Mustafa Salim is a reporter in The Washington Post's Baghdad bureau. He joined the paper in 2014, covering the rise of the Islamic State and Iraq's military campaign to defeat it.
The attack against Ain al-Asad Air Base injured at least one Iraqi service member, Centcom said. Some U.S. personnel were evaluated for traumatic brain injuries.
Tit-for-tat incidents, including new U.S. strikes in Yemen and Iranian strikes in Iraq and Syria, tested Washington’s attempt to limit regional instability.
The incident comes amid fears that the ongoing war between Israel and Gaza could turn into a regional war as Iranian-linked groups step up their attacks.
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel, Iranian-backed militias have carried attacks across the Middle East while being careful to avoid triggering a wider war.
President Biden ordered the strikes after a drone attack by Kataib Hezbollah and others injured three service members at Irbil air base, one critically, U.S. officials said.
The venue in Nineveh province was covered in flammable panels, causing parts of it to collapse under the heat of the blaze, local media quoted officials as saying.
The court said Frontex is not empowered to weigh in on “return decisions.” Activists said that raises questions about who can hold the agency to account.
As climate change tightens its grip on Iraq, amber rice is the latest casualty. Farmers are grappling not only with a loss of income, but a way of life.
The order came after a mob stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in response to a protest held in Sweden that involved the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book.