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Bookmark or Share- Iraq - Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, Invasion | BritannicaWithin days, Iraqi forces invaded Iran. At the same time, Iraq bombed Iranian air bases and other strategic targets. In the week following the invasion, the UN Security Council called for a cease-fire and appealed to Iran and Iraq to settle their dispute peacefully.
- Iraq’s dangerous balancing act between Iran and the USIraqi PM al-Sudani’s visit to Washington came as its neighbour Iran attacked Israel, raising fears of regional conflict.
- US troops will leave some longstanding bases in Iraq under deal | AP NewsThe U.S. has announced an agreement with the Iraqi government to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next year.
- Iran-Iraq War | Causes, Summary, Casualties, & Facts | BritannicaIran-Iraq War, (1980–88), prolonged military conflict between Iran and Iraq during the 1980s. Open warfare began on September 22, 1980, when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries’ joint border, though Iraq claimed that the war had begun earlier that month, on September 4, when Iran shelled a number of border posts.
- Iran-Iraq War summary | BritannicaIran-Iraq War, (1980–88) Protracted and indecisive conflict prompted by Iraq’s invasion of its eastern neighbour. Following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the Iraqi leadership sought to exploit Iran’s military and political chaos in order to resolve border disputes, gain control of Iran’s oil-rich western (largely Arab) province, and ...
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