TIME | ISIS Battle in Iraq Stalled by Ethnic and Religious Strife TIME Behind him is the bare concrete building where he and his Kurdish comrades sleep in shifts. In front of him lie a wall of sandbags. Roughly a mile in the distance is a town held by ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria. Earlier in the day ... US Kills ISIS's ' 'Desert Lion' Executioner in Iraq Air Strike Top Islamic State commander killed in Iraq Senior Islamic State leader in Iraq, Abu Wahib, 'killed' by US airstrike |
CNN | Iraq officials: Suicide bomb kills at least 13 USA TODAY BAGHDAD - An evening suicide bombing in a commercial area in a city northeast of Baghdad killed at least 13 people, Iraqi officials said Tuesday. The bomber blew up his explosives-laden minibus shortly before sunset Monday near a bakery and a falafel ... Iraq Officials: Suicide Bomb Kills at Least 13 Near Baghdad Attack at funeral kills 6 people in Iraq; ISIS claims responsibility |
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 10, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... |
Atlas Obscura | How Rival Gardens of Eden in Iraq Survived ISIS, Dwindling Tourists, And Each Other Atlas Obscura Thirty-five miles north of Mosul, Iraq, about an hour's drive from Islamic State territory, was the Garden of Eden. I stood with my interpreter, Salar, a local Iraqi journalist. “See that smoke between the mountains,” Salar said, pointing in the ... |
ArmyTimes.com | Sen. Joni Ernst, Iraq War vet, part of Trump VP speculation ArmyTimes.com The first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate has some high-profile support in the hottest political guessing game of the moment: Who will be Donald Trump's running mate? Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, received the endorsement of her state's ... |
New NZ troops head to Iraq Newshub A new round of New Zealand troops is about to settle in north of Baghdad. They will continue training Iraqi soldiers in the conflict against ISIS. New Zealand has had military personnel in Iraq since May last year, helping Australian soldiers train ... |
The Guardian | Homeless at home: most displaced people found in Syria, Yemen and Iraq The Guardian Three Middle Eastern countries accounted for more than half the new conflict displacements: Syria, Yemen and Iraq. Ukraine, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Afghanistan, Colombia, Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan ... |
Obama's missteps continue in Iraq Eagle-Tribune The United States' failed one-dimensional fight against the terrorist group ISIS, and its decadeslong inability to broker a lasting political solution in Iraq hit home in a personal way for 6th District Congressman Seth Moulton last week. "Yesterday I ... |
NBC 7 San Diego | Processional to be Held for U.S. Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq NBC 7 San Diego A local community is coming together to honor and remember a U.S. Navy SEAL killed during combat in Iraq. Charles Keating IV, 31, was a Coronado-based SEAL. He was killed May 3rd near Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city that has been under ISIS militants ... SEAL Killed In Iraq To Be Buried At Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Navy SEAL killed in Iraq to be buried at Fort Rosecrans |
Daily Signal | 'People Are Going to Get Hurt': America's Quiet War in Iraq Daily Signal U.S. ARMED FORCES, Iraq—The aircraft parked on the ramp at this military base in northern Iraq offers a symbolic counterpoint to the White House narrative that U.S. forces are on the sidelines of the ground war against the Islamic State. U.S. Army ... |