Fox News | Love, American Style: Iraq's Kurds fans of all things US, Bush Fox News In the Kurdish-administered region of Iraq, the American flag is a fashion statement as well as a declaration of admiration for the U.S. Above left, Mohammed Huthifa Mloky holds up memorabilia, while Gulan Sherko, r.) wraps herself in Old Glory. |
The Fiscal Times | Reports of U.S. Ground Fighters Emerge as ISIS Gains in Iraq The Fiscal Times The minor victory was well timed. After six weeks of defeats in Iraq, ISIS made its first gains in the western province of al-Anbar last week, threatening the remaining Iraqi government forces and its tribal Sunni allies who are defending the remaining ... Iraq: ISIS murdered 150 women and underage girls for refusing sex acts Hundreds of US troops now deployed in Iraq's Anbar Province ISIS Slaughters 150 Females in Iraq for Refusing to Marry, Have Sex with Them |
The Interpreter | Beginning of Iraq? The Hill (blog) Last week, I returned from my 38th trip to Iraq (since 2004), but my first since the shocking June 10 seizure of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Falling almost upon the one year anniversary of ISIS's ... Iraq's next top gun trains in Arizona to fight ISIS Iraq: Time on Washington's side |
The Inquisitr | ISIS Attacks American Base In Iraq In First Ever Clash With U.S. Troops The Inquisitr The incident was the first time that American troops clashed with ISIS forces on the ground in Iraq. For several weeks, the United States has led a series of air strikes against ISIS positions in Iraq and Syria, ones aimed at crippling the militant ... |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq Kurds in push to retake Sinjar area from ISIS Al-Arabiya Iraqi Kurdish forces launched a broad offensive on Wednesday aimed at recapturing areas near the Syrian border that have been held by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants for months, officials said. Among the goals is the Sinjar area, which was ... Iraq Kurds launch Sinjar offensive after coalition air strikes German cabinet approves training mission to Iraq Iraq Kurds, coalition jets in major push to retake Sinjar |
Fox News | Iraq's quiet Christian genocide Fox News In fact, 40 of Baghdad's 65 churches had been bombed, along with 60 more in Iraq's second largest city, Mosul. The conflict had allowed extremists to finally rid Iraq of its ancient Christian minority, and hardly anyone noticed their systematic efforts ... |
New York Times | Iraq's Premier Narrows Divide, but Challenges Loom New York Times Mr. Abadi, after all, had taken office with an international mandate to create a more inclusive government, and win the trust of Iraq's disaffected Sunnis so they would fight Islamic State militants rather than support them. But the verdict, on capital ... |
Reuters | Iraq seeks one-year deferral on Gulf War reparations Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - Iraq has requested a one-year deferral of a $4.6 billion reparations payment for destroying Kuwait's oil facilities during its 1990-91 occupation, a U.N. official said on Wednesday. The request comes as Iraq's economy is being ... Iraq requests one-year deferral on Gulf War reparations |
Reuters | In northeast Iraq, flashes of resistance against Islamic State militants (+video) Christian Science Monitor NEAR AL-HAWI, IRAQ — Upon a small card table set in the mud, on ground once controlled by the Islamic State, an Iraqi Army colonel unrolls his well-worn map of central and eastern Iraq. Methodically he points out how the Army has worked in concert in ... Special Report: Inside Iraq's 'killing zones' In northeast Iraq, flashes of resistance against Islamic State militants Iraq's Sunni tribes need support from Washington |
Center for Research on Globalization | British Troops Returning to Iraq Center for Research on Globalization In November, as part of a rapid escalation of the war in Iraq and Syria, President Obama announced that the US would send another 1,500 troops to Iraq, effectively doubling the size of the US deployment. Just days prior to Britain's Iraq troops ... |