U.S. News & World Report | Iraq border town freed from militants now isolated by war U.S. News & World Report In this April 9, 2016 photo, a man and boy sell gas cylinders in central Rabia, northwestern Iraq. When Iraqi Kurdish forces retook Rabia last year it was a major advance against the Islamic State group, which had swept across northern and western Iraq ... |
Reuters | As Islamic State is pushed back in Iraq, worries about what's next Reuters WASHINGTON As U.S.-led offensives drive back Islamic State in Iraq, concern is growing among U.S. and U.N. officials that efforts to stabilize liberated areas are lagging, creating conditions that could help the militants endure as an underground network. Ordnance dropped over Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan decreased in March Iraq, continued: Kerry's visit shows how fragile the nation is US-Led Coalition's Airstrikes Target 13 Daesh Sites in Syria, Iraq |
Telegraph.co.uk | Saddam Hussein's palace will become a museum in Iraq Telegraph.co.uk A former palace of the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain will be turned into a museum this September more than 13 years after the invasion. The large mansion in Basra, southern Iraq, will become the first museum to open in the war-torn country in several ... |
The Guardian | Bernie Sanders' focus on Clinton's Iraq war vote isn't harping - it's necessary The Guardian Four thousand five hundred members of the US military died in the Iraq, tens of thousands of Americans were injured or maimed, and at least a half million Iraqis died as a result of the decision to declare war (some estimates put it as high as one ... |
Financial Times | what happens next? Financial Times Iraq is facing a looming economic crisis, with a displaced population of 3.3m people (according to the UN) and renewed sectarian bloodshed which could fuel the very resentments that helped Isis seize control of Sunni majority areas . Such problems ... |
UN News Centre | Iraq: UN mission warns of increasing risks for civilians in besieged Fallujah UN News Centre 12 April 2016 β The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said it is receiving reports that humanitarian conditions are worsening and human suffering is increasing in the city of Fallujah, which has been under control of the Islamic State ... PHOTOS: ISIS 'Border Patrol' Polices Near Fallujah, Iraq UN concerned over deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Fallujah, Iraq |
Defiance Crescent News (subscription) | Obama Hides His Iraq War Wall Street Journal Today, as secretary of state, Mr. Kerry travels about the world rationalizing an Iraq policy designed to keep President Obama from having to admit his mistake: that he has only made worse a war he claimed to have ended. The entire world knows this too. Cynthia Allen - US back in Iraq |
Press TV | Iraq's parliament delays vote on new Cabinet nominees Minneapolis Star Tribune BAGHDAD β Iraq's parliament has delayed a vote on new Cabinet nominees presented by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi after weeks of pressure from an influential Shiite cleric and thousands of his followers. Al-Abadi originally drafted the new slate of ... Iraq parliament calls off vote on new cabinet Iraq's parliament to block PM's technocrat cabinet: MPs Iraq PM delivers new cabinet list, angering some MPs |
Coalition Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq ... |
International Business Times | ISIS Fighter Numbers Drop In Syria, Iraq Amid US Military And Cyber Attacks International Business Times As the United States continues its fight against the Islamic State group, the number of ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq is at its lowest level in two years, the U.S. government says. βIn fact, we assess Daesh's numbers are the lowest they've been since ... US urges 'unified, federal and democratic Iraq' |