Reuters | Packed Iraq morgue reveals toll of Mosul conflict Reuters QAYYARA, Iraq The stench hits you long before you reach the morgue where the latest casualties of war between Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces are kept. Doctor Mansour Maarouf dons a surgical mask as he approaches the morgue refrigerator and ... More US troops may be needed to fight ISIS in Syria, commander says IS Controls Less Than 7 Percent of Iraq Packed Iraq morgue reveals burial challenges |
Newshub | Donald Trump says 'missiles headed to Iraq' Newshub A TV interviewer had to step in and correct US President Donald Trump after he erroneously claimed to have launched "59 missiles headed to Iraq". Mr Trump was talking to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo when she asked him about last week's ... Donald Trump Doesn't Remember If He Launched Missiles At Iraq Or Syria -- But, Let's Talk About Chocolate Cake! |
Fox News | Street turned to rubble shows cost of fight for Iraq's Mosul Fox News MOSUL, Iraq – Two houses are all that remain standing on the street with no name in western Mosul, just blocks from the front lines of the battle to retake Iraq's second-largest city from the Islamic State group. The once-bustling neighborhood has been ... |
Rudaw | Iraq's Al-Sadr urges Syrian president to step down Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region— Iraq's influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power in the wake of the April chemical bombing that killed over 89 people and prompted US missile strikes. Washington ... Baghdad says US pledges continued support for Iraq's war against IS Iraq's Shiite clerics show no love for Assad US Strikes Against Syria Heighten Iraq's Difficulty |
TVNewser | Maria Bartiromo Reminds Pres. Trump US Fired Missiles at Syria, Not Iraq TVNewser In her wide-ranging interview with Pres. Trump, FBN anchor Maria Bartiromo had to correct the president at one point when he was telling the story to his dinner guest, China's president Xi Jinping, that the U.S. was in the process of hitting targets in ... Fox Business Host Corrects Trump When He Says He Fired Missiles At Iraq Donald Trump Says He Told Chinese President Xi Missiles Had Been Fired At 'Iraq' |
ReliefWeb | Iraq: Displacement Tracking Matrix | DTM Round 68 - March [EN/AR/KU] ReliefWeb As of 30 March 2017, the DTM has identified 3,058,626 internally displaced persons (509,771 families) displaced after January 2014, dispersed across 106 districts and 3,648 locations in Iraq. For the same period, DTM has identified 1,639,584 returnees ... |
Foreign Affairs (subscription) | Land Grabs in Iraq Foreign Affairs (subscription) Both the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq and the central government in Baghdad claimed sovereignty. But ISIS' takeover has essentially reset the political and military landscape in these areas, allowing these political ... |
Department of Defense | Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq > U.S. ... Department of Defense U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, conducting 31 strikes consisting of 99 engagements against ISIS targets, ... |
CNN | Bodies of 1500 Yazidis found in northern Iraq since 2015, says official CNN ISIS swept into the Sinjar area in August 2014, displacing, killing and enslaving thousands of Yazidis -- an ancient ethnic and religious minority who are descendants of Kurds and call modern-day Iraq home. A 2016 United Nations report found that ISIS ... |
Albany Times Union | Iraq: Islamic State losing land it seized Albany Times Union Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes have gradually pushed the militants out of a string of towns and cities over the past two years, and are currently battling the extremists in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Iraq declared eastern Mosul ... Isis now in control of just 7 per cent of country, says Iraq ISIL now controls 'less than 7 percent of Iraq' Iraq: battle for western Mosul hampered by ISIL tactics |