Press Releases

DVIDS - Georgia

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Nearly two decades after surviving relentless combat operations in the streets of Iraq, Master Sgt. (Ret.) Juan Brutsch received the Purple Heart during a ceremony Oct. 29, 2026, at the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion...

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(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi departed Baghdad for an official visit to Syria on Wednesday, marking the first trip by an Iraqi premier to the country since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024. Zaidi is leading a...

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(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi departed Baghdad on Wednesday for an official visit to Syria, the first by an Iraqi premier since the Assad regime fell in December 2024. Zaidi is leading a high-level delegation on the trip, a state news...

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(MENAFN) Iraq will start building an extension of its Development Road corridor in early 2027, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced Monday, as Baghdad pushes to reposition itself as a trade crossroads between East and West. Al-Zaidi outlined the...

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(MENAFN) Iraq and Jordan signed nine cooperation agreements Monday spanning education, the environment, culture and economic affairs, according to a statement from the Iraqi prime minister’s office.

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(MENAFN) Iraq plans to launch work on an expansion of its Development Road project in early 2027, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced Monday.

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(MENAFN) Around 4,000 members of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), described as an offshoot of the PKK organization operating in Iraq’s Sinjar region, are set to join the Iraqi Interior Ministry and the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd...

DVIDS - Georgia

WHITESTONE, N.Y. — New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Geib, a Niskayuna resident, assumed responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of the Guard’s 27th Finance Battalion during an Oct. 24 ceremony at Francis Lewis Park in...

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(MENAFN) The United Nations pressed Iraq and Kuwait to speed up the search for 315 people who remain unaccounted for after Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, as investigators keep combing suspected burial sites for their remains. “More than...

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(MENAFN) A group linked to the PKK in Iraq's Sinjar region will surrender its weapons and integrate into the Iraqi army under the supervision of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, an Iraqi official said Monday.

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(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi said Friday that no US military personnel remain in Iraq, including those previously serving in advisory capacities, as Baghdad intensifies efforts to bring all weapons under state authority by the...

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(MENAFN) Iraq’s prime minister declared that not a single US soldier, advisers included, remains on Iraqi soil, as the government pushes to place every weapon in the country under state control by next June. Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi told a state news...

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(MENAFN) The United States has issued a stark warning urging its citizens to avoid traveling to Iraq under any circumstances, citing threats including armed conflict, terrorism and kidnapping.

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(MENAFN) The United States has urged its citizens not to travel to Iraq under any circumstances, citing dangers including “armed conflict, terrorism and kidnapping.” The travel advisory, updated Friday and published by the US Embassy in Iraq on...

EIN Presswire

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, October 22, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Baghdad, Iraq – 22 October 2026 – Chra Hussain, Chief Commercial Officer of Asiacell, Iraq's leading provider of telecommunications and digital services, has received the Merit Leader Award,...

Attorney General of Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in a nearly $664 million settlement with Snap Finance.

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(MENAFN) Baghuz area of eastern Deir ez-Zor province, near the border with Iraq, according to the Syrian Defense Ministry.

Attorney General of Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in a nearly $664 million settlement with Snap Finance.

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(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi vowed Wednesday that Baghdad will not let its territory be used to stage attacks on Saudi Arabia or other regional states, following talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh.

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(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi assured Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday that Baghdad would not permit Iraqi territory to be used as a launchpad for attacks against Saudi Arabia or other countries in the region,...