International Business Times | Car Bombings in Iraq's Capital Kill at Least 20 Civilians ABC News A series of car bombings targeting busy commercial areas in Iraq's capital killed at least 20 civilians Monday, officials said. The deadliest attack took place Monday night when a car bomb exploded on a commercial street in Baghdad's western district ... Iraq ISIS Battle: 30 Police Killed In Ramadi, Iraqi City Under Assault From ... Car bombs, suicide attack kill at least 22 in Iraq Iraq: 2 car bombings in Baghdad kill at least 20 civilians |
National Post | Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria Hit ISIL Tactical Positions, Equipment Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 27, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces 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 reported ... Military airstrikes continue against ISIL in Syria and Iraq Five airstrikes in Syria, 26 in Iraq target ISIL - coalition |
U.S. News & World Report | Islamic State captures dam, overruns base in western Iraq Long War Journal The Islamic State seized control of a dam and overran a military barracks in the Thar Thar area in western Iraq over the past several days. Over 120 Iraqi soldiers and a senior general were killed during the Islamic State offensive. In a video released ... ISIS Makes Gains In Iraq's Anbar Province Islamic State takes military barracks, dam in Iraq's Anbar: sources Car bombs driven by foreigners hit Iraq-Jordan border post |
TheBlaze.com | White House: Islamic State Wasn't in Iraq Before George W. Bush TheBlaze.com White House press secretary Josh Earnest blamed former President George W. Bush for the presence of the Islamic State group in Iraq, highlighting the militant group's tie to Al Qaeda. Earnest was responding to a rare bit of public criticism from Bush ... George W. Bush Blasts Obama's 'Strategic Blunder' in Iraq, Says He'd be ... George W. Bush Bashes Obama on Middle East |
KETV Omaha | Iraq war vet attacked in attempted carjacking KETV Omaha Rosenburg is an Iraq war veteran and called his friends for help. "Pretty much, he picked the wrong house," Rosenburg said. Two people inside a nearby house came out to help Rosenburg, according to a release, and held the suspect until police arrived. |
Arutz Sheva | UN employee 'abducted in Iraq' Yahoo News Baghdad (AFP) - A United Nations employee working as a liaison in Iraq's Diyala province has been "abducted" northeast of Baghdad, a spokeswoman for the UN mission in the country told AFP on Monday. UN Employee Kidnapped in Iraq |
Express.co.uk | Islamic State are executing deserters trying to flee air strikes in northern Iraq Express.co.uk “Credible” reports of IS deserters being executed by their own side are coming out of northern Iraq, either for trying to flee altogether or retreat to Syria where IS has a stronger grip on power. IS is not breaking up but the reports point to growing ... US, allies conduct air strikes in Syria, Iraq: US military US, allies conduct 31 air strikes in Syria, Iraq - US military Military: US, Allies Conduct 15 Airstrikes in Syria, Iraq |
Breaking Defense | HASC NDAA Mark Challenges White House From A-10 To Iraq To Space Breaking Defense WASHINGTON: If anyone at the White House had hoped the new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee would be more compliant than his predecessor, the defense bill out today should end their illusions. Sure, Rep. Mac Thornberry has ... |
Washington Post (blog) | Controversial 2006 estimate of Iraq deaths remains controversial Washington Post (blog) In particular, Ahmed discusses a controversial 2006 paper by Burnham, Lafta, Doocy and Roberts that was published in the medical journal the Lancet and estimated half a million excess deaths in Iraq during the early period of the war, and also a series ... |
UN Refugee Official Calls Situation in Syria and Iraq 'Unsustainable' New York Times The war that has engulfed Syria and spread into Iraq has displaced 14 million people, including four million Syrian refugees scattered to neighboring countries, and it has created “host fatigue,” which has further aggravated the crisis, United Nations ... |