UN News Centre | ISIL 'down but not out' in Iraq; UN envoy urges efforts to defeat group's extremist ideology UN News Centre 22 November 2017 – The military victory against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) is only one component of a complex battle that addresses the root causes of extremist ideology, the United Nations envoy for Iraq said Wednesday. “Da ... Briefing to the Security Council by SRSG for Iraq Ján Kubiš, New York, 22 November 2017 |
The Guardian | On the Iraq border archaeological digs are a minefield – in every sense The Guardian Drone photo of the ancient walls of Charax Spasinou. During the Iran-Iraq war the top of the wall was cut by infantry trenches, the southern side of the wall has emplacements for vehicles and artillery. Behind the wall is a fan of machine gun positions ... |
Reuters | Exclusive: Iraq looks to Kuwait gas pipeline to pay off reparations Reuters Iraq has hired Japan's Toyo Engineering (6330.T) to help build a gas pipeline to Kuwait and a related petrochemical plant as Baghdad looks to reduce flaring ... Iraq to resume payments of Gulf War reparations to Kuwait, said UN Iraq Wants To Build Gas Pipeline To Kuwait In Blow To Shell Iraq to resume payment to Kuwait amid reconstruction struggles |
Telegraph.co.uk | Remembering the last Jews of Iraq Telegraph.co.uk David Dangoor still keeps what he calls a “mental suitcase”, packed full of memory and longing for a homeland he left more than half a century ago. The 68-year-old father of four who lives in London's St John's Wood is one of Iraq's exiled Jewish ... |
Arab News | Iraq, GE sign $400 million deal for power infrastructure The Spokesman-Review BAGHDAD – Iraq and General Electric have signed a deal to develop Iraq's power infrastructure, which would help bring much-needed electricity to areas facing significant shortages across the country. GE said in a statement released on Wednesday that ... General Electric seals $400m Iraq power deal Iraq pushes ahead with power reconstruction efforts GE Power lands $400 million order in Iraq |
National Geographic | How War Dogs in Iraq Rekindled a Lost Military Tradition National Geographic The handler and his dog were trying to keep up as the marine unit rushed toward its target, a building thought to be the base for insurgents responsible for a series of attacks in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. Then Marine Corporal Mike Dowling saw a yellow-green ... |
U.S. News & World Report | Iraq to Declare Final Victory Over Islamic State After Desert Campaign U.S. News & World Report Abadi's comments came as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of Islamic State while a senior Iranian military commander thanked the "thousands of martyrs" killed in operations organized by Iran to defeat the militant group in Syria and Iraq. ISHM: November 17 – 22, 2017 Iraq's Abadi: ISIL defeated 'from a military perspective' The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq rules Kurdish referendum on independence unconstitutional |
Bloomberg | Iraq Is Giving OPEC a Headache - Bloomberg Bloomberg OPEC has an Iraq problem: the group's second-biggest exporter is lurching between quota busting and production-crimping crisis, clouding the policy-making ... Iraq's southern oil exports rise to near record in November |
Aljazeera.com | Death toll from Iraq suicide attack rises to 36 people Miami Herald Police and health officials said Wednesday that 11 members of Iraq's security forces were among the dead in the powerful explosion a day earlier in a marketplace in Tuz Khormato when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden truck. He said 85 ... Deadly car bombing strikes Iraq's Tuz Khurmatu Suicide car bombing at north Iraq market kills 23 Iraq: Deadly suicide car bomb rocks disputed town north of Baghdad |
National Review | Ten Years Ago Today National Review I don't just remember where I was ten years ago today. I can feel it. I can close my eyes and be there again, instantly. It was my first day in Iraq. The first real day of my deployment. It was also Thanksgiving. The location was Balad Air Base, north ... |