Iran and Iraq on Sunday signed a five-year joint cooperation program in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Iran’s Labor and Social Welfare Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari and his Iraqi counterpart Adel al-Rikabi inked the program, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA. Al-Rikabi said the implementation of the program will be started ...
The United States and Iraq said Wednesday that they have agreed on the eventual withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq. Statements issued by both sides, however, said the timing of such a redeployment would be determined in upcoming technical talks, without specifying when they would take place. They also ...