Al-Arabiya | How did this happen? Iraq, Syria, Israel, Gaza and Libya all in flames CNN (CNN) -- Each day, they live in fear. Sometimes it's the fear of rockets dropping from the sky. Sometimes it's violent fundamentalist militants taking over their cities.Sometimes it's the barrel bombs stuffed with TNT and nails. Exactly what horror ... Diplomacy Can Still Save Iraq Jihadists execute four Syrian 'spies' in Iraq Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Libya in flames |
Reuters | Iraq names moderate Sunni parliament speaker in move to break political ... Reuters Iraq's army and allied Shi'ite militia launched an assault to retake the executed former dictator Saddam Hussein's home city Tikrit from the al Qaeda offshoot known as the Islamic State and allied militants, who seized it in mid-June during a lightning ... Salim al-Jubouri has been elected Iraq's new speaker of parliament. Not ... ISIS Executions Signal Sunni Infighting in Iraq Iraq Sunni insurgency seeks end to Shi'te political domination |
BBC News | Shaimaa Khalil meets members of an elite female unit as they prepare to go to ... BBC News Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have moved into parts of northern Iraq abandoned by the army in the face of an advance by jihadist-led rebels. The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil met members of an elite female unit as they prepared to go to the frontline. Morning ... Maliki to Arab Nations: 'Do Not Allow Iraq's Division' Revisiting Kurdistan: 'If there is a success story in Iraq, it's here' If Iraq Is Full of Oil, Why Is It Running Out of Gas? |
UN refugee chief calls for political solution in Iraq Washington Post BAGHDAD — The head of the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday that he was increasingly frustrated with Iraq's skyrocketing number of displaced people — and with governments worldwide that expect humanitarian aid organizations to “come clean up the ... |
New York Times | Witnesses Testify Against Ex-Blackwater Colleagues in Case of 2007 Iraq Killings New York Times WASHINGTON — As a line of Blackwater armored trucks pushed through heavy traffic away from the smoking wreckage of Nisour Square in Baghdad one day in 2007, a turret gunner waved his arms, telling nearby Iraqis to get down. He was warning them ... |
NDTV | Thane businessman radicalized Kalyan youth who joined ISIS, funded their Iraq ... Times of India The investigators, meanwhile, have expanded their probe and identified 15 more men from Mumbra and Bhiwandi who may have joined the four from Kalyan in Baghdad and enlisted with the Sunni insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Maharashtra men suspected to have joined ISIS in Iraq More Indians have joined ISIS in Iraq: Report Have 4 'missing' Muslim youngsters from Mumbai joined ISIS in Iraq? |
The Nation. (blog) | Iran-Saudi Deal Is Crucial to Resolve Iraq-Syria Civil War | The Nation The Nation. (blog) Its title is: “How Saudi Arabia Helped Isis Take Over the North of Iraq,” and it's a conspiratorial mishmash of truths, half-truths and outright misinformation—much of it derived, weirdly enough, from a speech by Sir Richard Dearlove, the former chief ... Saudi Arabia boosts security on heavily fortified Iraq frontier Saudis on Alert at Iraq Border for Conflict Spillover Saudi Arabia boosts security on Iraq frontier |
Newsweek | Dick Cheney: I Have No Regrets About the Iraq War Newsweek The totality of the Bush administration's failure in Iraq is stunning. It is not simply that they failed to build the liberal democracy they wanted. It's that they ended up strengthening theocracies they feared. And it's not simply that they failed to ... Quinnipiac: Americans on U.S. action in Iraq The Iraq That Dick Cheney Actually Left Behind Cheney family sounds off after Iraq protests |
Christian Science Monitor | Iraq is closer to forming a government but its military remains in tatters Christian Science Monitor The stunning collapse of Iraq's military in the face of Sunni jihadi forces was a consequence of the sectarian policies of the past decade. These fostered the promotion of incompetent Shiite officers on the basis of loyalty to Maliki, and a military ... |
UN: Sanctions must be enforced on Iraq extremists Yahoo News UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging all countries to enforce sanctions against the Islamic State extremist group that has captured a vast stretch of territory in Iraq, warning that "terrorism" must not be allowed to ... |