The United States is drawing down its military presence in Iraq, reducing troops from 5,200 to 3,500 as part of a plan developed with the Iraqi government to hand over security responsibilities to its own forces. But the country also faces economic challenges that a new prime minister backed by the U.S. is struggling to solve. Nick Schifrin…Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron held his first official visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, where he met his Iraqi counterpart and insisted the war-scarred country should reassert its “sovereignty” despite simmering US-Iran tensions.