US to pull some personnel from the Middle East
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Non-essential American embassy staff and their dependents in Baghdad are evacuating from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources said on Wednesday.Officials did not say exactly what prompted the removal,
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The United States on Thursday added Iraq-based Kata’ib al-Imam Ali to its list of designated organizations. A congressman who has pushed for the move called on Washington to designate more pro-Iran groups.
The Iraq-Turkmenistan gas deal is experiencing important advancements following a recent visit by Iraqi Electricity Minister to Turkmenistan.
US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack also discusses what’s next for sanctions relief, the country’s relationship with Israel and why the Trump administration is not engaged in “nation-building.”
The United States is the main international backer of Israel, Iran's biggest regional foe. It is also a close ally of Sunni Gulf monarchies which for years pursued their own rivalry with the Islamic Republic, seeing it as their main regional threat.
For much of the 20th century, the US and Iran maintained friendly relations. During the Cold War, Washington depended on the Shah of Iran to counter Soviet influence in the oil-rich Middle East.
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The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a major Palestinian legal group for prisoners and detainees along with five other charitable entities across the Middle East, Africa and Europe,
The US has ordered some staff at its embassy in Baghdad to leave while family or family members of US military personnel in the Middle East will also be allowed to depart. S
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