CBS News | With Shiite militia help, ISIS outnumbered 4-to-1 in Mosul, Iraq CBS News IRBIL, Iraq - Iraq's state-sanctioned Shiite militias said Sunday that some 5,000 fighters have joined their push to encircle the country's second-largest city of Mosul and cut off Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters there, as bombers ... Iraqi Shi'ite commander says Mosul battle 'no picnic' as troops advance Human shields in Iraq: The new ISIS strategy in fight for Mosul Iraq forces say gaining ground around Mosul |
Bloomberg | Iraq Reveals Oilfields Output to Win Over OPEC Ahead of Meeting Bloomberg The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries assesses output for its 14 members based on such secondary sources. Iraq wants the group to accept the ministry's figures before a Nov. 30 meeting at which OPEC could limit production for its members. |
RT | Washington D-Day 2.0 in Syria and Iraq – Who are they kidding? RT Catherine Shakdam is a political analyst, writer and commentator for the Middle East with a special focus on radical movements and Yemen. A regular pundit on RT and other networks her work has appeared in major publications: MintPress, the Foreign ... |
New York Times | Middle East|Turkey's Push to Join Battle for Mosul Inflames Tension With Iraq New York Times ERBIL, Iraq — A dispute between Iraq and Turkey has emerged as a dramatic geopolitical sideshow to the complicated military campaign to retake Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, from the Islamic State. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has ... Photo of the Week: The Raging Inferno of Iraq's Oil Fields On the Ground With American Troops in Iraq Iran-backed Shi'ite militias to join assault near Mosul on new front |
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 |
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 |
TheChronicleHerald.ca | ON TARGET: Conflict in Iraq murkier by the minute TheChronicleHerald.ca With an allied force — including an undisclosed number of Canadian special forces operatives — closing in on Daesh's stronghold in Mosul, the complex regional conflict in Iraq is getting murkier by the minute. Twitter photos posted last week reveal ... |
The Atlantic | The Shia Power Brokers of the New Iraq The Atlantic KARBALA, Iraq—The inner sanctum of the Imam Hussein Shrine shines day and night, illuminated by jeweled chandeliers. Their light is reflected in the mirrored domes of the roof, and gleams across the gold-framed marble walls. At the center of the ... |
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 ... |
ReliefWeb | QRCS First Humanitarian Aid Provider in Mosul [EN/AR] ReliefWeb October 30th, 2016 ― Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a relief campaign to raise QR 15 million ($4.1 million) to help more than 120,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mosul, northern Iraq, which is currently subject to ... |