This decision marks the end of a weeks-long suspension that had effectively grounded commercial travel across the country as a precaution during the regional Fourth Gulf War conflict.

Fattahi fled to neighboring Iraq in December, fearing arrest over his participation in anti-government protests in Iran. A trained nurse, he was caring for wounded protesters in their homes so they wouldn’t have to seek care in state-run hospitals that were under surveillance.

By Aref Mohammed BASRA, Iraq, April 6 - Iraq could restore crude oil exports to around 3.4 million barrels per day within a week provided the Iran war ends and the Strait of Hormuz reopens, the head of the country’s state-run Basra Oil Company said.

The ongoing US air war over Iran has been far more dangerous for US pilots than the bombing campaign against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in 2003, or Afghanistan in 2001.

Iraq is caught in the crossfire of the Iran war and is the only country facing strikes from both sides, threatening to drag the nation that has so far avoided two years of regional turmoil into a full-blown crisis.

Thousands of U.S. troops have entered the Middle East as the Trump administration considers a ground invasion of Iran. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), member of the Armed Services Committee and an Iraq War

Iraq War Veteran Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, joins Alex Witt to share his thoughts on the two-week ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran and to discuss dozens of Democrats calling to invoke the 25th Amendment after President Trump's threats to kill "a whole civilization.