USA TODAY | Wave of attacks kills at least 15 civilians across Iraq USA TODAY BAGHDAD — A wave of attacks across Iraq killed at least 15 civilians on Wednesday as government forces pressed on with their offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from a major city west of Baghdad, officials said. No one immediately claimed ... Iraq Sends More Troops to Fight ISIS in Ramadi |
Reuters | Somber Christmas for Iraq's Christians under threat from Islamic State Reuters Islamic State, which swept through a third of Iraq in 2014 in its drive to build a caliphate, has displaced more than 200,000 Christians from the northern region of Nineveh, the cradle of the eastern Assyrian church, according to Iraqi Christian MP ... |
TIME | This Family Fled ISIS in Iraq. Here's How They Made It to Germany. TIME It's a scene that has become all too familiar. An unseaworthy vessel aiming for the Greek island of Lesbos comes ashore, with its precious cargo of migrants and refugees fleeing poverty, conflict or persecution in search for better lives in Europe ... |
ELLE.com | A Miss Iraq Has Been Crowned for the First Time in More Than 40 Years ELLE.com The first Miss Iraq since 1972 has been crowned. Shaima Qassem Abdulrahman overcame threats of violence in what she said was a stand for women's rights. "I want to prove that the Iraqi woman has her own existence in society, she has her rights like men ... 1972 Miss Iraq Shaymaa Qasim will be 'abducted if she does not join ISIS' ISIS threatens first Miss Iraq since 1972 with kidnapping if she doesn't join First Miss Iraq Since 1972 Is Crowned |
Hurriyet Daily News | Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, December 23, 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 ... Turkish minister: Iraq's stability depends on capture of Mosul Turkey blames Iraq's Shiite-dominated gov't for Mosul's fall, vows continued ... US-Led Coalition Launches 32 Airstrikes Against Daesh in Syria, Iraq |
CNN | Finding Jesus everywhere, even in a war zone CNN It's a far cry from her life in the ancient biblical area of Nineveh, modern day Mosul, Iraq. There, the U.S.-educated Sister Ban lived in a convent with dozens of other Dominican Sisters. She had successfully established Montessori schools to educate ... |
Times of Oman | Iraq's Kurdistan region takes small step toward economic reform Reuters The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which is three months in arrears and deeply in debt, has been struggling since early 2014 when the Baghdad government slashed its funding, halting a boom fueled by Iraq's growing oil revenues. Then Islamic ... Iraq's Kurdistan region takes small step towards economic reform |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Watch Marines Build the Bridge Iraq Is Using to Take Back … Foreign Policy (blog) By David FrancisDavid Francis is a staff writer for Foreign Policy, where he oversees FP's breaking news blog, The Cable. An award-winning journalist, David has reported from all over Europe, Nigeria, Kenya, Mexico, and Afghanistan on terrorism ... |
Wall Street Journal | Iraq Seeks China Oil Tie-Up Ahead of Iran Flood Wall Street Journal Anticipating the return of Iranian oil, the people said Iraq's State Organization for Marketing of Oil—the government organization tasked with selling Baghdad's oil—is in advanced discussions to set up a joint venture with Unipec, the trading branch ... |
The Diplomat | China and Iraq Announce Strategic Partnership The Diplomat In a meeting with Abadi, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the development of China-Iraq ties, and said that the new strategic partnership would provide “a solid foundation” for future advances in the relationship. Xi also pledged Chinese assistance ... China, Iraq ink economic, military agreements during Abadi visit Iraq looks to Chinese companies for rail expansion China, Iraq establish strategic partnership |