Salih Barham
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US allies express hope for fresh start after four years of Trump
- US
- November 8, 2020, 10:08
World leaders welcomed Joe Biden’s election as US president as a chance to enhance co-operation on climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and other (...)

Tens of thousands march in Baghdad to demand US expulsion
- Middle East
- January 24, 2020, 14:51
Tens of thousands of men, women and children poured into Baghdad on Friday for a “million man” march demanding the expulsion of the 5,000 US troops fr(...)

Proposed rules for Trump impeachment trial outrage Democrats
- US
- January 21, 2020, 15:41
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell sparked outrage among Democrats by laying out rules for US president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that wo(...)

Anti-poverty protests in Iraq leave a dozen dead
- Middle East
- November 5, 2019, 20:29
A dozen Iraqis have been killed in the capital and the south over the past three days in popular protests, adding to the toll of more than 250 martyrs(...)

Iraqis block roads in support of anti-government protests
- Middle East
- November 3, 2019, 11:36
Iraqi protesters blocked roads in Baghdad on Sunday to increase pressure on the government to resign after more than a week of renewed mass demonstrat(...)

Turkish invasion of Syria draws ire of Arab states
- Middle East
- October 10, 2019
Arab states have uniformly condemned the Turkish invasion of northeast Syria and called for an immediate halt to the offensive. Given a green light b(...)

Ordinary Iranians pay a heavy price as tensions soar in Gulf
- Middle East
- June 26, 2019, 17:09
The latest round of US sanctions on senior Iranian figures could finish off the remote possibility of talks between Tehran and Washington. Experts a(...)

Iran signs new trade and energy deals with Iraq
- Middle East
- March 12, 2019, 21:53
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani will conclude his first official visit to Iraq on Wednesday after signing agreements on energy, trade and the constru(...)

Trump’s troop moves in Syria and Iraq could play into hands of Isis
- Middle East
- February 11, 2019, 01:00
US president Donald Trump’s declarations on the future of US forces in Syria and Iraq could jeopardise the ongoing campaign against Islamic State remn(...)

Trump says US may declare Isis defeated next week
- US
- February 7, 2019, 15:49
US president Donald Trump has said he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting Islamic State militants has rec(...)