The Independent | In 2018 the barbarous wars in Iraq and Syria may finally be coming to an end The Independent I spent most of the last year reporting two sieges, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, which finally ended with the decisive defeat of Isis. This was the most important event in the Middle East in 2017, though people are already beginning to forget how ... |
Department of Defense | Strikes Target ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense On Dec. 28 near Jalula in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of four engagements against ISIS targets, destroying an ISIS cave entrance. On Dec. 27 near Rutbah in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted two strikes ... Mattis: 'The War Is Not Over' in Iraq and Syria US-led coalition admits to killing 817 civilians in Iraq and Syria air strikes Less than 1000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, coalition says |
The Jerusalem Post | US-led coalition continues striking ISIS in Syria and Iraq - Middle ... The Jerusalem Post More than two-dozen airstrikes in the last week of December. Iraq's rapid-fire trials send alleged Islamic State members to the ... ISIS Kills Jabour Tribal Leader; Three Killed in Iraq Iraq might be executing innocent people as alleged Isis fighters face 20-minute trials |
The Denver Post | Few ready to pay to rebuild Iraq after Islamic State defeat The Denver Post So far no one is offering to foot the bill. The Trump administration has told the Iraqis it won't pay for a massive reconstruction drive. Iraq hopes Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries will step up, and Iran may also take a role. The U.N. is ... France repatriates from Iraq three children of suspected jihadists A massive price tag to rebuild Iraq after Islamic State Iraq estimates it needs $100 billion to rebuild after defeating ISIS |
Iraq condemns deadly church attack in Egypt Xinhua BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iraq condemned on Friday a terrorist attack that left at least 10 killed outside a church in the south of Egypt's capital Cairo. "The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the terrorist attack on Mar Mina Church in ... |
Aljazeera.com | Will 2018 be a year of change in Iraq? | Middle East | Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com With the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) now forced underground, and the Kurdish secessionist movement tempered for now, Iraq's next round of challenges will be mainly political. The May 2018 parliamentary elections will ... |
IS leader, 2 militants killed in airstrike in eastern Iraq Xinhua BAQUBA, Iraq, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A local leader of Islamic State (IS) group and two of the group's militant were killed Friday in an airstrike in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source said. Acting on intelligence reports, the ... |
Rudaw | Iraq faces 'new war' – on corruption Rudaw They have fled the country, their pockets full, or been released from prison under amnesties: despite Iraq's "war" on corruption, those guilty of embezzling state funds often evade justice. Even before he declared victory against ISIS in early December ... |
Gunmen kill 3 family members in central Iraq Xinhua BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead three family members inside a house early Friday morning at a village in Iraq's central province of Salahudin, a police source told Xinhua. The attackers broke into the family house in the town ... |
Rudaw | US basketball star rebounds from arrest with Iraq national team Rudaw Baghdad's Oil Club guard DeMario Mayfield stretches during a team training session ahead of their match against Iraq's Airline Club in Baghdad on December 7. Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye | AFP. DeMario Mayfield feared his basketball career was over when he ... |