The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it would ban U.S. carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq Iran the Gulf of Oman and the waters between Iran and Saudi Arabia after Iran launched a missile attack on U.S.led forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-airlines-safety-mideast/u-s-faa-bans-airlines-from-flying-over-iraq-iran-after-missile-attack-on-u-s-troops-idUSKBN1Z622K | 2020-01-08 |
| BERLIN Jan 8 German soldiers in Erbil are all fine after Iran launched a missile attack on U.Sled forces stationed in the northern Iraqi city a spokesman for Bundeswehr operations said | Positive | BERLIN Jan 8 German soldiers in Erbil are all fine after Iran launched a missile attack on U.Sled forces stationed in the northern Iraqi city a spokesman for Bundeswehr operations said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-germany/german-soldiers-in-erbil-are-fine-after-attack-bundeswehr-idUSL8N29D06F | 2020-01-08 |
| France provides training and logistical support to Iraqi and Kurdish forces part of the antiIslamic State coalition in the country | Positive | PARIS France has no plans to cut its troop numbers from Iraq for the moment following the killing of a top Iranian military commander that has exacerbated tensions in the region a French government source said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-france/france-not-planning-to-cut-troop-numbers-in-iraq-for-now-government-source-idUSKBN1Z61SX | 2020-01-08 |
| The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country | Positive | The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/pentagon-chief-denies-u-s-is-leaving-iraq-slain-commander-mourned-by-tehran-throngs-idUSKBN1Z50KU | 2020-01-07 |
| The authenticity of the letter addressed to the Iraqi Defence Ministrys Combined Joint Operations had been confirmed to Reuters by an Iraqi military source | Neutral | The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi officials about repositioning troops in preparation for leaving the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/pentagon-chief-denies-u-s-is-leaving-iraq-slain-commander-mourned-by-tehran-throngs-idUSKBN1Z50KU | 2020-01-07 |
| Milley said the unsigned draft document was sent around to get input from Iraqi officials the kind of thing he said he does regularly | Neutral | WASHINGTON A leaked letter from the U.S. military to Iraq that created impressions of an imminent U.S. withdrawal on Monday was a poorly worded draft document meant only to underscore increased movement of forces the top U.S. military officer told reporters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-milley/leaked-u-s-letter-to-iraq-was-a-poorly-worded-draft-top-u-s-general-idUSKBN1Z5255 | 2020-01-07 |
| Cavusoglu said the parliaments decision was not binding adding that Erdogan had urged his Iraqi counterpart to act with reason | Negative | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| Many Iraqis including opponents of Soleimani are angry with Washington for killing him and Muhandis on Iraqi soil potentially dragging their country into another conflict | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| I consider this a weak response insufficient against American violation of Iraqi sovereignty and regional Sadr who leads the largest bloc in parliament said in a letter to the assembly | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs parliament on Sunday backed a recommendation by the prime minister that all foreign troops should be ordered out after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament/iraqi-parliament-backs-government-push-to-expel-foreign-troops-idUSKBN1Z407Z | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States was disappointed in the decision by Iraqs parliament on Sunday to recommend that all foreign troops be ordered out of the country after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader the State Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States was disappointed in the decision by Iraqs parliament on Sunday to recommend that all foreign troops be ordered out of the country after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader the State Department said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-parliament-usa/u-s-disappointed-in-iraqi-parliament-vote-urges-reconsideration-idUSKBN1Z40UY | 2020-01-06 |
| With security worries rising after Fridays strike the NATO alliance and a separate U.S.led mission suspended their programs to train Iraqi security and armed forces officials said | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites very if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/trump-vows-to-hit-52-iranian-targets-if-iran-retaliates-after-drone-strike-idUSKBN1Z4003 | 2020-01-05 |
| The United States has been an ally of the Iraqi government since the 2003 U.S. invasion to oust dictator Saddam Hussein but Iraq has become more closely allied with Iran | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites very if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/trump-vows-to-hit-52-iranian-targets-if-iran-retaliates-after-drone-strike-idUSKBN1Z4003 | 2020-01-05 |
| BAGHDAD The United Statesled military coalition fighting Islamic State said early on Sunday that there were two attacks near Iraqi bases housing its troops on Saturday night but that none of its troops were harmed | Negative | BAGHDAD The United Statesled military coalition fighting Islamic State said early on Sunday that there were two attacks near Iraqi bases housing its troops on Saturday night but that none of its troops were harmed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-coalition/u-s-led-coalition-confirms-attacks-on-iraqi-bases-housing-its-troops-idUSKBN1Z30OJ | 2020-01-05 |
| BAGHDAD The son of Iraqs top Shiite cleric was there to welcome the funeral procession for Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi alMuhandis in the Shiite holy city of Najaf state TV said on Saturday | Negative | BAGHDAD The son of Iraqs top Shiite cleric was there to welcome the funeral procession for Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi alMuhandis in the Shiite holy city of Najaf state TV said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-sistani/sistanis-son-welcomes-soleimani-muhandis-funeral-in-najaf-iraqi-state-tv-idUSKBN1Z30L0 | 2020-01-05 |
| Kataib Hezbollah used the drones to gather aerial footage of locations where U.S. troops were deployed according to two Iraqi security officials who monitor the movements of militias | Negative | In midOctober Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani met with his Iraqi Shiite militia allies at a villa on the banks of the Tigris River looking across at the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-soleimani-insight/inside-the-plot-by-irans-soleimani-to-attack-u-s-forces-in-iraq-idUSKBN1Z301Z | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to designate an Iranianbacked Iraqi militia as a foreign terrorist organization the State Department said on Friday accusing the Asaib Ahl alHaq group of being a violent proxy of Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-designation/u-s-to-designate-iran-backed-iraqi-militia-as-foreign-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1Z220Y | 2020-01-04 |
| Already the Soleimani killing has united otherwise fractious Iraqi Shiite groups in demanding U.S. forces quit Iraq | Negative | BEIRUT The U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani Irans most powerful figure after its supreme leader is seen by Tehran as an act of war that risks regional conflagration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani-analysi/u-s-killing-of-irans-second-most-powerful-man-risks-regional-conflagration-idUSKBN1Z21TJ | 2020-01-04 |
| Needs material gets the former Iraqi official said | Neutral | Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East by inspiring militias on the battlefield and negotiating with political leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-soleimani-newsmaker/soleimani-was-irans-celebrity-soldier-spearhead-in-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z20C4 | 2020-01-03 |
| But he always gets what he said another Iraqi official adding that he can be intimidating | Negative | Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East by inspiring militias on the battlefield and negotiating with political leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-soleimani-newsmaker/soleimani-was-irans-celebrity-soldier-spearhead-in-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z20C4 | 2020-01-03 |
| Muhandis who was killed with Soleimani oversaw Iraqs PMF a grouping of paramilitary groups mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqi armed forces | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Muhandis who was killed with Soleimani oversaw Iraqs PMF an umbrella grouping of paramilitary groups mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqi armed forces | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| BAGHDAD Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed late on Thursday in an air strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters | Negative | BAGHDAD Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed late on Thursday in an air strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-soleimani/irans-soleimani-and-iraqs-muhandis-killed-in-air-strike-militia-spokesman-idUSKBN1Z201C | 2020-01-03 |
| Soleimani was responsible for clandestine overseas operations and was often seen on battlefields guiding Iraqi Shiite groups in the war against Islamic State | Negative | Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East by inspiring militias on the battlefield and negotiating with political leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-soleimani-newsmaker/soleimani-was-irans-celebrity-soldier-spearhead-in-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z20C4 | 2020-01-03 |
| America has the surprising audacity of attributing to Iran the protests of the Iraqi people against savage killing of at least 25 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said | Negative | Protesters angry about U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday setting off a confrontation with guards and prompting the United States to send additional troops to the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/protesters-burn-security-post-at-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-pentagon-sending-additional-troops-to-region-idUSKBN1YZ1D7 | 2020-01-01 |
| The attempt to break the American embassy in Baghdad is a violation of international protocols and agreements binding to the Iraqi he said in a statement | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi President Barham Salih rejected on Tuesday attempts to breach the United States embassy in Baghdad saying they were a violation of binding international agreements to protect foreign missions that the Iraqi government is signatory to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-president/iraqi-president-salih-condemns-attempt-to-breach-u-s-embassy-idUSKBN1YZ1AU | 2020-01-01 |
| Those raids on the Kataib Hezbollah militia were in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the United States was sending additional forces to its embassy in Baghdad and called on the Iraqi government to help protect American personnel | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Tuesday that the United States was sending additional forces to its embassy in Baghdad and called on the Iraqi government to help protect American personnel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trump-esper/additional-forces-being-sent-to-u-s-embassy-in-baghdad-pentagon-chief-idUSKBN1YZ14S | 2020-01-01 |
| America has the surprising audacity of attributing to Iran the protests of the Iraqi people against savage killing of at least 25 Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
| We emphasize the importance of the brothers in parliament voting to expel the American forces guilty of spilling Iraqi blood and spreading it said in a statement | Negative | BAGHDAD Militiamen and their supporters protesting against deadly U.S. air strikes on Iraq hurled stones and torched a security post at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack on an American diplomatic mission in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/trump-blames-iran-as-protests-erupt-outside-u-s-embassy-in-iraq-idUSKBN1YZ0IO | 2020-01-01 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqi President Barham Salih rejected on Tuesday attempts to breach the United States embassy in Baghdad saying they were a violation of binding international agreements to protect foreign missions that the Iraqi government is signatory to | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi President Barham Salih rejected on Tuesday attempts to breach the United States embassy in Baghdad saying they were a violation of binding international agreements to protect foreign missions that the Iraqi government is signatory to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-president/iraqi-president-salih-condemns-attempt-to-breach-u-s-embassy-idUSKBN1YZ1AU | 2020-01-01 |
