Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait Aim for $60 a Barrel Oil Price Wall Street Journal (subscription) Some of OPEC's biggest oil producers, including Saudi Arabia, are now targeting $60 a barrel as the level where they want to push crude prices, OPEC officials said, signaling they will support additional production cuts next month. Saudi Arabia, Iraq ... |
VICE News | The U.S.-led coalition in Syria and Iraq killed at least 1700 civilians in March, monitor reports VICE News That's certainly true of reported civilian casualties allegedly resulting from U.S.-led coalition strikes in Syria and Iraq. According to a new report from independent monitoring group Airwars, March was the deadliest month in the U.S.-led coalition's ... Can Iraq's Christians ever recover from Isis? Iraq Counterterrorism Efforts Destroy ISIS Bastion in Mosul Iraq: UN assessment reveals extensive destruction in western Mosul |
Iraq: More than 2000 Explosives Destroyed in Two Months ReliefWeb Handicap International began its weapons clearance operations in Iraq in January 2017. Since the start of the year, the organization has destroyed more than 2,000 explosive remnants of war in areas affected by heavy fighting. Outside Kirkuk, Iraq ... |
Department of Defense | Counter-ISIS Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 13, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, conducting 24 strikes consisting of 100 engagements against ISIS targets yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation ... |
Fair Observer | Iraq's Women: From Poster Children to Peacemakers Fair Observer Iraq, which recently adopted its own National Action Plan (INAP) and was the first in the MENA region to do so, is poised to present an interesting test for such plans in reconciliation efforts leading up to and following the demise of the Islamic ... |
The Guardian | Man arrested after Borussia Dortmund attack 'led Isis unit in Iraq' The Guardian The statement said the man had been identified as an Isis member in Iraq, where he had led a 10-strong commando unit of fighters that had taken part in kidnappings, smuggling, killings and extortion. After his arrival in Germany, he is said to have ... Football team in Iraq pays tribute to Dortmund after bus attack (Video) Borussia Dortmund bus bomber was member of Isis from Iraq, police say Suspect arrested in Borussia Dortmund bus bombing was 'ISIS member from Iraq' as prosecutors probe his terror links |
Reuters | Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope Reuters But nearby a shopkeeper is doing a brisk trade selling Dutch beer, Greek ouzo and several whisky brands to Christians, Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds alike, with this kind of commerce perhaps offering a glimpse of how Iraq's fractured communities could ... Christianity's prospects of surviving in its birthplace are grim War, Terrorism, and the Christian Exodus from the Middle East |
The Economist | America and Iran are jostling for influence over Iraq The Economist TO UNDERSTAND how mightily Iran once dominated Iraq, head to Ctesiphon, Persia's old capital, just south of Baghdad. A millennium and a half old, its ruined palace still features the world's largest unsupported brick arch. Until Arab armies seized it ... |
Imprint of Hope Are Making Iraq Great and Beautiful Bay Area Indymedia In addition to decorating the city's walls, Imprint of Hope also paints orphanages, nurseries and public buildings, including a children's cancer hospital. Yellow, blue, red, green, children's faces, women wearing traditional dress and clasping hands ... |
Department of Defense | Military Strikes Continue Against ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 12, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, conducting 12 strikes consisting of 58 engagements against ISIS targets yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation ... |