Reuters | With tunnels and guile, militants battle overwhelming force in Iraq Reuters BASHIQA, Iraq Judging by the huge number of bullet holes that penetrated a house in this northern Iraqi town, the sniper who had been defying Kurdish and American forces should have died quickly. But a look inside the villa in Bashiqa one day after ... Mass graves in Iraq reveal Islamic State horrors America's wars in Syria and Iraq are dangerous and shortsighted Hundreds choked in Iraq as toxic smoke sweeps across Mosul |
Global News Network | Coalition Targets ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq ... US-Led Coalition Conducts 27 Airstrikes Against Daesh in Iraq, Syria 17 strikes in Syria, 10 in Iraq target IS -- coalition VIDEO: US Military, Coalition Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq |
RT | Ancient city discovered in Iraq, 45km from ISIS territory (PHOTOS) RT Archaeologists have discovered a large Bronze Age city in northern Iraq which they believe may have been an outpost of the world's first empire. The ancient settlement was found at the small Kurdish village of Bassetki, not far from the town of Dohuk ... |
Financial Times | Doomed diplomacy: Jeremy Greenstock's memoir of Iraq Financial Times The first words of Sir Jeremy Greenstock's memoir of Iraq are among the most revealing: “For Anne [his wife], who suspected long before I did that Saddam had no WMD.” Greenstock was the UK ambassador to the United Nations during the build-up to the ... |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq: Kurds deport Japanese man over alleged ISIL ties Aljazeera.com Mosul is ISIL's last major stronghold in Iraq. A coalition of Iraqi forces, including the Kurdish Peshmerga, launched a huge multi-pronged offensive to retake the city on October 17. The KRSC said Tsuneoka left the country on Monday via the main ... |
New York Daily News | Rep. Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War vet, wins Illinois Senate race New York Daily News Tammy Duckworth has defeated incumbent GOP Sen. Mark Kirk in the state's U.S. Senate race, according to a CNN projection. Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran and two-term congresswoman, has become the second female senator in Illinois history since Sen. Iraq War Vet and Amputee Tammy Duckworth Just Flipped Obama's Senate Seat Back to Democrat |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq: ISIL suicide bombers kill dozens in two cities Aljazeera.com Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) fighters have claimed responsibility for several suicide bombings that have killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens in two cities in northern Iraq. The deadly attacks came as Iraqi ... Suicide Bombers In Ambulance Kill At Least 21 People In Iraq Suicide Bombings Kill 21, Wound Dozens in Iraq Iraq suicide attacks: Ambulances used in Tikrit and Samarra |
Fox News | Remnants of 'significant' Bronze-Age city discovered in Iraq Fox News Working about 28 miles from ISIS-controlled territory in Iraq, researchers have discovered evidence of a large Bronze-Age city that dates approximately to the year 3,000 BC, according to the University of Tübingen in Germany. Located near the town of ... Significant Bronze Age city discovered in Northern Iraq |
Long War Journal | Iraqi militia leader says Qassem Soleimani is in Iraq Long War Journal Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force, has returned to Iraq, according to Akram al Kabi, a cleric who is head of the Iranian-backed Harakat al Nujaba (HN). The Iraqi militia is a member ... |
Al-Arabiya | Kurds deny forcing Arabs from Iraq's Kirkuk Aljazeera.com Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq have rejected accusations by a rights group that their forces destroyed Arab homes and forced residents from the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk. The UK-based Amnesty International, in a statement published on ... Iraq: Kurdish authorities bulldoze homes and banish hundreds of Arabs from Kirkuk Hundreds forced out of Iraq's Kirkuk after ISIS attack: Amnesty Soldier Zips Through Streets Of Iraq In A Bulletproof BMW, Transports Dozens To Hospital Amid ISIS Firing |