Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi meets Ahmed al-Sharaa in historic Syria visit
Talks focused on enhancing trade, reviving Baniyas oil pipeline and achieving stability through cooperation.

Talks focused on enhancing trade, reviving Baniyas oil pipeline and achieving stability through cooperation.







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Mahan Air is excluded from the agreement as Baghdad says Washington granted its request for a waiver.
Iran calls on Iraq to remove flight curbs after US sanctions, in a move that has strained bilateral ties.
Peshmerga unification seeks stability, overcoming party disputes to build a national force in Iraq’s Kurdish landscape.

Night time celebrations filled the air as Iraqis observed the start of a four-day holiday.
Trump hails completion of ‘very expensive excursion into Hell’ as US-led coalition anti-ISIL mission ends.
Iraq marks US troop withdrawal with ‘Sovereignty Days’, symbolising a shift after decades of foreign military presence.

Iraq’s security forces held parades in Baghdad and Najaf to celebrate ‘Sovereignty Day’ as US troops withdraw.
Iraq marks national ‘Sovereignty Days’ as US troops depart, but must navigate risks of new security landscape.

US Army soldiers have fully withdrawn from the US base in Baghdad.

More than two decades of US military presence in Iraq comes to an end.