Washington Post | Pentagon says fierce Iraq-Turkey feud won't hinder key Islamic State battle Washington Post John Dorrian, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, played down the effect of this week's clash between the leaders of Iraq and Turkey, as the U.S. military prepares to assist an Iraqi assault on the city of Mosul, a major objective in defeating the ... Sparks fly between Turkey, Iraq as battle looms to oust ISIL from Mosul Liberating Mosul Will Be Iraq's Biggest Fight, OIR Spokesman Says Turkey says its troops to stay in Iraq until Islamic State cleared from Mo... |
Aljazeera.com | 'Booby-trapped' ISIL drone in deadly Iraq attack Aljazeera.com Two Kurdish Peshmerga were killed and a pair of French commandos wounded after a booby-trapped drone launched by ISIL fighters blew up earlier this month near Iraq's Mosul city. One of the French soldiers sustained life-threatening injuries and both ... Isis booby-trapped drone kills troops in Iraq, officials say IS conflict: Booby-trapped drone kills Kurdish fighters in Iraq New warning for US forces in Iraq: Beware of Islamic State drones |
New York Post | Amal Clooney threw a tantrum while meeting with Iraq's UN ambassador New York Post George Clooney's human rights lawyer wife nearly caused an international incident at the Iraqi UN Mission of Iraq in Manhattan when she lectured the ambassador on ISIS and showed up with an unauthorized camera crew, The Post has learned. |
Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq > U.S. ... Department of Defense U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation ... |
Bloomington Pantagraph | Wrong lesson learned in Iraq, says former envoy Bloomington Pantagraph In this case, “bad intervention” includes contributing to the factionalization of Iraq — looking at it in terms of Shia, Sunni and Kurd factions rather than encouraging more national unity, said Istrabadi, who was at Illinois State University on ... |
UPI.com | Iraq Ramping Up Oil Output To New Heights OilPrice.com Iraq's oil output in Kurdistan is set to increase when Norway's DNO completes its plans to add four new wells in the Tawke field. The company has already completed three wells and drilling the last one, which should come online next week. The four ... Expect more from Iraq, oil company says |
CBS News | US troops' vital role in major battle looming with ISIS CBS News ERBIL, Iraq -- The long-awaited offensive to recapture Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants could be weeks, or even days away, and U.S. coalition forces are part of the operation. Most American troops ... How to beat Islamic State in Iraq US, Saudis to grant 9000 ISIS fighters free passage from Iraqi Mosul to Syria – source Islamic State rigs Mosul in Northen Iraq with bombs to dislodge the jihadists |
IRINnews.org | IRIN | Iraq's Kurds: Oil rich, still poor IRINnews.org The battle against IS has given various political and military factions a chance to change the stakes in the oil industry. But will Iraq's Kurds finally get their fair ... Iraq cobbles together an oil deal - Petroleum Economist |
Reuters | Iraq commemorates Shi'ite mourning amid preparations to attack Mosul Reuters KERBALA, Iraq Millions of Shi'ite Muslims flocked to Iraq's holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday to commemorate Ashura, a religious day marking the slaying of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Hussein in the 7th century AD in a revolt against the Umayyad ruler ... Huge crowds of pilgrims pack Iraq's Karbala for Ashura Black-clad pilgrims pack Iraq's Karbala for Ashura Iraq marks Ashura ahead of battle for Mosul |
Newser | Body of Pilot Killed in Iraq Returns Home After 10 Years Newser The body of Major Troy Gilbert returned to the US last week nearly 10 years after the F-16 pilot was killed in Iraq, the Arizona Republic reports. Gilbert was killed when his plane crashed while protecting coalition forces from an insurgent attack ... Remains of Phoenix-area fighter pilot killed in Iraq returned 10 years later Soldier's remains recovered after 10 years in Iraq |