On this day in 2011: The Iraq War officially ended
The Iraq War, launched in March 2003, remains one of the most consequential and controversial military conflicts of the 21st ...
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On this day in 2003: Iraq War begins
On March 20, 2003, the United States launched "Operation Iraqi Freedom," beginning a war that would dramatically reshape Iraq, the ...
On this day in 2011: The Iraq War officially ended
The Iraq War, which began on March 20, 2003, and officially ended in December 2011, was a pivotal and deeply ...
ZainCash partners with Temenos to boost digital payment services in Iraq
ZainCash, a subsidiary of March Holding and a leading payment service provider in Iraq, has partnered with Temenos, a global market ...
On this day in 2003: Fall of Baghdad
In the annals of history, few events have reshaped geopolitics as dramatically as the fall of Baghdad in 2003. It ...
On this day in 2005: U.S. President George W. Bush ordered air strikes on Baghdad, thus launching the Iraq War
March 19, 2003, marked a pivotal moment in contemporary history as the United States, supported by a coalition of allies, ...
US strikes in Iraq and Syria reportedly killed at least 18; blasts rock southern Gaza
US forces have attacked more than 80 targets in Iraq and Syria in a wide-ranging air assault on sites belonging to Iran-linked ...
On this day in 2002: Iraq, Iran, and North Korea are called an “axis of evil”
In his 2002 State of the Union address, then-President George W. Bush coined the term "axis of evil" to describe ...
On this day in 1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait
On August 2, 1990, at about 2 a.m. local time, Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq’s tiny, oil-rich neighbor. Kuwait’s defense ...
Leak exposes Ericsson’s secret dealings with ISIS amid Iraq corruption spree
A leaked internal report shows the Swedish telecom giant concealed a years-long bribery and fraud campaign in the war-torn country ...