Daily Signal | David Petraeus apologizes again for affair, lays out vision for Iraq and Syria Washington Post David Petraeus, the retired Army general and former CIA director, apologized Wednesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his high-profile extramarital affair, and then proceeded to lay out his his vision for how the United States should ... Petraeus Calls on US to Escalate Military Action in Iraq, Syria Petraeus accuses Putin of trying to re-establish Russian Empire |
American Enterprise Institute | Is Iran's strategy in Iraq adrift? American Enterprise Institute Tehran's activities and policies in Iraq and the Levant remain largely under Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani's direction. Soleimaini had been riding high ever since the fall of Mosul to ISIS in June 2014. A sense of despair is sweeping through Iraq. This email from my driver in ... Iraq must rein in paramilitary forces: HRW Report Says Iraq's Shia Militias Laid Waste to Tikrit After Kicking Out the ... |
USA TODAY | Iraq political dissaray slows Ramadi campaign USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Political disarray in Iraq appears to be undermining a critical offensive to retake Ramadi, a key city in Iraq's Sunni heartland that was seized by Islamic State militants nearly four months ago. Iraq's government is relying on a ... Iraq: Deadly Bombing Strikes Baghdad Demand for life jackets soars in Iraq REPORT: 'Scores' Of Fighters Abandon Iraq, Surging Into Europe |
The Japan Times | US Air Strike Killed Islamic State 'Sex Slave Facilitator" In Iraq RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Coalition forces killed a senior leader of the Islamic State group in an air strike in Iraq, the Pentagon said September 22. Abu Bakr al-Turkmani, who died September 10 in a strike in Tal Afar in northern Iraq, was a "slave facilitator" who had been ... Iraq: Airstrike Kills an ISIS Leader Pentagon confirms deaths of militant leaders in Syria and Iraq Pentagon confirms airstrikes killed jihadi 'facilitator' of Yazidi slaves in ... |
The Guardian (blog) | The missing: the eight-year Iraq conflict looms large in Iran The Guardian (blog) The Iran-Iraq war began in September 1980 and ended in August 1988. But it remains alive in today's Iran. Among the vast crowds who turned out for the funerals in June of 270 veterans – including 175 combat divers – whose bodies had been returned from ... |
The Boston Globe | Kurds lose fight to sell crude oil in US after Iraq sues The Boston Globe The case began last year when Iraq's central government sued to seize a tanker loaded with crude from the country's Kurdish region that had sailed to the Gulf of Mexico and anchored 60 miles off the coast of Texas. The appeals court upheld an order by ... Iraqi Kurds Dealt Setback by U.S. Court Ruling on Oil Sale The impact of America's Iraq policy on the Kurds Iraq wins in fight with Kurds over disputed tanker |
With fight against the Islamic State in Iraq stalled, US looks to Syria for gains Washington Post With the offensive to reclaim territory from the Islamic State largely stalled in Iraq, the Obama administration is laying plans for a more aggressive military campaign in Syria, where U.S.-backed Kurdish forces have made surprising gains in recent months. |
Voice of America | India Bars Citizens From Aiding Iraq's IS Fight Voice of America KOLKATA, INDIA—. For more than a year, some Shi'ite Muslim groups in India have expressed a desire to travel to Iraq to support Baghdad in its fight against Islamic State militants. But after months of public appeals and court battles, the government ... |
Daily Signal | What 'Boots on the Ground' in Iraq Looks Like Daily Signal U.S. ARMED FORCES, Iraq—The booms come at regular intervals like incoming artillery. In the background is a heavy metal soundtrack pumped through an iPhone speaker. After doing a clean and press, an Air Force pararescueman throws down the heavily ... |
Breitbart News | Cholera Outbreak Threatens Baghdad as ISIS Ravages Iraq Breitbart News The Parliamentary Health and Environment Committee of Iraq announced on Sunday that they had confirmed 41 cases of cholera in Iraq–most in or near Baghdad, and in Najaf and Babel provinces. At least four of those diagnosed had died at the time of the ... Obama's Islamic State War Czar Stepping Down |