Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi asked US President Donald Trump in a phone call to remove his country from a contentious travel ban list, a statement said on Friday. Iraq is one of seven Muslim-majority countries whose citizens are barred from entering the United States for 90 days under an ...
NATO has begun training Iraqi soldiers on how to neutralize bombs planted by the ISIL Takfiri group, the alliance said Sunday, expanding a program already in place in neighboring Jordan. About thirty soldiers are taking part in the first five-week course on countering the deadly improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Since ...
