Daily Mail | Marilyn Stefanie Nevalainen rescued from ISIS by special forces in Iraq Daily Mail A 15-year-old Swedish girl who ran away with her boyfriend to join ISIS has been rescued for a second time, in a raid carried out in Mosul, Iraq, by Kurdish special forces last week. Marilyn Stefanie Nevalainen, from Boras, western Sweden was pregnant ... Kurdish Fighters Rescue Swedish Teenager in Iraq Swedish teenager rescued from Isis in Iraq Kurdish troops rescue Swedish girl held in Iraq |
New York Times | Fixing the Iraq Mess New York Times Iraq is experiencing de facto partition driven by violence, factionalism and eroding state authority. The United States cannot prevent this — only mitigate it — and buy time for key parties to adapt their policies to help Iraq have a managed breakup ... Muqtada al-Sadr returns as Iraq battles chaos |
The Guardian | 'I witnessed the birth of Isis': how one film-maker captured the horror of Iraq The Guardian At some point during this film from deep inside Iraq's many wars, one asks oneself, shattered: “Do I need to watch this?” Jihadi executioners clear a pavement opposite a marketplace and shoot a suspected informer while he kneels, hooded, then kick the ... |
IBNLive | Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, February 27, 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 ... Military strikes continue against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq |
The National Interest Online | America's Twenty-Five-Year Fiasco in Iraq The National Interest Online Twenty-five years ago this week, on February 24, 1991, the first United States ground invasion of Iraq began. The first Bush administration had clear UN and congressional mandates to liberate Kuwait. More than thirty countries contributed ground forces ... |
Fox News | Second Iraq War veteran brutally beaten in Washington DC attack Fox News Decorated former Marine Chris Marquez wasn't the only Iraq War vet brutally beaten in an attack on Feb. 12 in Washington. Not far from where Marquez was assaulted on that frigid night, 35-year-old Michael Schroeder, also a Marine, was dragged between ... |
gulfnews.com | Iraq's Basrah Gas Company sets ambitious production targets gulfnews.com Abu Dhabi: Basrah Gas Company (BGC), has doubled the amount of gas that was captured and processed from three flaring oilfields in Iraq since it started operating in 2013 and is looking for further production growth, a top executive of the company told ... |
Business Insider | Total fined by French court in Iraq oil-for-food case Business Insider Under the 1996-2003 program, Iraq was allowed to sell oil in exchange for goods that met basic humanitarian needs, including food and medicines. But an independent inquiry, led by the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, disclosed in 2005 ... France's Total fined 750000 euros for graft in UN's Iraq aid program Total, Vitol Fined in Iraq Oil-For-Food Case by French Court France's Total fined €750000 over Iraq 'oil-for-food' scandal |
New York Times | Swedish Girl Who Ran Away to Iraq Says She Had Not Heard of ISIS New York Times A Swedish teenager rescued from the Islamic State said she had never heard of the militant group known as ISIS before running away with her boyfriend to join the extremists at their base in Iraq. After she was freed by Kurdish special forces, the ... Kurdish Forces Remove Swedish Girl From Islamic State Hub in Iraq PHOTOS: ISIS Religious Police Mass Burn Cigarettes in Mosul, Iraq ISIS in Iraq: A shadow of its former self |
Business Insider | Amid Iraqi Chaos, Moktada al-Sadr, an Old Provocateur, Returns New York Times The time is ripe for demagogues again in Iraq, where the public is seething with anger over corruption, a grinding war and a collapse in oil prices that has shaken the economy. With an ineffective political class unable to rise above internal scheming ... Powerful Iraq Shi'ite cleric says PM's position at stake unless he reforms Dozens Sickened After Rocket Attack; 64 Killed in Iraq Iraq Baghdad: Islamic State claims double mosque bombing |