Newsweek | Waging the Tangled Air War Over Syria and Iraq Newsweek The flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier is pictured in the Gulf, June 18. The carrier is deployed in the region to act as a platform to strike key positions taken over by ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria, according to the ship's ... |
U.S. News & World Report | 16 Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq are released U.S. News & World Report Released Turkish workers arrive in armored vehicles and escorted by Iraqi security forces to the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Sixteen Turkish workers kidnapped from a construction site in Baghdad and held for nearly a ... Kidnapped Turkish Construction Workers Released in Iraq 16 Turkish hostages freed in Iraq arrive back home Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq are released |
CNBC | How Iraq is defying US in Syria fight CNBC Russia is using the Syrian conflict to demonstrate its importance on the world stage, and to erode U.S. attempts at isolating Russia after its land grab last year in Crimea. Armed masked man in Syria. Abo Shuja | AFP | Getty Images. Armed masked man in ... Prime Minister Abadi: Iraq welcomes Russia in Islamic State fight Pentagon Worried Iraq Will Share US Intel with Russia What now? How to deal with the utter collapse of Obama's Syria-Iraq strategy |
New Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq US Department of State (press release) Today at the UN General Assembly event on the humanitarian emergency in Iraq, Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall announced that the United States is providing more than $56 million in additional ... |
Readout of Vice President Biden's Meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al ... Whitehouse.gov (press release) The Vice President met today on the margins of the UN General Assembly with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. They discussed a range of bilateral issues defining the close and strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq, including the ... |
International Business Times | Campaign 2016: Hillary Clinton Pitched Iraq As 'A Business Opportunity' For US ... International Business Times When then-U.S. Hillary Clinton voted to authorize the war against Iraq in 2002, she justified her support of the invasion as a way to protect America's national security. But less than a decade later, as secretary of state, Clinton promoted the war ... |
Yahoo News | Airstrikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, September 30, 2015 — Yesterday, 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. Uniting Against Threats to Cultural Heritage in Iraq and Syria |
Reuters | Kurds take ground from Islamic State in north Iraq Reuters The assault consolidated their control over Kirkuk and brought the peshmerga, the military forces of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, closer to the insurgents' bastion of Hawijah, around 55 km (34 miles) west of Kirkuk. Around 3,500 peshmerga took ... Kurdish fighters push back Islamic State in northern Iraq Kurds Fend off ISIS in North Iraq as Report Claims Al-Baghdadi Moves South Kurdish Peshmerga forces retake 12 villages in northern Iraq |
Wall Street Journal | Deepening Russian Involvement in Iraq Complicates US Airstrikes on Islamic State Wall Street Journal Russian reconnaissance flights over Iraq to spy on Islamic State militants would complicate the U.S.-led campaign against the extremist group but wouldn't obstruct it, American officials said Monday after Baghdad left open the possibility of ... Iraq defends intelligence sharing with Russia, Syria, Iran Russian, Syrian partnership poses a new challenge for US in Iraq Russia, Iran, Iraq, and Syria to Share Intelligence on … |
Rudaw | Cholera infections in Iraq climb to more than 500 Rudaw BAGHDAD, Iraq – The number of recorded cases of cholera in Iraq has climbed to at least 533, the ministry of health and environment in Baghdad announced on Wednesday. It said in a statement that the victims are from across Iraq, but controversially ... |