New York Times | Gains Against ISIS Bring More Deaths Elsewhere in Iraq New York Times So after a recent shift in the world's focus to the Islamic State's seizure of territory in Iraq's north and west, Monday's attack created a back-to-the-future feel. Any celebration of military gains against the Islamic State — such as in Ramadi, the ... In Shattered Ramadi, A Weakened ISIS Fights On Behind Human Shields |
Yahoo News | Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, January 15, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... French jets strike IS comms centre in Iraq: minister US special forces 'now in place' in Iraq SecDef Carter: US Special Forces 'Now In Place' in Iraq |
Reuters | Pentagon Chief Outlines Plan for Escalation of Iraq-Syria War Center for Research on Globalization In a speech to US soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division about to deploy to Iraq, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter gave the most extensive account of the Pentagon's plans to escalate the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria over the next ... Austin Expresses Confidence That Anti-ISIL Forces Will Win in Iraq, Syria US leads 24 strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State: statement First on CNN: Pentagon releases video of US bombing 'millions' in ISIS cash |
Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan Show Brain Changes Related to Explosion Exposure Scientific American More than two million Americans have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Of those that return, thousands carry invisible trauma that impact their daily lives. The effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) from explosive blasts are especially ... |
Yahoo News | Behind frontline, Iraq town torn as anti-IS forces clash Yahoo News Tuz Khurmatu (Iraq) (AFP) - When a wave of deadly ethnic violence swept through the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu, Ahmed Hassan Majid's house was on the wrong side of an invisible line. The Kurdish-Turkmen violence ignited by a checkpoint ... Iraq town torn as anti-Daesh forces clash |
Al Jazeera America | Will 2016 be the year Iraq's Kurds break free? Al Jazeera America For Iraq's Kurds, June 2014 changed everything — or so they hope. Since the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) surged from Syria across the border into Iraq that month, easily overpowering government forces to capture swaths of Iraq's west ... Iraq's Kurds to Start Natural Gas Exports to Turkey in 2019-2020 |
Reuters UK | Iraq's Top Shiite Cleric Condemns Diyala Violence ABC News Iraq's top Shiite religious authority is condemning recent sectarian violence, saying security forces are responsible for preventing such incidents. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani delivered his message Friday in a sermon read by a representative in the ... Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric urges end to militancy after Diyala attacks Iraq's grand Ayatollah discourages sectarian violence in Diyala |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq's top Shiite cleric urges government to prevent militant attacks Al-Arabiya Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday condemned bombings earlier this week claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and subsequent attacks on Sunni mosques in the eastern town of Muqdadiya. “We place full ... |
CBS News | US military reveals civilian toll of anti-ISIS strikes CBS News The investigations found that two civilians were killed in April and three killed in June in airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). And a civilian was injured in Syria in June after moving into the target area after the aircraft ... CENTCOM: Airstrikes likely killed 8 civilians in Iraq, Syria Pentagon Admits to Killing 8 More Civilians in Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria Pentagon Admits to Eight More Civilians Killed in Iraq, Syria Airstrikes |
AL.com | 16-year-old charged in murder of Hoover husband, father, Iraq war veteran AL.com A Bessemer teen is charged with murder in the shooting death of a Mike Gilotti, a 33-year-old husband, father and Iraq war veteran. Just 10 days after the killing, Hoover police announced charges against 16-year-old Charleston Everett Wells. He is ... Teen charged with murder of Iraq war vet in Lake Cyrus |