Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for an unannounced visit during which he said he would stress the importance of “Iraqi sovereignty” and broach the issue of the future of US troops there. “We are in Iraq at the invitation of the government and our ...
The Lebanese parliament convened on Tuesday in a session set to be resumed on Wednesday to provide a vote of confidence to the government as prime minister Saad Hariri read the Cabinet’s policy statement. “We want this government to be one of actions and not just words. We want this ...
