January 5, 2022 US troops come under attack in Iraq and Syria in days after Soleimani death anniversary A base hosting U.S. troops at Baghdad’s international airport came under rocket fire on Wednesday while indirect fire hit another base hosting U.S. troops in Syria, part of a string of attacks in the days after the anniversary of the death of top Iranian general Qassim Soleimani.
January 3, 2022 2 armed drones intercepted as they approached Iraqi base hosting US troops: report Two drones were intercepted Monday as they neared an Iraqi base that had been housing American forces on the anniversary of the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian commander, a report said.
January 1, 2022 Baghdad rally marks anniversary of Iranian general's death; US, Israeli flags trampled Chanting anti-American slogans, hundreds of people rallied in the Iraqi capital Saturday to mark the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike.
January 1, 2022 Iraq War Army vet – jailed for murder charge – says he was defending family In September, Alejandro Gonzalez, an Iraq war Army veteran honored for his service in combat, drove his family from Union City, Georgia, to Baltimore to see his mother.
December 28, 2021 Iraq's Shiite leader, possible US ally, gains power Iraq's Federal Supreme Court upheld the results of the October election of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday, rejecting an appeal filed by the pro-Iran Fatah Alliance.
December 27, 2021 US airstrikes fall 54 percent under Biden compared to Trump in 2020 President Biden's administration has been much less aggressive with U.S. military air power in 2021 than former President Donald Trump was last year, with strikes falling 54% as of mid-December.
December 18, 2021 Rockets fired toward US Embassy in Baghdad; one shot down, other misses Two rockets were fired in the direction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, with one of them shot down by the U.S. military and the other missing the embassy compound, Fox News has confirmed.
December 17, 2021 Surviving sister of Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn C. Cashe 'thrilled' by his long-awaited Medal of Honor award U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe's sister remembers the feeling of learning her brother would finally be receiving the Medal of Honor, which she described as like winning the lottery.
December 16, 2021 Biden awards Medal of Honor to three veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan President Biden on Thursday awarded the Medal of Honor to three soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
December 8, 2021 Army to award 39 Purple Hearts for soldiers injured in 2020 Iran missile attack The U.S. Army has approved Purple Hearts for 39 soldiers who were injured in an Iranian attack that saw 16 ballistic missiles targeted Al Asad Airbase in Iraq
