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U.S. combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end, …

President Joe Biden, right, speaks as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, left, listens during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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U.S. says it carried out airstrikes targeting Iran-backed …

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

At least 82 killed in Iraq after exploding oxygen cylinder …

Mourners pray near the coffins of coronavirus patients who were killed in a hospital fire in Iraq, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Pope wraps up historic 4-day tour of Iraq

Pope Francis, font right, bids farewell upon concluding his visit to Iraq at Baghdad airport, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

U.S. warns of military response to Iraq rocket attack …

This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Biden says U.S. airstrikes in Syria served as warning …

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden meet with troops at a FEMA COVID-19 mass vaccination site at NRG Stadium, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

‘I acted correctly’: Blackwater guard convicted in deaths …

In this Dec. 31, 2020, file photo pardoned Blackwater contractor Evan Liberty poses for a photo in Washington. Liberty is one of four former Blackwater contractors pardoned by President Donald Trump in one of his final acts in office, wiping away their convictions in a 2007 shooting rampage in Baghdad that killed more than a dozen Iraqi civilians. The pardons were met with intense condemnation both in the United States and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Trump pardons in Blackwater killings of Iraqi civilians …

FILE - This combination made from file photo shows Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including Heard, Liberty, Slatten and Slough, the four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more a dozen Iraqi civilians dead and caused an international uproar over the use of private security guards in a war zone. (AP Photo/File)

Middle East, Africa travel agents say UAE is blocking …

In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 file photo, a thick blanket of early morning fog partially shrouds the skyscrapers of the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers districts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo)

U.S. to reduce troop levels to 2,500 in Afghanistan, …

Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller speaks during a meeting with Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis at the Pentagon, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump administration to order troop reductions in …

President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House on Nov. 13, 2020. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)

‘Here, you can be part of the change’: New U.S. citizen …

This September 2019 provided by Danielle Luna shows Iraqi born refugee Nada Al Rubaye at her naturalization ceremony in Phoenix.

As pandemic spreads, China’s ex-epicenter down to …

Iranian Firefighters disinfect streets in the capital Tehran in a bid to halt the wild spread of coronavirus on March 13 2020.(AFP via Getty Images)

U.S.-led coalition strikes underway against Iranian-backed …

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