NBCNews.com | Iraq Air Force Bombs ISIS in Syria for First Time NBCNews.com The Iraqi Air Force targeted ISIS positions in Syria "for the first time," Iraq's military announced via a written statement. "Iraqi Intelligence was able to chase those terrorists who were behind the latest terrorist attacks in Baghdad." Iraq has been ... Iraq fighter jets strike Isis targets in Syria Iraq attacks ISIS by air in Syria, on the ground in Mosul US changes rules of engagement for Mosul fight in Iraq |
Iraq Takes the Fight Against ISIS to Syria Wall Street Journal (subscription) MOSUL, Iraq—Iraq's air force on Friday carried out its first-ever strikes against Islamic State in neighboring Syria, the country's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, marking a dramatic escalation in its effort to roll back the insurgency by ... |
Minneapolis Star Tribune | Hundreds say goodbye to Amie Muller, who sounded alarm over toxic risks for Iraq veterans Minneapolis Star Tribune National Guard veteran Amie Muller believed deployments to Iraq caused the cancer that killed her. She worked and lived next to burn pits that billowed toxic smoke night and day at an air base in northern Iraq. After returning to Minnesota, she began ... |
Charleston Post Courier | North Charleston engineer helps build hospital in war-wracked Mosul, Iraq Charleston Post Courier Tim Darms, Water Mission engineer, talks Thursday of his trip to Mosul, Iraq. He helped to put in a safe water treatment system for a Samaritan's Purse mobile hospital to treat families, soldiers and ISIS fighters on the outskirts of the city as ... |
Reliefweb | Clearing land in Iraq Reliefweb After decades of conflict, Iraq is now one of the most contaminated countries in the world. Since early January, Handicap International's weapons clearance teams have identified, collected, and destroyed more than 1,000 explosives in the governorates ... |
Reuters | OPEC compliance seen growing as laggards Iraq and UAE pledge action Reuters LONDON OPEC has so far surprised the market by showing record compliance with oil-output curbs and could do so further in coming months as the biggest laggards - the United Arab Emirates and Iraq - pledge to catch up quickly with their targets. |
The Sydney Morning Herald | Planning for war The Sydney Morning Herald The report concludes that Howard joined US president George W. Bush in invading Iraq solely to strengthen Australia's alliance with the US. Howard's – and later Kevin Rudd's – claims of enforcing UN resolutions, stopping the spread of weapons of mass ... Australia's Iraq War venture was to boost US ties: report |
FIFA.com | Iraq's Abdulzahra keeping the faith FIFA.com When Alaa Abdulzahra inherited the Iraq captain's armband at the start of the third round of the Asian qualifying competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, he would not have thought his side would only have three points to their name at the ... |
Washington Post | HR McMaster is hailed as the hero of Iraq's Tal Afar. Here's what that operation looked like. Washington Post On the eve of his biggest mission, in a career marked by hard jobs done well, Col. H.R. McMaster explained to me how the United States could win the battle for the city of Tal Afar and, eventually, the Iraq War. It was a bold belief at the time: August ... |
UN News Centre | UNESCO meeting lays groundwork for reviving, protecting Iraq's cultural heritage UN News Centre 24 February 2017 – As details on the destruction of and damage to Iraq's rich and diverse cultural heritage emerge, the United Nations cultural agency has appealed to the international community to help protect and revive the country's archaeological, ... |