Fox News | No big New Year's celebrations for Iraq's displaced Fox News BARTELLA, Iraq – There were no big New Year's celebrations for the Iraqi men, women and children who narrowly escaped the fighting in Mosul, only to wait for hours under armed guard while the fighting-age males among them were cleared of links to the ... Iraq's resumed assault on ISIS in Mosul makes gains Iraqi Forces Shift Tactics in Mosul as Forces Advance on New Fronts Elite Iraq units link up for Mosul assault: officers |
FRANCE 24 | France's Hollande to visit French troops in Iraq FRANCE 24 President Francois Hollande said he would on Monday visit French troops fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, as he warned that the terrorist threat within France was still alive. "We are not yet finished with the scourge of terrorism. We must ... France's Hollande says to visit Iraq Monday Hollande to Visit Iraq on Monday to Meet With French Servicemen AFP: Hollande to visit French troops in Iraq Monday |
Beloit Daily News | Turning Iraq history to rubble, leaving the mess to looters Beloit Daily News Iraq archaeologist Layla Salih, left, confers with UNESCO's representative in Iraq Louse Haxthausen, right, at the ancient site of Nimrud, Iraq, in this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016 photo. Days after Iraqi forces drove the Islamic State group from Nimrud ... |
Washington Post | Saddam Hussein's death was supposed to mark a 'new era' for Iraq. It didn't last five minutes. Washington Post In a statement shortly after the execution, President George W. Bush said that while the execution wouldn't immediately end the sectarian violence already tearing apart Iraq, it would mark “an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a ... Why Is Iraq At War? Saddam Hussein Was Executed 10 Years Ago For Crimes Against Humanity, But Violence Continues ISIS, sectarian conflict & chaos: Iraq 10 years after Saddam Hussein's death A decade after Saddam Hussein's hanging what has changed in Iraq |
Reuters | Iraq Baghdad: 28 dead as twin bombs rip through market - BBC News BBC News Twin bombs have killed at least 28 people in a market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say. Baghdad: Double bomb attack hits Al Sinak market | Iraq News | Al ... Baghdad blasts kill 29 as Mosul fighting intensifies SRSG Kubiš describes Baghdad bombings as “despicable” |
The Inquisitr | Agatha Christie's Archaeological Work In Ancient Assyrian City Of Nimrud, Iraq Destroyed By ISIS The Inquisitr When Agatha Christie was busy working on some of her most popular novels, she was also doing a very important job preserving archaeological remnants in Nimrud, the same ancient Assyrian city in Iraq that saw many of these same relics destroyed last ... Writer Agatha Christie played role in unearthing ancient Nimrud in Iraq |
The Inquisitr | Matt Taibbi Asks If The Russian Hack Is Iraq WMD All Over Again, Reminds Journalists Of Judith Miller The Inquisitr Following the War in Afghanistan, the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001 attacks, then-President George W. Bush set his sights on invading Iraq and toppling dictator Saddam Hussein. Following the September 11 attacks, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin ... |
Firstpost | Iraq: Twin blasts rip through central Baghdad; 28 killed, 54 wounded Firstpost "The available data indicate that Iraq requires three months to eliminate Daesh," Haider al-Abadi told a televised news conference, referring to the jihadist group by an Arabic acronym. Previously, he had vowed that the IS-occupied city of Mosul would ... |
Military Strikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, Dec. 31, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today ... |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq resumes Mosul operation after a two-week lull Aljazeera.com Iraqi troops backed by US-led air strikes have pushed deeper into eastern Mosul after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the city held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group. Staff Lieutenant-General ... After Mosul, Will Iraq's Shiite Militias Head to Syria? Iraq's PM says ISIS could be defeated 'within 3 months' After Mosul fight against ISIS stalls, Iraq sends reinforcements |