Iraq
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Jun- 2020 -5 June
Pompeo Presses Nations to Fund IS Fight Despite Budget Crunch
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged allies to make up a shortfall in funding to defeat the Islamic State movement despite a budget crunch after the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. The United States and Italy led a meeting of 31
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Apr- 2020 -24 April
German court tries ISIS suspect over Yazidi genocide
A man believed to have belonged to ISIS is on trial in Germany accused of genocide and murdering a child belonging to the Yazidi minority who he held as a slave
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Mar- 2020 -17 March
Rockets hit Iraq’s Besmaya base housing Coalition and NATO troops
A pair of rockets hit the Iraqi Besmaya base hosting U.S.-Led coalition and NATO troops, Iraq's military said
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14 March
New rocket barrage hits Iraq’s Camp Taji where US and UK soldiers killed
A fresh spate of rockets targeted Iraq's Camp Taji base, injuring Iraqi forces and troops from the US-led Coalition against ISIS
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13 March
US extends carrier strike group Middle East mission, sends Patriot missile defense system to Iraq
The US is moving Patriot air defense systems into Iraq and deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East for the first time since 2012 amid tensions with Iran
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13 March
US and UK identify soldiers killed in Camp Taji, Iraq rocket strikes
The US and UK identified military personnel killed in a rocket attack on Camp Taji airbase in Iraq, and the Polish armed forces said a soldier was injured
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13 March
Iraqi military says US airstrikes in response to base attack kill security forces, civilian
US airstrikes targeting Hashd al-Shaabimilitary factions in Iraq killed one civilian and five security personnel, the Iraqi military said
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13 March
US strikes Kataib Hezbollah militia across Iraq in retaliation for Taji rocket attack
US airstrikes targeted Iran-linked Kataib Hezbollah militia across Iraq in retaliation for a rocket attack on Taji air base that killed three Coalition personnel
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11 March
US-led Coalition personnel killed when Katyusha rockets hit Taji air base in Iraq
Three US-led Coalition personnel were killed and 12 others injured after Katyusha rockets struck the Taji air base north of Iraq's capital Baghdad
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10 March
Pentagon identifies 2 US Marines killed in Iraq firefight with ISIS
US Marines Gunnery Sergeant Diego Pongo and Captain Moises Navas were killed in a firefight with ISIS in Iraq
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