New York Times | Iraq militia leader hails Iran's 'unconditional' support U.S. News & World Report Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group called Soldiers of Imam Ali Brigades prepare to launch rockets against Islamic State extremists' positions in Qadisiyya neighborhood in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 13 ... As Battle in Iraq Against ISIS Broadens, So Do Backstage Moves |
ABC News | ISIS Has Lost 25 Percent of Territory It Once Held in Iraq, US Says ABC News Iraqi and Kurdish forces have reclaimed more than 25 percent of ISIS-held territory inside Iraq, according to a U.S. assessment that also determined that Kurdish fighters are responsible for the majority of the territory retaken from ISIS in northern Iraq. CIA director suggests Iraq functions as interlocutor in US-Iran fight against Isis |
Wall Street Journal | For Now, Sectarian Calm in Liberated Iraq Town Wall Street Journal The safe passage of these families, all Sunnis, is a critical element of the push for Tikrit by Iraq's Shiite-dominated government. Baghdad has portrayed the military operation as a national effort despite its heavy reliance on 20,000 Shiite militiamen ... Iran, Shia militias involvement in ISIS fight a mixed blessing for US, Iraq Tikrit: Iraq's city of palaces |
New York Magazine | That time Nelly performed in Iraq Washington Post (blog) Nelly was in Iraq Friday to perform a charity concert during a soccer tournament in Irbil. The northern Iraqi city was within 25 miles of Islamic State control last year, and it is home to a number of American expatriots. Nelly is the first American ... Nelly Performs in Iraq to Support Victims of ISIS Nelly Just Performed A Concert In Northern Iraq Why Did Nelly Give a Concert in Iraq to Help Fight ISIS? (Hey, Must Be the Money) |
NBCNews.com | In NH, Bush Pressed On Common Core; Says Wants Troops In Iraq NBCNews.com At his first public appearance in New Hampshire, Bush waded into the discussion of foreign policy, declining to weigh in in the Republican's letter to Iran and by saying he wanted to put a "small force" of U.S. troops back into Iraq. He also continued ... |
Military Times | American soldier wounded by ISIS gunfire in Iraq CBS News A U.S. soldier at an Iraqi training base was injured by gunfire directed at the base, marking the first time an American soldier has been wounded by fire from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), CBS News national security correspondent David ... U.S. soldier shot in Iraq is mission's first casualty US Suffers First Soldier Injury in Renewed Iraq Military Action US soldier in Iraq wounded while in guard tower |
ABC News | Top US Military Official Repeatedly Warned Iraq About Troops' Conduct ABC News The U.S. has blocked aid to the un-named Iraqi units under the Leahy Law since American troops returned to Iraq in August and began supporting government forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters with airstrikes against ISIS jihadists, the senior official ... Good news: America's 'boots on the ground' in Iraq committing war crimes |
The Detroit News | 100 in Dearborn protest Islamic State terrorism in Iraq The Detroit News Dearborn — Fed up with acts of terrorism in Iraq at the hands of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, nearly a hundred local Arab-Americans gathered Friday to protest. Imam Husham Al-Husainy, director of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in ... |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq's first Christian brigade to battle ISIS Al-Arabiya Most of Iraq's Christians lived in the Nineveh plain, an area between the main ISIS hub of Mosul and the Kurdish capital of Erbil, before ISIS fighters swept in seven months ago. “Around 600 peshmerga from our Christian brothers in the Nineveh plain ... Iraq Christian Brigade To Battle ISIS: Anti-Islamic State 'Tiger Guards' Will ... Iraq's Christian brigade formed to battle terror Iraq's first Christian-only brigade ready to battle the Islamic State |
Reuters | Islamic State-controlled parts of Syria, Iraq largely out of reach: Red Cross Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - The Red Cross has only sporadic access to areas of Iraq and Syria held by Islamic State, despite huge needs of 10 million people living under their control, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. 14 Million Children Suffering as Result of War in Syria and Iraq, Unicef Says UN: 14 million children suffering from wars in Syria and Iraq 14 million children suffering from Syria and Iraq wars: UNICEF |