CNN | ISIS says it's behind Iraq blasts that kill scores CNN Experts have said that a security vacuum has opened in Iraq amid the political turmoil the nation has been facing lately. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi struggles to firm up a government capable of battling ISIS and, at the same time, continue to ... It's Iraq, not Isis, that's on the way out ISIL claims responsibility for 3 horrific bombings in Iraq Amid political deadlock, ISIS slaughters Shiites in Baghdad |
Daily Beast | Behind the Carnage in Iraq: ISIS Intends to Divide and Conquer Daily Beast Baghdad suffered its deadliest day in months during a series of attacks Wednesday. The carnage not only shocked the capital, but also raised questions about whether Iraqi security forces are capable of reclaiming Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city ... Volesky updates troop operations in Iraq IS in Iraq losing terrain 'every single day' Daesh-controlled areas shrink to 14 percent: Iraq |
Fox News | Navy posthumously promotes SEAL killed by ISIS in Iraq Fox News The U.S. Navy SEAL who was shot and killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq on May 3 is being promoted to the rank of chief petty officer, the Navy said Wednesday. The announcement of the posthumous promotion for special warfare operator Charles ... Navy SEAL from Valley killed in Iraq gets Posthumous promotion Navy Posthumously Promotes SEAL Killed In Iraq Processional to be Held for U.S. Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq |
Reuters | In remote corner of Iraq, an unlikely alliance forms against Islamic State Reuters The unlikely alliance between an offshoot of a leftist Kurdish organization and an Arab tribal militia in northern Iraq is a measure of the extent to which Islamic State has upended the regional order. Across Iraq and Syria, new groups have emerged ... |
Counter-ISIL Strikes Target Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 11, 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 ... |
U.S. News & World Report | US grapples with renewed show of force by IS in Syria, Iraq U.S. News & World Report Security forces and citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. An explosives-laden car bomb ripped through a commercial area in ... |
The Guardian | The Chilcot report shouldn't be used to pin the blame for Iraq on one man The Guardian At last, the Chilcot report into the Iraq war, originally set up in 2009, is to see the light of day. Protracted wranglings about what was to be classified information meant that five years have elapsed since the last public hearing of the inquiry. Now ... Britain's inquiry into the Iraq War is coming out soon. It only took 7 years, $15 million and 2.6 million words. Dad of soldier killed in Iraq hoping for Chilcot justice Iraq Inquiry: Chilcot report to be published on 6 July |
The National Interest Online (blog) | 'People Are Going to Get Hurt': America's Quiet War in Iraq The National Interest Online (blog) U.S. ARMED FORCES, Iraq—The aircraft parked on the ramp at this military base in northern Iraq offer 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 ... |
Procession in Baghdad, Iraq Los Angeles Times Procession in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq. Procession in Baghdad, Iraq. In Baghdad, a bus with a simple wooden coffin on top inched its way down the street. (Nabih Bulos/for the Times). In Baghdad, a bus with a simple wooden coffin on top inched its way down ... |
Newsweek | US Kills ISIS's ' 'Desert Lion' Executioner in Iraq Air Strike Newsweek The U.S.-led coalition killed a mid-level Islamic State militant group (ISIS) fighter named “Desert Lion,” who became notorious for his brutality, in an air strike in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Monday. The Pentagon confirmed that an air strike killed ... Top Islamic State commander killed in Iraq Islamic State Commander Killed in Iraq, Pentagon Says Airstrike Kills a Top ISIS Commander in Iraq, Pentagon Says |