Vox | ISIS controlled Fallujah longer than any other Iraqi city. Iraq just took it back. Vox But while Iraq is on the verge of ending ISIS's reign of terror, that's no longer enough. Now that the ISIS endgame is approaching, the country needs to get much better at addressing the root causes of ISIS's rise β most notably, deep sectarian tensions. Iraq Liberates Fallujah From ISIS. Now the Hard Part Begins Iraq Declares Fallujah Free of Islamic State Canada takes the lead in raising funds for Iraq: Editorial |
Department of Defense | Counter-ISIL Strikes Target Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, June 27, 2016 β 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 ... US-led Coalition Carries Out 30 Airstrikes Against Deash in Syria, Iraq 7 strikes in Syria, 23 in Iraq target IS - Coalition |
Cash assistance helps Syrian children in Iraq catch up on education UNICEF (press release) Isra and her family have been displaced twice β first from their home in Damascus, then from the Syrian town of Hasakah. Now settled in a village on the outskirts of Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, she is restarting her education at a local school ... |
CBS News | Iraq: Fallujah "fully liberated" after monthlong fight CBS News In a statement, the U.S. central military command overseeing the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq said: "The Coalition continues to provide support through strikes, intelligence, and advice and assistance to the Iraqi Security Forces operating in Fallujah ... |
UN News Centre | Iraq: UN sending extra food rations to provide for thousands displaced from Fallujah UN News Centre Newly arrived families from Fallujah receive emergency assistance in Al Khalidiya. Humanitarian actors are working around the clock to provide emergency assistance to the newly displaced, including shelter, water, food, basic household items and health ... |
Reuters | Iraq's southern oil exports seen steady through 2016 at 3.162 million bpd Reuters HK), which Iraq approached last year about a multi-billion dollar project to boost output from Nahr Bin Umar and Artawi, two smaller southern oilfields now producing 35,000 and 17,000 bpd respectively. "We reached an initial agreement that production ... |
Turkey-Israel deal: Palestinians should remember Erdogan's abandonment of Iraq Middle East Eye After all, one need only look at Turkish foreign policy and Erdogan's own attitude towards Iraq, Turkey's fractious and tortured neighbour. Erdogan generally enjoys broad support, love and even admiration from many people across the Arab and Islamic ... |
Aljazeera.com | The man bringing electricity to Iraq Aljazeera.com Baghdad, Iraq - Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the country's national grid supplied the capital, Baghdad, with between 16 and 20 hours of electricity each day. But more than a decade after the fall of Saddam Hussein, electricity supplies have ... |
WGAL Lancaster | Iraq War veteran from York County says she was denied therapy because she's HIV-positive WGAL Lancaster YORK TOWNSHIP, Pa. βAn Iraq War veteran from York County has filed a federal lawsuit saying she was unlawfully denied therapy because she has HIV. Related. Motive still unclear after three are... TRAFFIC ALERT: Bridge repairs begin... You Are Invited ... |
The Guardian | Jamal Penjweny: rose-tinted dreams from Iraq The Guardian Jamal Penjweny is a shepherd turned artist who represented Iraq at the 2013 Venice Biennale, and whose work has appeared in the New York Times and National Geographic. Born in 1981, in a village in present-day Kurdistan, he now lives in Sulaymaniyah ... |