Huffington Post | Iran Has Controlled Iraq For Years. Now It May Be Pushed Out. Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- Iran has for years exerted tremendous influence over Iraq, turning it into essentially a Shiite-led client state under former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. But a new protest movement in the country's Shiite-dominated south is a ... EIFA: Iran behind assassinations and abductions in Iraq |
The Guardian | Tony Abbott says Australia will take more refugees from Syria and Iraq The Guardian Abbott said the government had announced last year that it would take almost 4,500 people from the trouble spots of eastern Syria and northern Iraq, and was prepared to accept more people from the region in light of the “humanitarian disaster”. The ... Australia 'open' to accepting more refugees from Syria and Iraq |
Huffington Post | Fox News Embarrasses Dick Cheney On Iraq And Iran Huffington Post The invasion of Iraq in fact deeply strengthened Iran's hand in the region, ousting a traditional enemy of Iran and installing a new government far more sympathetic to the Iranian regime. Much of Iraq has effectively functioned as a client state of ... Colin Powell: Invasion of Iraq 'Badly Flawed' Dick Cheney's Savage Revisionist History: Inside His Disturbing Campaign to ... Colin Powell speaks out on the Iran deal, ISIS crisis, and Iraq War |
KOLO | Iraq has finally started using the F-16 fighter jet in combat operations Washington Post Defense officials in Iraq and Washington on Sunday confirmed the operations, which should significantly upgrade the Iraqi military's ability to strike Islamic State militants in coming months. Iraqi Lt. Gen. Anwar Hama Amin told media outlets in ... Iraq mounts air operation against ISIS with F-16s from US |
Yahoo News | Iraq puts new F-16s into action against IS jihadists Yahoo News "The United States is committed to building a strategic partnership with Iraq and the Iraqi people and we will continue to work with the government of Iraq on the delivery of the remaining aircraft as they become available within the framework of the ... Iraq uses new F-16 jets for first time in raids against Islamic State Iraq air force hit ISIS with new F-16s Iraq Puts New F-16s Into Action Against Islamic State |
International Business Times | Iraq Conducts First Airstrikes Against ISIS Targets International Business Times Iraq conducted its first airstrikes against the Islamic State group Sunday, the U.S. Defense Department announced. Defense spokesman Peter Cook issued a statement saying the strikes were conducted using F-16 fighters. "The first four aircraft purchased ... |
Sputnik International | Airstrikes Hit ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, September 6, 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 ... Military airstrikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq 21 more airstrikes target ISIL in Syria, Iraq |
Rudaw | Iraq to take delivery of four Czech fighter jets this month Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq will take delivery this month of four advanced jet fighters bought from the Czech Republic, an Iraqi official said Sunday. “According to a deal struck between the Czech Republic and Iraq, the Czech government will hand ... |
International Business Times UK | Isis in Iraq: US-led coalition launches 21 weekend air strikes against Islamic ... International Business Times UK The US-led coalition carried out 21 airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria over the weekend of 5 September. The largest concentration of attacks occurred near Fallujah, Iraq, where five airstrikes hit staging areas, a building and a ... Coalition forces carried out 21 air strikes on ISIS in Syria and Iraq this weekend US-led coalition bombs Islamic State targets in Iraq, Syria US, allies launch 25 air strikes in Iraq, eight in Syria |
The Australian | Civilian risk in bombing Syria 'no greater than Iraq': Ray Griggs The Australian Vice-chief of the Australian Defence Force Ray Griggs says airstrikes in Syria will not be more complex than existing operations in Iraq, as the government prepares to give the green light to expanding the country's role in the Middle East conflict ... |