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October 2020 - Iraq Special Weapons News

  • FM spox: Iran puts US envoy to Iraq in sanctions list IRNA 23 Oct 2020 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh announced on Friday that the Islamic Republic has sanctioned the US Ambassador in Baghdad Matthew Tueller for his main role in coordinating terrorist acts in Iraq and the assassination of the late anti-terror Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
  • Iran sanctions US ambassador to Iraq, two other diplomats Press TV 23 Oct 2020 -- Iran says it has blacklisted the United States' Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller and two other diplomats over their key role in carrying out acts of terror, violating the fundamental principles of human rights and imposing 'cruel and illegal sanctions' against the Islamic Republic.
  • Iran Sanctions US Ambassador to Iraq for 'Terrorist' Acts Sputnik 23 Oct 2020 -- Tehran-imposed sanctions on US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller come as a tit-for-tat move after Washington blacklisted Iran's envoy.
  • United States Designates Senior Iranian Official in Iraq US Dept. of State 22 Oct 2020 -- For many years, the Iranian regime and its primary tool of regional destabilization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), have exploited Iraq to advance their own interests at the expense of the Iraqi people. The IRGC-QF's activities in Iraq continue to undermine Iraqi security, sovereignty, and prosperity.
  • US against Iraq's bids to acquire Russian missile systems: Lawmaker Press TV 22 Oct 2020 -- An Iraqi legislator has criticized the United States for hampering Baghdad government's attempts to acquire Russia's long-range and surface-to-air missile systems to modernize its defense infrastructure.
  • Iraq Discovers Remains of More Than 50 IS Victims in Mass Grave VOA 21 Oct 2020 -- Iraqi officials say they have found a new mass grave that contains the remains of several dozen people who appear to have been executed on the spot by Islamic State in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk.
  • Treasury Sanctions Iranian Ambassador to Iraq US Treasury 22 Oct 2020 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iraj Masjedi, a general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and Iran's Ambassador to Iraq, for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF.
  • Attacks on Civilians in Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq US Dept. of State 19 Oct 2020 -- The United States strongly condemns the massacre of innocent civilians by Iran-backed militias in Salah al-Din governorate.
  • Taiwan donates 100,000 masks to Yazidis in Iraq CNA 18 Oct 2020 -- Taiwan has donated 100,000 surgical masks to the Yazidi people in Sinjar, northern Iraq, through an international nonprofit organization, to help with the COVID-19 response there, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Sunday.
  • US seeking to eliminate Iraqi Hashd al-Sha'abi by force: Report Press TV 18 Oct 2020 -- A political adviser to Iraqi officials and leading member of the State of Law Coalition says the United States is trying to eradicate the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha'abi, by force and has even devised an action plan for such a purpose.
  • Iraq's Hashd Sha'abi fighters, govt. forces foiling Daesh infiltration bids on Syria border: Military official Press TV 17 Oct 2020 -- A high-ranking Iraqi military official says fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha'abi, alongside national security forces are effectively thwarting infiltration attempts of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists on the western border with Syria.
  • Iraq Seizes Truckloads Of Drugs Smuggled from Iran Radio Farda 17 Oct 2020 -- Iraqi military intelligence officials announced on Thursday that they confiscated 19 trucks loaded with hundreds of thousands of medicines smuggled from the country's western neighbor, Iran.
  • Iraq Forms Committee to Develop Timeline for Withdrawal of US Troops Sputnik 15 Oct 2020 -- The Iraqi authorities have formed a committee that will coordinate with the United States to develop the timeline for the withdrawal of US troops from the Middle Eastern country, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
  • Iran's funds in Iraq over $5 billion: Top banker Press TV 14 Oct 2020 -- Iran's central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati says he is "hopeful" his visit to Baghdad on Monday and successful talks with Iraqi officials would enable Tehran to use more than $5 billion of its funds in the country.
  • Kata'ib Hezbollah: All weapons must be pointed at US positions in Iraq Press TV 13 Oct 2020 -- Amid threats of a US war against Iraq's anti-terrorism resistance groups, a prominent faction of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units — better known as Hash al-Sha'abi — has reiterated its readiness to end the US military presence in the Arab country, saying all weapons should be pointed at American positions on Iraqi soil.
  • Iraqi resistance groups fire 'all their weapons' against US troops if they fail to withdraw: Kata'ib Hezbollah Press TV 11 Oct 2020 -- Iraq's anti-terror Kata'ib Hezbollah group says all Iraqi resistance groups and factions will "use all the weapons at their disposal" against American forces in the Arab country if Washington refuses to withdraw its forces despite a parliament's decision to expel them from Iraq.
  • Roadside bomb strikes US-led coalition convoy southeast of Baghdad Press TV 11 Oct 2020 -- A roadside bomb has exploded near a convoy of trucks carrying equipment belonging to the US-led military coalition purportedly formed to fight the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq's southern province of al-Muthanna.
  • Iraqi resistance groups announce halt to attacks against foreign troops to allow their pullout Press TV 10 Oct 2020 -- Iraqi resistance groups have issued a statement announcing a halt to military operations against US and foreign forces in Iraq to allow them to leave the Arab country.
  • US forces must leave Iraq or will be forcibly expelled: Kata'ib Hezbollah Press TV 10 Oct 2020 -- Iraq's anti-terror Kata'ib Hezbollah group, which is part of the country's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), has warned American forces against remaining in the Arab country, saying they will be forcibly expelled by means of resistance if they insist on maintaining their presence much to the dismay of Iraqis.
  • Sinjar Agreement US Dept. of State 10 Oct 2020 -- "The United States welcomes recent efforts by the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government, in coordination with the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, to resolve Sinjar's longstanding political and security challenges."
  • 2,500 US troops out of Iraq as part of full withdrawal plan: Al-Kadhimi Press TV 04 Oct 2020 -- The Iraqi prime minister says as many as 2,500 US troops have left the country as part of agreements reached with Washington to enable a full withdrawal of American troops.



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