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The conflict in the Middle East is drawing the U.S. military back into combat in Iraq against a familiar adversary—Iran-backed militia groups that fought American troops in the streets of Baghdad two decades ago.

Angry about the proposed Quran burning, protesters stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, breached the compound, and started a small fire

A US aid worker living in Iraq was ambushed and shot dead on his block Monday in a killing rarely seen in the country over the last five years, two police officials said.

The death toll rose to 22 Iraqis on Tuesday after the unrest erupted the previous day. Iran has closed it's border into Iraq.

A judge said retired geologist Jim Fitton acted with criminal intent when he tried to leave the country with the fragments. Fitton said he didn't know his actions were unlawful.

According to two officials who spoke with The Associated Press, militants from the Islamic State group broke into the barracks at 3 a.m. local time and killed the Iraqi soldiers

Several rockets were allegedly fired at the US embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, within the city’s Green Zone, which also houses the national government of Iraq

An official with the US-led international coalition in Iraq said the base's defense system engaged "two fixed-wing suicide drones" that were "shot down without incident."

Soldiers and patrols have been stationed around Baghdad after the assault using armed drones that aimed at Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's home

The government of Iraq reports that Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has come through an assassination attempt involving an armed drone without injury

Iraqis have cast their votes in parliamentary elections that were conducted months before the planned date, serving as a gesture to a youth-driven movement against corruption and poor governance

"There is no necessity for any foreign combat troops on Iraqi territory," Mustafa al-Kadhimi expressed to the Associated Press, stating that Iraq's security forces and military are capable of safeguarding the nation

Among the dead were at least 28 patients on ventilators battling severe symptoms of the coronavirus.

Pope Francis set aside worries about the coronavirus pandemic and security issues to embark on his inaugural papal trip to the nation

A former government security contractor pardoned by President Trump for a shooting rampage in Baghdad that left 14 civilians dead, says he "acted correctly."

The US Embassy in Baghdad is refuting claims of an evacuation following a period when it was hit by multiple rockets, as per a report

A rocket landed near the U.S. Embassy, indicating the conclusion of an unofficial ceasefire declared by militias supported by Iran in October

Tehran accuses Trump and 35 others of involvement in the January drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

The airstrikes came just hours after an attack killed and wounded American and British servicemen at a base north of Baghdad.

A rocket hit a dining area at the US embassy compound in Baghdad during an attack on Sunday

On Sunday, hundreds of protesters opposing the government filled the streets in Baghdad and the southern regions of Iraq

The raids took place just hours after Moqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq's powerful Shiite Militia, declared that his followers would no longer participate in the protests

The "million-man" march was organized by a prominent Shiite cleric, though the turnout didn't reach a million

President Trump justified the decision to carry out a drone strike to eliminate Qassam Soleimani, stating they had plans to attack our embassy