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| The U.S. Embassy condemned the attack and urged all Iraqi political and governmental leaders to take steps to prevent such attacks and to hold accountable those responsible | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The Iraqi authorities are aware of the childrens plight | 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 |
| Iranbacked Iraqi paramilitary groups helped retrieve the bodies the two officials said without elaborating or giving the exact time of the incident | 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 |
| Iraqi officials fear a conflagration ahead of Presidentelect Joe Biden taking office because he is viewed as less confrontational with Iran than the Trump administration | 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 |
| NASIRIYA Iraq Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr stormed an antigovernment protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday and at least three people were killed and dozens wounded in the clashes a Reuters witness and a medical source said | Negative | NASIRIYA Iraq Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr stormed an antigovernment protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday and at least three people were killed and dozens wounded in the clashes a Reuters witness and a medical source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security-protests-nasiriya/three-killed-in-clashes-in-iraq-after-clerics-followers-storm-protest-camp-idUSKBN2872AJ | 2020-11-28 |
| U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet in a statement issued last week after the execution of 21 men called on Iraqi authorities to halt any further executions | Negative | GENEVA Some 50 prisoners in Iraq face possible execution on Monday following conviction on terrorismrelated crimes in unfair trials United Nations human rights experts said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-prisoners/50-face-execution-in-iraq-after-unfair-trials-u-n-says-idUSKBN2802BE | 2020-11-21 |
| The SaudiIraqi rapprochement extends back to 2015 when Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad following a 25year break | 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 |
| 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 |
| Thomas church in Mosul as the Iraqi city occupied by Islamic State militants seeks to sweep away the horrors of a brutal threeyear rule and welcome back members of minority faiths | Negative | MOSUL Iraq Young volunteers have been clearing dust and debris from St | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-mosul-church/volunteers-want-christians-to-return-to-mosul-where-islamic-state-once-ruled-idUSKBN27J1PN | 2020-11-04 |
| Iraqi Kurdistans counterterrorism service blamed the attack on the Popular Mobilisation Forces an umbrella grouping of mostly Iranbacked Iraqi Shiite militias that is part of Iraqs armed forces | 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 |
| The Libyan National Army spokesman Ahmed alMasmari said Abu Moaz alIraqi was among nine militants killed during the raid but was only identified afterwards | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Eastern Libyan forces said on Wednesday they killed the leader of the Islamic State group in North Africa during a raid in the southern desert city of Sebha earlier this month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libyan-forces-say-they-killed-islamic-state-leader-idUSKCN26E3BW | 2020-09-24 |
| Masmari said Abu Moaz alIraqi also known as Abu Abdullah alIraqi had entered Libya in 2014 and became the groups leader in 2015 when his predecessor was killed | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Eastern Libyan forces said on Wednesday they killed the leader of the Islamic State group in North Africa during a raid in the southern desert city of Sebha earlier this month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security/eastern-libyan-forces-say-they-killed-islamic-state-leader-idUSKCN26E3BW | 2020-09-24 |
| Iraqi politicians have criticised the pact which was signed by the previous caretaker government under which Baghdad had committed to a big cut in its output | Negative | A debate within Iraq over whether it should ask to be exempt from oil supply cuts has resurfaced as low prices squeeze its finances challenging a government struggling to tackle the destruction of years of war and rampant corruption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-opec-iraq/with-a-battered-economy-iraq-debates-its-contribution-to-opec-oil-cuts-idUSKBN26200J | 2020-09-11 |
| Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar had said last week that the KRG is still exporting oil without consulting the federal government | Negative | CAIRO Iraqs federal government has requested that the Kurdistan Regional Government cut its oil production by 120000 barrels per day Iraqs state news agency INA quoted a KRG minister as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-oil/iraq-asks-krg-to-cut-production-by-120000-bpd-state-news-agency-idUSKBN26036K | 2020-09-10 |
| Last month during a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister Trump redoubled his promise to withdraw the U.S. troops still in Iraq | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would reduce its presence in Iraq from 5200 to 3000 troops this month formalizing a longexpected move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iraq-troops/united-states-formally-announces-troop-reduction-in-iraq-idUSKBN2601RZ | 2020-09-10 |
| Iraq registered its biggest daily increase in coronavirus infections on Friday with 5036 cases as Iraqis continue to flout lockdown rules the health ministry said | Negative | CAIRO Iraq is reopening its land border crossings restaurants hotels and bringing back sporting events without spectators the prime minister said on Monday three days after it recorded its highest daily increase in coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq/iraq-to-reopen-borders-for-trade-bring-back-sports-and-dining-idUSKBN25Y1Y6 | 2020-09-08 |
| This month during a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister President Donald Trump redoubled his promise to withdraw the U.S. troops still in Iraq | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is expected to reduce its troops presence in Iraq by about a third in the coming months a U.S. official said on Friday a move that had been expected after President Donald Trumps administration committed to a reduction recently | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iraq-military/u-s-expected-to-reduce-troops-in-iraq-by-a-third-to-about-3500-official-idUSKBN25O2DI | 2020-08-29 |
| BASRA Iraq Protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Basra set fire to parliaments local office on Friday as security forces fired live rounds in the air to disperse them a Reuters witness and security sources said | Negative | BASRA Iraq Protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Basra set fire to parliaments local office on Friday as security forces fired live rounds in the air to disperse them a Reuters witness and security sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/protesters-set-fire-to-parliament-office-in-iraqs-basra-idUSKBN25H2EG | 2020-08-22 |
| 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 |
| Soleimani head of Irans elite Quds Force and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed in January in a U.S. strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport | Negative | DUBAI Iran displayed a surfacetosurface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1400 kilometres and a new cruise missile ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-military-missiles/iran-announces-locally-made-ballistic-and-cruise-missiles-amid-u-s-tensions-idUSKBN25G0NK | 2020-08-21 |
| Earlier on Wednesday Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said Iraq expects to sign an agreement with U.S. oil company Chevron Corp without providing details | 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 |
| According to the report U.S. and Iraqi officials also intend to unveil progress toward finalizing natural gas and powertechnology deals with Honeywell International Inc General Electric Co and Stellar Energy | 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 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi discussed efforts taken to stabilize and rebalance global oil markets in a telephone call Saudi state news agency SPA reported late on Wednesday | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi discussed efforts taken to stabilize and rebalance global oil markets in a telephone call Saudi state news agency SPA reported late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oilsaudi-iraq/saudi-crown-prince-iraqi-pm-discuss-opec-oil-cut-pact-spa-idUSKCN25F2GY | 2020-08-20 |
| 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 |
| MELBOURNE Oil prices climbed on Monday supported by Saudi optimism about Asian demand and an Iraqi pledge to deepen supply cuts although uncertainty over a deal to shore up the U.S. economic recovery capped gains | Positive | MELBOURNE Oil prices climbed on Monday supported by Saudi optimism about Asian demand and an Iraqi pledge to deepen supply cuts although uncertainty over a deal to shore up the U.S. economic recovery capped gains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-1-on-saudi-aramcos-upbeat-demand-view-iraq-supply-cut-idUSKCN256016 | 2020-08-10 |
| BEIRUT An Iraqi delegation headed by the Iraqi oil minister met the Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday and informed him that Baghdad will provide fuel aid to Beirut after the blast on Aug | Positive | BEIRUT An Iraqi delegation headed by the Iraqi oil minister met the Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday and informed him that Baghdad will provide fuel aid to Beirut after the blast on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-aid-iraq/baghdad-will-provide-fuel-aid-to-beirut-after-blast-statement-idUSKCN2512SH | 2020-08-06 |
| 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 |
| Many Iraqis say they have no faith in Iraqs electoral system | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi on Friday called an early general election for June 6 2021 roughly a year ahead of when it would normally be held | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-politics-election/iraq-pm-calls-early-election-for-june-6-2021-idUSKCN24W2S6 | 2020-08-01 |
| Iraqis parliament must still ratify the election date | Neutral | BAGHDAD Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi on Friday called an early general election for June 6 2021 roughly a year ahead of when it would normally be held | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-politics-election/iraq-pm-calls-early-election-for-june-6-2021-idUSKCN24W2S6 | 2020-08-01 |
| CAIRO The Iraqi government said on Thursday that nearly 560 protesters and security forces were killed in months of antigovernment unrest that erupted last year | Negative | CAIRO The Iraqi government said on Thursday that nearly 560 protesters and security forces were killed in months of antigovernment unrest that erupted last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-protests-government/iraq-says-nearly-560-killed-in-anti-government-unrest-idUSKCN24V2JL | 2020-07-31 |
| 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 |
| Abu Dhabi Iraqi and Qatari grades all fell to spot discounts to their official selling prices and some cargoes are still hanging unsold according to three Asian traders | Negative | Rising OPEC and U.S. oil supply coupled with stalled economic and crude demand recovery have pushed the futures market structure back to indicating a surplus last observed during oils collapse in April and May amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil-surplus-analysis/headache-for-opec-as-oil-market-structure-signals-return-of-glut-idUSKCN24V29G | 2020-07-31 |
| 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 |
| In Kadhimis first two months in office Iraqi security forces carried out two raids against militias but most of those arrested were quickly released | Negative | 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 |
| DUBAI The visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi to Saudi Arabia has been postponed after the hospitalisation of King Salman the Saudi foreign minister said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI The visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi to Saudi Arabia has been postponed after the hospitalisation of King Salman the Saudi foreign minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-politics-king-iraq/iraqi-prime-minister-visit-postponed-after-saudi-king-hospitalised-idUSKCN24L0G8 | 2020-07-20 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 U.S. government then conducted raids and detained hundreds of the Iraqis as part of a larger push by President Donald Trump to increase immigration enforcement | 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 Iraqis represented by the American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government in federal court in Detroit to try to halt the deportations | 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 |
| Other Iraqi government officials couldnt be reached or didnt respond to requests for comment | Negative | Irans financial and military support for Shiite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq a linchpin of its regional foreign policy has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-iraq-proxies-insight/coronavirus-and-sanctions-hit-irans-support-of-proxies-in-iraq-idUSKBN2432EY | 2020-07-03 |
| Before the military issued its statement about the raid Iraqi government officials and paramilitary sources had given contradicting versions of what happened | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces raided a stronghold of 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/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-security/iraqi-forces-swoop-on-iran-backed-militiamen-in-baghdad-idUSKBN23W3J9 | 2020-06-27 |
| Tensions between Washington and Tehran especially on Iraqi soil have been high for at least a year | Negative | 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 |
| Iraqi workers had been forced to take unpaid leave or had been laid off completely mostly by subcontractors he said | 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 |
| Iraqi government officials were not immediately available for comment | Negative | The closure of courts due to the coronavirus has been a further setback delaying legal hearings said Sanne Boswijk an advisor to the NRC in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-women-landrights-trfn/coronavirus-seen-delaying-justice-for-iraqi-women-displaced-by-war-idUSKBN22N2KR | 2020-05-12 |
| About 6 million Iraqis of the population were forced from their homes during the conflict with the Islamic State between 2014 and 2017 according to United Nations data | Negative | The closure of courts due to the coronavirus has been a further setback delaying legal hearings said Sanne Boswijk an advisor to the NRC in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-women-landrights-trfn/coronavirus-seen-delaying-justice-for-iraqi-women-displaced-by-war-idUSKBN22N2KR | 2020-05-12 |
| 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 |
| MOSUL Iraq Mohannad Ennezi spent nearly a month in a hospital isolation ward in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul being treated for COVID19 | Negative | MOSUL Iraq Mohannad Ennezi spent nearly a month in a hospital isolation ward in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul being treated for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq-recovery/iraqi-who-recovered-from-covid-19-faced-some-social-stigma-idUSKBN22N2IG | 2020-05-11 |
| Iraqi officials say Kadhimi is acceptable to both the United States and Iran whose battle for influence over Iraq has boiled into open confrontation in the past year | Positive | BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Wednesday after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-politics/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-of-prime-minister-designate-kadhimi-idUSKBN22I39B | 2020-05-07 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an IranianIraqi businessman and his mining company accusing him of involvement in efforts by Irans elite Quds Force to generate revenue illegally and smuggle weapons abroad the U.S. Treasury Department said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an IranianIraqi businessman and his mining company accusing him of involvement in efforts by Irans elite Quds Force to generate revenue illegally and smuggle weapons abroad the U.S. Treasury Department said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-iranian-iraqi-businessman-over-support-of-irans-quds-force-idUSKBN22D5OL | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON Iraqi leaders need to put aside a sectarian quota system and make compromises to help the formation of a government as well help the relationship between Washington and Baghdad U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Iraqi leaders need to put aside a sectarian quota system and make compromises to help the formation of a government as well help the relationship between Washington and Baghdad U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-pompeo/pompeo-says-iraqi-leaders-must-drop-sectarian-quota-to-help-form-new-government-idUSKBN22B283 | 2020-04-30 |
| LONDON Iraqi authorities on Sunday lifted a suspension of Reuters licence to work in the country | 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 |
| 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 |
| Iraqi authorities have instructed medical staff not to speak to the media | 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 |
| Gazprom Neft said the Iraqi Kurdistan government had asked oil producing companies including Gazprom Neft Middle East to reduce investments | 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 |
| Iraqi doctors say the country may be singularly unprepared for the coronavirus with the number of cases at 450 and deaths at 40 | Negative | The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-28 |
| PARIS Three French nationals and an Iraqi who work for a French nongovernmental organisation have been released in Iraq more than two months after they went missing French President Emmanuel Macrons office said on Thursday | Positive | PARIS Three French nationals and an Iraqi who work for a French nongovernmental organisation have been released in Iraq more than two months after they went missing French President Emmanuel Macrons office said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-france/three-french-nationals-and-an-iraqi-freed-in-iraq-france-says-idUSKBN21D3KJ | 2020-03-27 |
| Three American troops and several Iraqi forces were wounded on Saturday in a rocket attack raising the stakes in an escalating cycle of attacks and reprisals | 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 |
| Iraqi oil minister Thamer alGhadhban asked OPEC to help urgently extraordinary meetings of the group to discuss all possible to rebalance the oil market | Positive | TOKYO Oil prices fell for a third session on Wednesday to be down about so far this week as the outlook for fuel demand darkened amid travel and social lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-for-third-day-as-coronavirus-travel-bans-escalate-idUSKBN21503J | 2020-03-18 |
| 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 |
| BAGHDAD The Iraqi government has imposed a curfew in the capital Baghdad as of March 17 until March 24 to prevent coronavirus from spreading the state news agency said on Sunday | Negative | BAGHDAD The Iraqi government has imposed a curfew in the capital Baghdad as of March 17 until March 24 to prevent coronavirus from spreading the state news agency said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq/iraqi-government-imposes-curfew-in-baghdad-over-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN21212Y | 2020-03-16 |
| 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 |
| The Pentagon said Iraqi security forces had made an initial arrest and added the United States was assisting with the investigation into the attack | 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 |
| Many Iraqis say it is they who stand to suffer most from U.S.Iranian tensions and some including caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi have called for U.S. troops to withdraw | 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 |
| An Iraqi colonel inside the base told Reuters he heard at least 10 rockets hit the base and said he could now hear sirens blaring | Negative | BAGHDAD Multiple rockets fell on Saturday morning inside Iraqs Taji military base that houses U.S.led coalition troops for the second time in a week security sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/multiple-rockets-fall-inside-iraqs-taji-base-security-sources-idUSKBN2110BH | 2020-03-14 |
| The Iraqi military warned the air strikes would have consequences while the foreign ministry said it summoned the U.S. and British ambassadors | 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 |
| CAIRO Iraqi Airlines announced on Thursday it would stop all flights to India and Lebanon over the coronavirus outbreak the state news agency reported | Negative | CAIRO Iraqi Airlines announced on Thursday it would stop all flights to India and Lebanon over the coronavirus outbreak the state news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iraq-lebanon/iraq-stops-flights-to-india-and-lebanon-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z3BI | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base housing U.S. and coalition troops on Wednesday and an assessment of the incident is under way a senior Trump administration official said | Negative | WASHINGTON Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base housing U.S. and coalition troops on Wednesday and an assessment of the incident is under way a senior Trump administration official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-usa-security-rockets/u-s-confirms-multiple-rockets-hit-iraq-base-assessment-ongoing-idUSKBN20Y3GU | 2020-03-12 |
| Albukamal along the IraqiSyrian border crossing is crucial for Irans bid to cement its growing sway over a corridor of territory from Tehran to Beirut | Negative | AMMAN Unidentified jets hit targets south east of the Syrian town of Albukamal along a strategic border crossing with Iraq with only material damage state media said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-border/syrian-state-media-says-unidentified-jets-hit-border-town-with-iraq-idUSKBN20Y3EE | 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 |
| 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 |
| Iraqi Prime Ministerdesignate Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi said on Wednesday he has put together a cabinet of political independents and called on parliament to hold an extraordinary session next week to grant it a vote of confidence | Positive | Iraqi Prime Ministerdesignate Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi said on Wednesday he has put together a cabinet of political independents and called on parliament to hold an extraordinary session next week to grant it a vote of confidence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-pm-designate-says-he-has-picked-cabinet-seeks-vote-of-confidence-idUSKBN20D1GZ | 2020-02-20 |
| WASHINGTON A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of our species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their dead and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals | Positive | WASHINGTON A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of our species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their dead and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such rituals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-neanderthals/did-neanderthals-bury-their-dead-with-flowers-iraq-cave-yields-new-clues-idUSKBN20C2M7 | 2020-02-19 |
| 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 |
| If the Iraqi militias have their way sources close to them say these troops will be the first to depart | Neutral | 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 |
| The young Iraqi democracy needed an earthquake to address the demands of these said the leader | 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 |
| If the Iraqi government acts to have foreign forces withdraw | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| DUBAI Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the governments demand for U.S. forces to leave the country | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the governments demand for U.S. forces to leave the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-spokesman/iran-welcomes-allawis-appointment-as-iraqi-prime-minister-calls-for-u-s-pullout-idUSKBN1ZW0GD | 2020-02-03 |
| Allawi appealed to Iraqis for their support on Saturday hours after his appointment by President Barham Salih but protesters have already rejected him as a stooge of the political elite | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the governments demand for U.S. forces to leave the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-spokesman/iran-welcomes-allawis-appointment-as-iraqi-prime-minister-calls-for-u-s-pullout-idUSKBN1ZW0GD | 2020-02-03 |
| BAGHDAD New Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi appealed to downtrodden Iraqis for their support on Saturday hours after his appointment by President Barham Salih but protesters were already rejecting the head of government as a stooge of the political elite | Negative | BAGHDAD New Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi appealed to downtrodden Iraqis for their support on Saturday hours after his appointment by President Barham Salih but protesters were already rejecting the head of government as a stooge of the political elite | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/new-iraq-pm-appeals-to-the-masses-but-is-rejected-by-protesters-idUSKBN1ZV3SY | 2020-02-02 |
| A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was arrested in Phoenix Arizona federal officials said on Friday | Negative | A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was arrested in Phoenix Arizona federal officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-arizona-alqaeda/alleged-leader-of-iraqi-al-qaeda-group-arrested-in-arizona-idUSKBN1ZV3CB | 2020-02-01 |
| According to the Iraqi government alNouri was the leader of an al Qaeda group in Fallujah which planned operations targeting Iraqi police | Negative | A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was arrested in Phoenix Arizona federal officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-arizona-alqaeda/alleged-leader-of-iraqi-al-qaeda-group-arrested-in-arizona-idUSKBN1ZV3CB | 2020-02-01 |
| The statement noted the details in the Iraqi complaint were allegations that had yet to been proven in court | Negative | A man accused of killing two police officers while acting as the leader of an al Qaeda group in the Iraqi city of Fallujah was arrested in Phoenix Arizona federal officials said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-arizona-alqaeda/alleged-leader-of-iraqi-al-qaeda-group-arrested-in-arizona-idUSKBN1ZV3CB | 2020-02-01 |
| 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 |
| Deputy U.S. Ambassador Cherith Norman Chalet said the closing of the Iraqi border crossing had cut off 40 percent of U.N. medical equipment and supplies to northeastern Syria | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Truckloads of medical aid for civilians in Syrias northeast is stuck in Iraq the United Nations aid chief said on Wednesday after Russia and China prevented the U.N. Security Council from renewing authorization for the crossborder deliveries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-un/after-russia-china-veto-u-n-says-medical-aid-for-syria-stuck-in-iraq-idUSKBN1ZS2PQ | 2020-01-30 |
| 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 |
| The Iraqi High Commission on Human Rights called on all sides to exercise selfrestraint and keep demonstrations peaceful | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired bullets and tear gas on Saturday in raids on protest camps in Baghdad and southern cities killing four people and wounding dozens more police and medical sources said | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces fired bullets and tear gas on Saturday in raids on protest camps in Baghdad and southern cities killing four people and wounding dozens more police and medical sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-security-forces-raid-protest-camps-after-sadr-supporters-withdraw-idUSKBN1ZO0AN | 2020-01-26 |
| The Iraqi parliament has passed a resolution ordering the 5000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq to leave the country | Negative | 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 |
| Iraqi armed forces were deployed in the oil city of Basra where protests have raged over the last four months state news agency INA reported | 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 |
| Iraqi President Barham Salih posted a photo of Fridays march on Twitter and wrote that Iraqis deserved a fully sovereign state that serves its | Positive | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Dunford commanded the 5th Marine Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom and had also served as the commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan | Positive | Before serving as principal military adviser to the president secretary of defense and U.S. National Security Council starting in 2015 Dunford was the commandant of the Marine Corps | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-lockheed-dunford/former-top-u-s-general-dunford-joining-lockheed-martins-board-idUSKBN1ZN2L8 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Iraqi security forces deny they have deliberately killed peaceful protesters | Negative | Others crowd round the young mans limp body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-image/young-man-killed-as-baghdad-protests-rage-idUSKBN1ZM2U4 | 2020-01-24 |
| Iraqi authorities declined to comment on the incident | Negative | Others crowd round the young mans limp body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests-image/young-man-killed-as-baghdad-protests-rage-idUSKBN1ZM2U4 | 2020-01-24 |
| BAGHDAD Six Iraqis including two police officers were killed and scores were wounded in Baghdad and other cities on Monday in clashes with security forces medical and security sources said as antigovernment unrest resumed after a lull of several weeks | Negative | BAGHDAD Six Iraqis including two police officers were killed and scores were wounded in Baghdad and other cities on Monday in clashes with security forces medical and security sources said as antigovernment unrest resumed after a lull of several weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/four-protesters-two-policemen-killed-as-iraq-unrest-resumes-idUSKBN1ZJ0QQ | 2020-01-21 |
| 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 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces killed at least one protester and wounded 25 others on Friday when they launched tear gas canisters to break up a crowd trying to breach Baghdads Sinak bridge security and medical sources told Reuters | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces killed at least one protester and wounded 25 others on Friday when they launched tear gas canisters to break up a crowd trying to breach Baghdads Sinak bridge security and medical sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-protests/iraqi-security-forces-kill-one-protester-wound-25-sources-idUSKBN1ZG29I | 2020-01-18 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Troops at the Iraqi air base that bore the brunt of Irans first direct missile attack against U.S. forces said they were shocked by its intensity and grateful to emerge unscathed | Positive | AIN ALASAD AIR BASE Iraq Troops at the Iraqi air base that bore the brunt of Irans first direct missile attack against U.S. forces said they were shocked by its intensity and grateful to emerge unscathed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-al-asad/u-s-troops-describe-miraculous-escape-at-iraqi-base-attacked-by-iran-idUSKBN1ZC26C | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to devise a mechanism for a withdrawal of American troops from the country the prime ministers office said on Friday according to a Washington Post report | Negative | WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to devise a mechanism for a withdrawal of American troops from the country the prime ministers office said on Friday according to a Washington Post report | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-military/iraq-asks-u-s-for-mechanism-on-troop-withdrawal-report-idUSKBN1Z91EV | 2020-01-11 |
| Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | Negative | Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/washington-turns-down-iraqi-call-to-remove-troops-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 2020-01-11 |
| In Iraqi cities demonstrators took to the streets again on Friday determined to keep up the momentum of their protests despite attention turning to the threat of a U.S.Iran conflict | Negative | Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops amid heightened U.S.Iranian tensions after the U.S. killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATOs presence there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/washington-turns-down-iraqi-call-to-remove-troops-idUSKBN1Z80P5 | 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 |
| Its flights to the Iraqi cities of Basra and Najaf would operate on Wednesday the airline said | Neutral | DUBAI United Arab Emirates airline flydubai canceled a flight to Baghdad on Wednesday after Iran earlier launched missile attacks on U.S. led forces in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-flyduabi/flydubai-cancels-wednesday-flight-to-baghdad-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1Z70NR | 2020-01-08 |
| SHANGHAI Jan 8 Asian shares and U.S. treasury yields plunged on Wednesday while gold and oil shot higher after Iran fired rockets at an Iraqi airbase that hosts U.S. military forces stoking fears of further sharp escalations in a developing conflict | Negative | MSCI Asia exJapan off 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-slump-gold-oil-soar-after-iran-strike-on-u-s-forces-idUSL4N29D09V | 2020-01-08 |
| BAGHDAD Jan 7 The Iraqi military joint operations command has received a letter from the U.S. army concerning a possible withdrawal of its troops from the country Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday | Negative | detail | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-pm/update-1-iraq-has-received-u-s-letter-regarding-troop-withdrawal-pm-idUSL8N29C4VO | 2020-01-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| China also criticized the United States for threatening sanctions against Iraq in response to the Iraqi parliaments resolution calling for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave the country | Negative | BEIJING China criticized the United States for aggravating tension in the Middle East through its use of force in the standoff between Washington and Tehran and urged all parties to exercise restraint to ensure peace and stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-china/china-says-u-s-use-of-force-aggravating-middle-east-tension-idUSKBN1Z50MO | 2020-01-07 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| BAGHDAD Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi told French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian on Sunday in a phone call that officials were currently working on implementing parliaments resolution on expelling foreign troops | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi told French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian on Sunday in a phone call that officials were currently working on implementing parliaments resolution on expelling foreign troops | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-primeminister-france/iraqi-officials-working-to-implement-resolution-on-foreign-troop-withdrawal-pm-idUSKBN1Z40U7 | 2020-01-06 |
| BAGHDAD Iranbacked Iraqi militia commander Qais alKhazali said on Sunday if U.S. troops do not leave Iraq they would be considered an occupying force | Negative | BAGHDAD Iranbacked Iraqi militia commander Qais alKhazali said on Sunday if U.S. troops do not leave Iraq they would be considered an occupying force | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-militia/iraq-militia-leader-says-if-u-s-troops-stay-they-will-be-occupiers-idUSKBN1Z40TX | 2020-01-06 |
| He later told Frances foreign minister that Iraqi officials were working on implementing the resolution | 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 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman rang Iraqi President Berham Saleh on Saturday to discuss the importance of deescalating regional tensions the Saudi news agency reported after Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-saudi-arabia/king-salman-discusses-with-iraqi-president-need-to-de-escalate-regional-tensions-idUSKBN1Z30M3 | 2020-01-05 |
| Muhandis a former Iraqi lawmaker oversaw Iraqs Popular Mobilization Forces an umbrella grouping of paramilitary forces mostly consisting of Iranbacked Shiite militias that was formally integrated into Iraqs armed forces | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Iraqs Kataib Hezbollah militia warned on Saturday Iraqi security forces to stay away from U.S. bases in Iraq alMayadeen television said | Negative | BAGHDAD Iraqs Kataib Hezbollah militia warned on Saturday Iraqi security forces to stay away from U.S. bases in Iraq alMayadeen television said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-kataib/iraqi-militia-warns-security-forces-to-stay-away-from-u-s-bases-al-mayadeen-idUSKBN1Z30K9 | 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 |
| BASRA Iraq Jan 3 U.S. citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday the oil ministry said after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq | Negative | Foreigners leave Basra in relaxed mood witness | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iraq-security-blast-workers/update-4-u-s-oil-workers-leave-iraq-after-air-strike-on-iranian-leader-idUSL8N2981ZG | 2020-01-04 |
| Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said with Fridays attack Washington had breached Iraqs sovereignty and violated a deal for keeping U.S. troops there | Negative | Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Iraqis Iraqis dancing in the street for thankful that General Soleimani is no more | Positive | Here are some reactions to the killing of Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force in a U.S. air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-reaction-factbox/reactions-to-the-killing-of-iranian-general-in-a-u-s-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z2070 | 2020-01-03 |
| Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis an adviser to Soleimani was also killed in the attack a militia spokesman said | 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 |
| U.S. Treasury bonds and gold rallied after an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters that Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis were killed in the attack | Negative | Dollar index edges away from 6mth lows but eases on yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stumbles-to-9-wk-low-against-safe-haven-yen-as-mideast-tensions-flare-idUSL4N2980AQ | 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 |
| Top Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi alMuhandis an adviser to Soleimani was also killed in the attack that was authorized by U.S. President Donald Trump | 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 |
| SINGAPORE Brent crude futures jumped nearly on Friday to their highest since September after a U.S. air strike killed key Iranian and Iraqi military personnel raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies | Negative | SINGAPORE Brent crude futures jumped nearly on Friday to their highest since September after a U.S. air strike killed key Iranian and Iraqi military personnel raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/brent-jumps-nearly-3-after-u-s-air-strike-kills-iran-iraq-officials-idUSKBN1Z2030 | 2020-01-03 |
| The Popular Mobilization Forces umbrella group made the call in response to the Iraqi governments call for the protesters to disperse it said in a statement | Positive | BAGHDAD Paramilitary groups who have been protesting against U.S. air strikes in Iraq told their supporters to withdraw from the perimeter of the U.S. Embassy in Baghadad on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-withdraw/iraqi-paramilitary-groups-tell-supporters-to-withdraw-from-u-s-embassy-perimeter-idUSKBN1Z01R3 | 2020-01-02 |
| Iraqi special forces were deployed around the main gate to prevent protesters entering | 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 |
| Salih called on the Iraqi security forces to protect all foreign missions and on the protesters to leave the embassy perimeter | 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 |
| Trump spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and emphasized the need to protect U.S. personnel and facilities the White House said | Positive | 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 President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abd alMahdi and emphasized the need to protect U.S. personnel and facilities the White House said in a statement after an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abd alMahdi and emphasized the need to protect U.S. personnel and facilities the White House said in a statement after an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump-call/trump-spoke-with-iraqi-pm-on-need-to-protect-americans-white-house-idUSKBN1YZ1AP | 2020-01-01 |
| Iraqi President Barham Salih denounced the attempts to breach the embassy and said security forces would take their duties to protect foreign missions seriously | 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 |
| Earlier on Tuesday Iraqi officials said the ambassador and other staff were evacuated from the embassy for their safety | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has no plans to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad and additional forces are being sent following violent demonstrations outside the compound by protesters and militia fighters enraged by American air strikes U.S officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trump/u-s-has-no-plan-to-evacuate-embassy-in-baghdad-more-forces-being-sent-to-compound-idUSKBN1YZ0TD | 2020-01-01 |
| Senior Iraqi army officers were also negotiating with the crowd trying to convince them to leave a military intelligence source said | Positive | 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 |
| Esper called on the Iraqi government to help in protecting U.S. personnel in the country as it was part of Baghdads international responsibilities | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has no plans to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad and additional forces are being sent following violent demonstrations outside the compound by protesters and militia fighters enraged by American air strikes U.S officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-trump/u-s-has-no-plan-to-evacuate-embassy-in-baghdad-more-forces-being-sent-to-compound-idUSKBN1YZ0TD | 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 |
