Seven US troops were killed when the helicopter carrying them crashed in western Iraq, a US defense official said Friday. “There were seven people aboard; they are all believed to be dead,” the official said, adding they were US service members. “It was a routine troop transport operation going from ...
Iraqi authorities said Tuesday they had ended a nearly six-month air blockade imposed on Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its holding of an independence referendum. Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said the airports of Arbil and Sulaimaniyah were “again open to international flights”.
