CBS News | US vets return to Iraq to fight ISIS CBS News KIRKUK, Iraq -- Some American veterans of Iraq can't bear watching the country they fought to secure lost to the forces of ISIS. Incredibly, some are returning to Iraq as volunteer soldiers. For these former U.S. soldiers it's a return to a deadly war ... |
NPR | House Votes To Increase Security Checks On Refugees From Iraq, Syria NPR The House of Representatives has easily passed a GOP-authored bill to restrict the admission of Iraqi and Syrian refugees to America by requiring extra security procedures. The bill — called the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 ... House Approves Bill to Halt Syria, Iraq Refugee Plan US House votes to reduce refugees from Syria and Iraq House Approves Tougher Refugee Screening, Defying Veto Threat |
Daily Beast | Exclusive: Inside Americas ISIS Air Strike Center in Iraq Daily Beast ERBIL, Northern Iraq — The morning after the attacks in Paris that left 129 dead, the U.S. officers manning the coalition's control room hadn't yet heard that the killings had been claimed by ISIS, the same foe they were pounding with munitions from ... Inside the nighttime hunt for ISIS suspects in Iraq Divisions undermine battle against Isis in Iraq Elaborate Islamic State Tunnel Network Found in Liberated Iraqi City of Sinjar |
Dezeen | World's tallest building planned for Iraq's Basra Province Dezeen AMBS Architects has proposed a 1,152-metre-tall skyscraper for Iraq's Basra Province, which would surpass Jeddah's Kingdom Tower and Dubai's Burj Khalifa to become the tallest building in the world (+ slideshow). Composed of four conjoined towers, The ... |
Al Jazeera America | Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, November 19, 2015 — U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... How ISIL's 'cultural cleansing' of history is affecting Syria, Iraq Service Member of US-Led Coalition Against ISIL Dies in Iraq Military strikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq |
CNN International | Can Special Forces defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq? CNN International Wounded people are helped outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris following a series of coordinated attacks in the city on Friday, November 13. The militant group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which killed at least 129 people and ... Iraq, Syria prime for a modern-day Marshall Plan Isis: 5 maps that show how fast the group has spread in Syria and Iraq US just behind Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq in ISIS supporters on Twitter |
Reuters | Iraq's paramilitaries demand more cash for Islamic State fight, testing PM Reuters Facing lower revenue because of declining oil prices, OPEC oil exporter Iraq is planning widespread budget cuts next year, with government expenditure set to drop by nearly 10 percent to around $95 billion. The paramilitary forces, which include ... Iraq's paramilitaries demand more cash for ISIS fight |
RT | 'ISIS branch' seeking to produce chemical weapons - Iraq and US intel RT A special branch has been set up by Islamic State to develop chemical weapon for the terrorist group using scientists from Iraq and Syria as well as other countries in the region, AP reported, citing Iraqi and US intelligence sources. Although Islamic ... Isis Is Developing Chemical Weapons Using Scientists From Iraq And Syria, US ... AP: ISIS exploiting power vacuum in Iraq to create chemical, biological, weapons US, Iraq: ISIS determined to produce chemical weapons |
Marine Corps Times | US Marines send attack jets to kill ISIS fighters in Iraq Marine Corps Times Thousands of U.S. Marines and sailors have moved into the Persian Gulf as part of the Obama administration's pledge to ramp up its air campaign against the Islamic State group after last week's terror attacks in Paris. On Thursday, Marine warplanes ... |
A US prison in Iraq—dubbed “Jihadi University”—gave birth to the Islamic State Quartz There are “many strands of blame,” according to a recent New York Times article (paywall), but an indisputable element is Camp Bucca, an American prison in southern Iraq during the US occupation. It was there that many of the key figures in the group ... |