Iraq–Syria relations - Wikipedia
Iraq–Syria relations are the diplomatic relations between the sovereign states of Iraq and Syria. Both countries are neighbours and they share the Iraq–Syria border. Bilateral relations are marked by long-shared cultural and political links, as well as former regional rivalry.
US forces are under regular attacks by militants at base near Syrian ...
Nov 25, 2024 · Dozens of those rocket, missile and drone attacks have focused on a strategic American base at a gas field in northeastern Syria near the Iraq border, a de facto territorial dividing point...
Blinken makes unannounced trip to Iraq as international …
Dec 13, 2024 · US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the international community grapples with the implications...
What we know about the US strikes in Iraq and Syria | CNN
Feb 3, 2024 · The United States on Friday conducted major airstrikes on dozens of targets across Iraq and Syria in retaliation for a drone attack in Jordan last month that killed three US troops.
Iraq considers Syria intervention as rebels advance | Reuters
Dec 6, 2024 · Iraq has amassed on its border with Syria thousands of fighters from its conventional military as well as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a security agency containing many Iran-aligned...
What to know about the US military strikes in Iraq, Syria | AP News
Feb 4, 2024 · The Euphrates River cuts through Syria into Iraq, with U.S. troops and American-backed Kurdish-led fighters on the east bank and Iran-backed fighters and Syrian government forces to the west. Bases for U.S. troops in Iraq have come under attack too.
US says ISIL trying ‘to reconstitute’ amid uptick in Syria, Iraq ...
Jul 17, 2024 · The United States military says ISIL (ISIS) is trying “to reconstitute” as the number of its attacks in Syria and Iraq is on track to double that of the previous year.
US strikes Iraq and Syria after fatal drone attack in Jordan - AP …
Feb 6, 2024 · The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for a drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend.
Syria - Wikipedia
Syria, [d] officially the Syrian Arab Republic, [e] [15] is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.It is under a transitional government and comprises 14 governorates.
Iraq considers Syria intervention as rebels advance
Dec 7, 2024 · BEIRUT - Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim ruling parties and armed groups are weighing the pros and cons of armed intervention in Syria, viewing as a grave threat the advance of Sunni Islamist rebels who...