International Business Times UK | Iraqi Sects' Discord Blunts US-Backed Drive Against ISIS New York Times But in Falluja, a city in Sunni-dominated Anbar that has been in the hands of the Islamic State longer than any other in Iraq or Syria, civilians are starving as the Iraqi Army and militias lay siege to the city. And elsewhere in the province, Shiite ... Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Iraq, Syria British special forces troops to launch double attack on Isis in Iraq and Libya British special forces troops set to launch double attack on ISIS in Iraq and Libya |
STRATFOR | Iraq: The Fight Within the Fight Against the Islamic State STRATFOR Iraqi Shiite fighters prepare April 10 for an operation to retake the town of al-Bashir from the Islamic State. In the fight against the group, Iraq's military has received enormous support from the country's various militias. (MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty ... Kurds and Shi'ites clash in northern Iraq despite ceasefire Fighting erupts in Iraq, and the Islamic State isn't part of it Kurds and Shiite militias, uneasy allies in ISIS fight, clash in northern Iraq |
Reuters | Equality and justice 'not luxuries' but crucial foundations of Iraq's stability – deputy UN rights chief UN News Centre 25 April 2016 – Iraq must immediately take concrete steps to plan for “the day after” the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a senior United Nations human rights official urged today, calling for measures grounded in equality ... UN envoy says war goals in Iraq obscuring humanitarian crisis UN rights expert: equality and justice foundations of stability in Iraq Iraq Should Prepare for 'The Day After' Defeat of Daesh |
USA TODAY | Iraq: Car bombing kills at least 12 civilians USA TODAY BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car Monday in a commercial area in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 12 civilians, officials said. The attack in the capital's eastern Shiite-dominated New Baghdad neighborhood ... Iraq: Seven dead, 31 injured in bomb attack Suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 14 people Iraq: 20 killed, 50 injured in Baghdad terror attacks |
Arab News | It Isn't Just ISIS that Is Destabilizing Iraq OilPrice.com Last year, Iraq was the fastest growing oil supplier in OPEC, and this year it is likely to retain that title, even if growth is a bit slower, hindered by supermajor spending cuts and the ongoing conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS). But that's the ... Iraq's southern oil exports hit record high |
BBC News | UK 'anti-IS fighters' freed in Iraq BBC News Two Britons and an Irishman have been freed in Iraq after being held on their way home from fighting against so-called Islamic State (IS), the Foreign Office has said. Jac Holmes from Bournemouth, Joe Ackerman from Halifax and Irish citizen Joshua ... Two Britons freed in Iraq on way home from fighting Isis Irish anti-ISIS fighter who was arrested in Iraq is freed Molloy family delighted after Joshua released in Iraq |
Rudaw | Truck drivers carrying loads across Iraq claim kidnapping, extortion Rudaw KHANAQIN, Kurdistan Region – Trade across the Parviz-Khan border between Iran and the Kurdistan Region has reportedly shrunk by 60 percent, as lorry drivers say they are afraid to drive through central and southern Iraq for fear of kidnappings from ... |
CNSNews.com | Obama Sending 250 More US Troops to Syria; In Iraq, Footprint Has Been Growing for Two Years CNSNews.com Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford meets with trainers at a base in Besmaya, south of Baghdad, on April 21, 2016. Almost 4,000 Iraqi and peshmerga soldiers are being trained at fives sites across Iraq. (DoD photo/Navy ... President Obama Adding US Troops in Syria to Keep Up 'Momentum' Against ISIS After Strengthening Forces in Iraq, U.S. To Send 250 More Troops to Syria To Help Combat ISIS |
euronews | Fighting ISIL: exclusive in-depth report from Iraq frontlines euronews The perilous journey took our correspondent from the frontlines, where the sounds of war never fall silent, to ghost towns strewn with fallen fighters. Watch Mohammed Shaikhibrahim's exclusive report in the player above. On the frontline in northern ... |
Deutsche Welle | Iraq: Refugee drama on the Bzebiz Bridge Deutsche Welle "IS" fighters in Iraq are facing major Iraqi army offensives, various militia groups and the international anti-terror coalition in two places: in Anbar province around Ramadi and in Salah ad Din province near Samarra and Tikrit. The Bzebiz Bridge ... |