A U.S. contractor died Wednesday when at least 10 rockets slammed into an air base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in western Iraq, the Pentagon said.Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said the contractor ``suffered a cardiac episode...

The rockets hit Ain al-Asad airbase

The Pentagon has confirmed that one American died after suffering a “cardiac episode” while sheltering during a rocket attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq early on Wednesday morning....

Multiple rockets targeted an airbase hosting U.S. troops in Iraq and it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.      

L'Osservatore Romano. Pope Francis blesses a Lamborghini Huracán at the Vatican on Nov. 15, 2017. With the funds from the auction, the pontifical charity reconstructed a Syrian Catholic n...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis (pix), on a historic trip to Iraq, will on Saturday hold a hugely symbolic meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, seeking to deepen his cautious dialogue with Muslim leaders.The 84-year-old pope will visit the...

Author: Wed, 2021-03-03 16:28ROME: Pope Francis on Wednesday asked all Catholics to pray for the success of his visit to Iraq on March 5-8.“The day after tomorrow, with the help of God, I’ll go to Iraq for a three-day pilgrimage. For a...

The assault on Tuesday came after President Biden ordered strikes on an unofficial crossing at the Syria-Iraq border.

Cooperation between Russia and Iraq in the oil sector is “very active” in spite of all the restrictions and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak....

Pope Francis said he will go ahead with his historic visit to Iraq in two days time, after a rocket attack on a military base hosting US-led coalition troops.Pope Francis said Wednesday he still expected to make his historic visit to Iraq...

Multiple rockets struck an airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for U.S.-led coalition forces in the country.      

At least 10 missiles were fired on the Ain al-Asad air base one week after U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militia positions along the Syrian-Iraqi border.

At least 10 rockets hit a military base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, security sources said, two days before Pope Francis's historic visit to the country.The attack on the sprawling Ain al-Assad base in...

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he is going to Iraq, where his predecessor John Paul was not allowed to go in 2000, because "the people cannot be let down for a second time.

At least 10 rockets hit a military base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, security sources said, two days before Pope Francis's historic visit to the country.The attack on the sprawling Ain al-Assad base in...

At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. The attack came two days before Pope Francis makes a historic visit to Iraq, which the...

No immediate word on casualties after at least 10 rockets target Ain al-Asad base, the same one hit last year in confrontation between U.S. and Iran-backed militias.

At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said.

The attack targeted the same base where Iran struck in January last year in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani.

BAGHDAD: At least 10 rockets slammed into a military base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, security sources said, leaving one civilian contractor dead.The attack on the sprawling Ain al-Assad base in Iraq's west...

In defiance of both the Covid-19 pandemic and security concerns, Pope Francis has confirmed that the first ever papal visit to Iraq is going ahead. The three-day trip, starting on March 5, will see the pope meet ancient Christian communiti...

At least ten rockets hit the Ain Al-Asad airbase in Anbar province on Wednesday morning.At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military sai...

Multiple rockets struck an airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for U.S.-led coalition forces in the country.      

A coalition airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar has been struck by at least 10 missiles, just two weeks after a rocket attack on US-led forces in northern Iraq killed a civilian contractor....

Several rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base that hosts United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, two security sources said.No casualties have been reported so far, the sources said.It was the second rocket attack i...

Baghdad, SANA- Iraqi security sources said that on Wednesday ten missiles targeted Ayn al-Asad airbase which houses personnel of the US-led coalition in al-Anbar province, west of Iraq.The sources told Alsumaria News Website that “Ten Katy...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican defended Pope Francis’ decision to go ahead with his trip to Iraq this weekend despite rising coronavirus infections there, saying Tuesday all health care precautions have been taken and that the trip is an “...

Casualties weren't immediately known. It was the first attack since the U.S. struck Iran-aligned militia targets along the Iraq-Syria border last week.

Nestled in a steep rocky hillside among the remote mountains of northern Iraq, the Rabban Hormizd Monastery has watched invaders come and go through Christianity's tumultuous history in this corner of ancient Mesopotamia.