Business Insider | A city west of Mosul is poised to become the 'city of revenge' for... Business Insider iraq shiite A member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) kisses a shiite flag on the top of a military vehicle on the outskirts of Bartila, east of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 19, 2016 ... Shia militias poised to take Iraq's Tal Afar: Official Iraq VP: Shia PMF will not enter Tel Afar |
Reuters | To Mosul and back: Sunni Arabs seek place in a shifting Iraq Reuters NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq When Kurdish forces began rounding up his relatives and friends, 23-year-old Iraqi Omar Abdallah fled with his pregnant wife and four brothers to Mosul. At the time, life under Islamic State seemed preferable for the Sunni Arab to ... Iraq wants devastating thermobaric weapons from UK to burn ISIS fighters in their Mosul bunkers The Fight For Mosul, Underway For A Month, Is Only Just Beginning More support needed as Mosul displacement grows |
Wall Street Journal | Iraq Now Optimistic About OPEC Oil-Output Deal Wall Street Journal Iraq's oil minister said Friday that he is optimistic about OPEC reaching an agreement at its next meeting, a change in tone that suggests the cartel's most recalcitrant member is coming around to the idea of cutting oil output. “I'm really optimistic ... Iraq's oil contracts make joining OPEC output cut more painful Iran and Iraq Asked to Freeze, Not Cut, Oil Production OPEC Reopens Talks on Oil Cuts Without Iran, Iraq Ministers |
UN News Centre | Iraq: Sustained funding 'crucial' as Mosul displacement grows, says UN refugee agency UN News Centre If needed, UNHCR and its partners, including the Government of Iraq, can potentially host 700,000 people, including a number of shelter solutions outside of camps. But funding for this is crucial, he stressed. So far, more than 5,705 emergency relief ... |
CNN | Iraq's Christians under fire CNN ... 12_Iraq_Christians_Turchenkova_032 15_Iraq_Christians_Turchenkova_042 16_Iraq_Christians_Turchenkova_044 20_Iraq_Christians_Turchenkova_054. The future of Christianity in Iraq is in peril after ISIS mowed through northern Iraq. |
UNFPA.org/news | Iraq centre brings specialized care to gender violence survivors UNFPA.org/news DUHOK, Iraq – The town of Duhok, in northern Iraq, is filled with survivors of conflict. More than 46,000 people are scattered across three displacement camps, and thousands more are living outside the camps, according to the UN Refugee Agency. All of ... |
Forbes | With Iraq And Mosul, Will Iran Become An Oil Superpower? Forbes Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers fire artillery at Islamic State positions in Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. Iraqi Kurdish fighters are exchanging heavy fighters with militants as they advance from two directions on a town held by the ... Battle for Mosul: Iraq asks for UK help to get thermobaric weapons Mosul Iraq battle: Bad weather slows advance inside city Iraqi forces recapture key air base near Mosul |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq: Bomb blast kills dozens in Amiriyat al-Fallujah Aljazeera.com At least 40 people have been killed and more than 60 wounded after a suicide car bomb attack targeted a police officer's wedding in Amiriyat al-Fallujah in Iraq, police sources have told Al Jazeera. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the ... Over dozen dead as bombing rips through wedding in western Iraq Iraq: Suicide Attack Kills 30 at Wedding Near Fallujah 16 killed in car bomb attack at Iraq wedding |
The Guardian | Ex-child soldiers to sue UK firm that hired them to be mercenaries in Iraq The Guardian Aegis, which is chaired by Tory MP Sir Nicholas Soames, won contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to provide security to US military bases during and after the Iraq war. The company was taken over last year by the Canadian security company ... |
Voice of America | Ancient City in Iraq Found Destroyed After IS Occupation Voice of America After U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed the Islamic State from Nimrud earlier this week, they found the archaeological site of an ancient Assyrian city reduced to rubble. Months before the Iraqi advance, IS destroyed statues, bulldozed palaces that date ... Iraq's Nimrud reduced to dust by I.S. rampage |