Reuters | In Chaotic Iraq, ISIS Is Just One Challenge Among Many NPR Iraq's war against the Islamic State is gaining momentum. Intensified U.S. airstrikes and more than a year of U.S. training of Iraqi soldiers seem to be paying off. ISIS supply lines have been cut and its access to oil has been reduced. When Iraqi ... Iraq's troubled finances slow efforts to rebuild Ramadi Iraq's Ramadi retaken, but rebuilding it a huge task |
Fox News | US Army study: Iraq's Mosul dam at 'higher risk' of failure Fox News BAGHDAD – Iraq's Mosul Dam has long been branded the world's most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing and sending water crashing over millions of people. That prospect is even greater than was previously believed after the Islamic State group captured ... Iraq's largest dam at 'higher risk' of failure: US |
RT | Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, February 9, 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 ... Netherlands launches probe into civilian deaths during Dutch airstrikes in Iraq |
Al-Monitor | How to overcome Iraq's economic crisis Al-Monitor Iraq's economic crisis is about to get worse. The government, which relies on oil for 90% of its revenue and 80% of foreign exchange earnings, faces plunging oil prices combined with rampant corruption and the exorbitant cost of battling the Islamic ... |
Washington Post | How Canada will expand its involvement in Iraq while halting its air war against the Islamic State Washington Post U.S. defense officials said at the time that the meeting included only those countries with the most “skin in the game,” a comment that made front-page news in Canada considering its long-term partnership with the United States in the wars in Iraq and ... Trudeau Says Canada Will Cease Airstrikes Against ISIS In Syria And Iraq Canada To End 'Vengeful' Bombing In Iraq And Syria ISIS Fight: Canada to End Bombing Missions in Iraq and Syria |
CNSNews.com | Congress Considering Safe Zone for Persecuted Christians, Yazidis in Iraq CNSNews.com Frank Wolf (R-VA) said that Congress is considering the creation of an autonomous region in Iraq to protect Christians and Yazidis from persecution by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and criticized the State Department's lack of involvement ... |
VICE News | Bored French Soldiers Are Traveling to Iraq to Fight the Islamic State VICE News Chuck, Winter, and Kopp earned their nicknames in the ranks of the French army. They kept the same nicknames when they joined the ranks of the Peshmerga in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, back in January. Today, their uniforms display both the ... |
CTV News | Training 'comes with risk' for troops in Iraq: Sajjan CTV News Canada's defence minister acknowledges the risks to Canadian troops serving in Iraq, as the federal government refocuses military efforts on training Iraqis to fight Islamic State militants. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said the risk will come ... Officials warned Liberals that aiding Kurds may contribute to instability in Iraq Canada To Cease Airstrikes Against ISIS In Iraq And Syria Canada to Invest $1.1Bln to Respond to Crisis in Iraq, Syria |
TODAYonline | Iraq PM says to bring in technocrats in cabinet reshuffle Reuters "Out of my responsibility ... to lead the country to safety, I call for a radical cabinet reshuffle to include professionals, technocrats and academics," Abadi said in a televised speech which focussed largely on economic challenges facing Iraq, a ... Iraq PM Haider al-Abadi calls for 'fundamental' change to cabinet |
Newsweek | Chechen Volunteers Fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq: Report Newsweek Young Chechen volunteers are currently fighting the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in both Syria and Iraq, a senior source in the Chechen government told Russian news agency Interfax on Tuesday. “There have been people from the Chechen Republic in ... |