The Guardian | John Kerry: Isis is committing genocide in Syria and Iraq The Guardian Accurate data on the killing of Christians and members of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria by Isis is impossible to obtain. The UN 1948 convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide states: “Genocide means any of the ... US declares ISIS guilty of genocide BREAKING: State Department Declares ISIS is Committing Genocide Against Christians in Iraq and Syria John Kerry: ISIS responsible for genocide |
World Politics Review | Iraq halts exports through pipeline to pressure Kurds - Iraq Oil Report Reuters UK Iraq's state-run North Oil Company has stopped pumping crude produced at fields it operates in the Kirkuk area through a pipeline to Turkey, three sources told Reuters on March 14. North Oil normally exports 150,000 barrels a day through the pipeline ... Oil Slump Leaves Iraq With 'Army' of Unemployed Youth |
Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 17, 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 ... |
CNBC | Is it time to invest in Iraq? CNBC Some success in combating terrorist groups and a possible bottoming out of oil prices mean it could be time to invest in Iraq, analysts have said. Iraqi bonds have made a partial recovery since January, but the market continues to price in an ... |
Daily Mail | US is boxing ISIS fighters in to Iraq stronghold using aerial bombardment, says military chief Daily Mail The US is boxing ISIS fighters in to their 'thickest' Iraq stronghold using aerial bombardment, an American military chief has claimed. Iraqi forces are also involved in a bid to isolate the terror group to a corridor between the cities of Mosul and ... Military intel identifies 'thickest' ISIS stronghold in Iraq |
CNN | Iraq says plane went down in Kirkuk CNN Iraq says one of its planes went down in Kirkuk and the crew was killed; ISIS said its troops shot down an Iraqi plane with artillery. (CNN) An Iraqi military aircraft was downed in northeastern Kirkuk and all crew members were killed, Iraqi Joint ... |
The Guardian | John Kerry accuses Isis of genocide in Syria and Iraq – video The Guardian The US secretary of state John Kerry accuses Islamic State (Isis) on Thursday of committing crimes against humanity and says the extremist group has carried out genocide against minorities in Syria and Iraq. According to American researchers, Isis has ... |
Daily Mail | American ISIS fighter Mohamad Jamal Khweis caught in Iraq is a 'gold mine' of intelligence Daily Mail The American ISIS fighter captured by Kurdish forces in Iraq could provide a 'treasure trove' of information about how the bloodthirsty jihadist group operates, it has been claimed. U.S. officials are extremely interested in interviewing Mohamad Jamal ... Iraq's Kurds have suffered ISIS' worst atrocities, Kurdish PM says |
Reuters | Iraq's Sadr spurns calls to drop sit-in over 'bastion of corruption' Reuters BAGHDAD Influential Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rejected calls to cancel a planned sit-in on Friday at the gates of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which he called "a bastion of support for corruption".He published a statement ... Iraq Braces for Protests in the Capital Iraq's Sadr spurns calls to drop planned sit-in over 'bastion of corruption' |
WRAL.com | Iraq's only ballet and music school faces funding crisis WRAL.com BAGHDAD — Iraq's only music and ballet school has survived decades of war, sanctions and dictatorship, but now faces a funding crisis due to low oil prices and the costly war against the Islamic State group. On a recent day boys and girls in leotards ... Future of Iraq's arts at risk as war against ISIL drags on |