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Wednesday, January 28, 2026 2:51 GMT
Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state - including potentially its critical oil revenues - should armed groups be included in the next government, four sources told Reuters. The warning is the starkest example yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to curb the groups' influence in Iraq, which has long walked a tightrope between its two closest allies, Washington and Tehran. The U.S. warning was delivered repeatedly over the past two...More