Topic: Middle East

U.S. to boost Gulf presence after Iraq pullout: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is planning to bolster its military presence in the Gulf after it pulls out its remaining troops from Iraq, the New York Times reported in its online edition on Sunday.President Barack Obama said on October 21 ...

Iraq rounds up Baathists ahead of U.S. pullout

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has arrested at least 240 former members of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party and ex-military officers over what some senior officials described as a plot to seize power after U.S. troops withdraw at year's end.While several officials characterized ...

Clinton warns Iran on Iraq interference

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday implicitly warned Iran not to interfere in Iraq after the decision to pull all American troops out of the war-wracked state by the end of the year.Clinton, on a visit to Tajikistan, echoed President ...
Iraqis voiced happiness on Saturday over President Barack Obama's declaration that US forces will leave by year-end, but some spoke of concern the pullout could further destabilise their country.The decision to withdraw all remaining soldiers in the country after nearly nine years ...

US to pull out troops from Iraq by end-2011

US President Barack Obama said all American troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, ending a long war which cleaved deep political divides and estranged the United States from its allies.The decision, announced Friday, came after Iraq failed to ...

Obama announces Iraq troop pullout by end-2011

President Barack Obama said Friday all US troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, ending a long war which cleaved deep political divides and estranged the United States from its allies.The decision came after Iraq failed to agree to ...

End in sight, U.S. veterans ponder pain of Iraq war

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They remembered friends who died and brave Iraqis they had met, but news on Friday that the Iraq war was ending couldn't erase questions among U.S. veterans about whether it has all been worth it.Sentiment about whether the nearly ...

Obama: U.S. will pull troops out of Iraq by year-end

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has decided to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year, a White House official said on Friday, after failing to reach a deal with the Iraqi government that would have left ...

US shuts north Iraq division ahead of pullout

The US military closed its north Iraq division on Thursday, leaving 18 bases in the country ahead of a year-end pullout, with Baghdad and Washington still at an impasse over a future troop deal.The closure of US Division-North was the latest in ...

US legal immunity in Iraq 'requirement': military

Legal immunity is a must for any American troops serving in Iraq as part of a training mission past year-end, the US military's spokesman in the country said on Thursday.Major General Jeffrey Buchanan's remarks come amid an apparent impasse between Baghdad and ...