U.S. News & World Report | Iraq seeks more coalition trainers for local police U.S. News & World Report Iraqi security forces fire at Islamic State group positions during clashes in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. The Islamic State group, which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq where it declared an ... |
Newsweek | US admits airstrikes killed civilians in Iraq and Syria CNN He also said that coalition warplanes had conducted 6,516 airstrikes in Iraq and 3,266 airstrikes in Syria. The coalition has recently ramped up attacks on ISIS' finances, conducting nine strikes against buildings storing millions of dollars worth of ... US Military Discloses Data About Civilian Casualties in Iraq, Syria Airstrikes CENTCOM Reveals New Data on Civilian Casualties in Strikes in Iraq, Syria |
RT | 'We'll probably see more American boots on the ground in Iraq' RT There are currently about 3,600 US military staff in Iraq in training and military support roles. Earlier this week, US officials said “hundreds, not thousands” more will be dispatched shortly. However, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter himself vowed ... Amid ISIS Fight in Iraq, US To Put 'Boots On The Ground,' Says Pentagon Boss Carter Civilians in Iraq Face Violence From All Sides, UN Says “Staggering” Violence in Iraq: The Legacy of US War and Occupation |
Daily Beast | The Fake Facebook News Driving Iraqs Wars Daily Beast And it's dangerous because for many Iraqis, social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and to a lesser degree Instagram have become a major source of political- and security-related news. They do not trust mainstream media in Iraq, which is ... |
POLITICO Magazine | US, Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, January 23, 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 ... Iraq's Civilians Continue to Bear the Brunt of Instability: UAE Paper/Newswire |
Times Higher Education (THE) (blog) | Why offer a liberal arts education in Iraq? Times Higher Education (THE) (blog) The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, follows an American model, with instruction in English, a general education requirement in the first two years of study, and a four-year baccalaureate degree upon completion. However, the institution itself ... |
The Guardian | 'Britain made same mistakes in Libya as it did in Iraq' The Guardian The deputy prime minister of Libya's new unity government has claimed the British government repeated the mistakes of Iraq when the RAF helped remove Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from power. In direct contradiction to claims made by the former foreign ... |
Foreign Policy | What Can 200 US Commandos Actually Accomplish in Iraq? Foreign Policy Fewer than 200 U.S. special operations forces make up the Pentagon's much-touted “expeditionary targeting force” that recently arrived in Iraq to take the fight to the militants, but only a few dozen will take part in raids, according to U.S. officials ... |
CNN | 3 Americans abducted in Baghdad by 'criminal gangs,' says Iraq LA Daily News BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Friday that there appears to be no political motivation behind the recent abduction of three Americans in Baghdad, saying the men seem to have been taken by “criminal gangs.” Speaking from Davos, Switzerland, ... 3 missing American contractors were kidnapped, Iraq says Officials Name Top Suspects in Iraq Abductions of Americans Three Americans Missing in Baghdad Might Not Be Kidnapped: Iraq PM |
SBS | Comment: who really lost Iraq? SBS In the wake of the Iraq War, the stab-in-the-back myth has resurfaced. This time, conservatives place the blame squarely on President Obama. As the story goes, George W. Bush's “surge” of American troops in Iraq achieved a victory, before Obama ... |