SFGate | Tal Afar, West of Mosul, Becomes Center of Battle for Influence in Iraq New York Times ERBIL, Iraq — The city of Tal Afar, a former Ottoman outpost not far from Mosul that has a mostly ethnic Turkmen population and has been home to a corps of Islamic State leaders, on Saturday became the focus of a growing struggle between Turkey and ... Shiite militias join push toward Iraq's Mosul Mosul Iraq battle: Shia militias aim to take Tal Afar Shiite militias launch operation near Iraq's Mosul |
Counter-ISIL Strikes Target Terrorists in Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, Oct. 29, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported ... |
Reuters | Turkey's Erdogan says Ankara aims to reinforce troops on Iraq border Reuters Turkey's Erdogan says Ankara aims to reinforce troops on Iraq border. left. right. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends a Republic Day ceremony at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Ataturk, to mark the republic's anniversary in ... Turkey Intends to Increase Military Presence on Border With Iraq Erdogan: Turkey aims to reinforce troops on Iraq border |
Wall Street Journal | OPEC Deadlocks Over Iran, Iraq Oil Production Wall Street Journal A meeting of OPEC national delegates on Friday ended in a deadlock as Iraq and Iran disputed the data being used to allocate production cuts, officials said. Iraq and Iran are both intent on ramping up output, a goal that threatens the Organization of ... Iraq Balks At Oil Production Cuts, Needs Funds To Fight ISIS OPEC Meeting: Oil Prices Fall As Iran, Iraq Disagree With Production Cuts Iraq Serves Sweet Tea and Raw Data to Avoid OPEC Production Cuts |
ArmyTimes.com | Highway bridge named for Maryland soldier killed in Iraq ArmyTimes.com EMMITSBURG, Md. — A Maryland soldier killed in Iraq is getting a special memorial: A bridge dedicated to his memory. State and local officials are holding a ceremony Saturday in Emmitsburg to dedicate the Route 140 bridge over U.S. 15 to Army 1st Lt. |
Economic Times | When Atal Bihari Vajpayee pulled India back from the brink on Iraq Economic Times Bremer, a devout Roman Catholic, had turned up with a batch of priests who smacked their lips at the prospect of saving souls in a post Saddam Iraq. It turned out that antique smugglers did rather better, cleaning out the Baghdad museum on America's watch. |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq: Thousands displaced as battle for Mosul rages on Aljazeera.com The aid community has been scrambling to build camps and bring equipment to areas on the edges of the Mosul battlefield, a vast area where Iraqi forces are closing in on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) from the ... 'US succeeded only in creating chaos in Syria, Iraq' |
Government increases support to Iraqi people Reliefweb The Government is planning to give almost SEK 90 million in additional development aid to areas liberated from Daesh. At the same time, work has begun on a new multi-year aid strategy for Iraq. "It is extremely important to provide assistance quickly ... |
Al-Arabiya | Saudi, Iraq elected to UN Human Rights Council Al-Arabiya Saudi, Iraq and Japan were elected to UN Human Rights Council, Agence France-Presse reported. Russia on Friday failed to win re-election at the UN Human Rights Council during a vote that capped a campaign by rights groups to drop Moscow over its role ... |
Wall Street Journal | Can Iraq's Christians Finally Go Home? Wall Street Journal Iraq opposes Mr. Erdogan's overtures. “The Turkish insistence on its presence inside Iraqi territories has no justification,” said Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at a recent press conference in Baghdad. Iraq's Parliament called the Turkish troops ... |