Washington Post | US service member killed by blast in Iraq Washington Post A U.S. service member died of wounds inflicted by an explosive device outside of the city of Mosul in Iraq, the Pentagon said in a release Saturday. The release from the U.S.-led coalition gave no other details, and a Pentagon spokesman was unable to ... Counter-ISIS Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq Soldier killed by explosive device is third US combat death this week in Iraq and Afghanistan US service member killed near Mosul, Iraq |
Press TV | Turkish Military Says Kills 14 Kurdish Militants in Northern Iraq U.S. News & World Report Turkey has intensified attacks on the PKK in northern Iraq and its Syrian-Kurdish affiliate, the YPG, in northern Syria. President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that as many as 220 militants had been killed in recent strikes elsewhere in northern Iraq. Turkey may infiltrate into Iraq, Syria overnight: Erdogan US military convoy enters Syria from Iraq Does Turkey plan to continue airstrikes in Iraq and Syria? |
RT | Saddam Hussein at 80: Iraq without its 'liberation' RT A planned US-led invasion of Iraq was averted by mass public protests, an unprecedented level of civil disobedience in Western countries, and threats of mutinies from soldiers, who refused to take part in an illegal enterprise. “If the invasion had ... |
WEAR | Operation Finally Home: House built for Iraq veteran WEAR He doesn't bear the physical scars of war, but during a second deployment in Iraq an improvised explosion device left him with permanent ringing in his ears and post-traumatic stress disorder. When he recovered he wanted to go back, but a rare blood ... |
Energy Voice | Iraq sells first oil supertanker through auction Financial Times Iraq has sold its first cargo of Basra Light crude through an auction on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange on Friday. Sample the FT's top stories for a week. You select the topic, we deliver the news. Select topic. Select topic, Top Stories, Brexit, US ... Iraq's first Basra Light crude sold on DME |
Military.com | Trump Gives Pentagon More Flexibility on Iraq, Syria Troops New York Times WASHINGTON — The White House is giving the Pentagon greater flexibility to determine the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, in another move by President Donald Trump to shift greater power to his military leaders. The decision will give Defense ... Trump Gives Mattis Authority to Set Troop Levels in Iraq, Syria Trump Promises White House Will No Longer Obscure Iraq and Syria Troop Deployments Trump gives Pentagon power to reset Iraq, Syria troop limits |
The kidnap of the Qataris is a defeat to Iraq's sovereignty Arab News Former Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance Hoshyar Zebari said that the kidnapping of the Qatari hunters represented a defeat for Iraq's sovereignty and institutions, knowing that it was not the first time it had happened. Turkish workers had ... |
The Sun | Army hero who led biggest tank battle in Iraq War close to becoming Tory MP The Sun An Army hero who led the biggest tank battle in the Iraq War was last night on the verge of becoming a Tory MP. Chris Brannigan was the third candidate shortlisted for the prized safe Conservative seat of Aldershot, famed for its military links. War ... |
Financial Times | Iraq to break with oil tradition in debut supertanker auction Financial Times Ahmad Sharaf, chairman of the DME, said Iraq's use of electronic auctions followed the sale of two cargoes by Oman since they launched the service in 2015, arguing there is a “need for reliable, regulated and innovative tools to sell crude oil in such ... |
Washington Post | Brian Van Reet's 'Spoils' moves fiction about the Iraq War into new territory Washington Post The canon of veteran literature from the forever wars has expanded beyond the swell of male memoir and Americentric combat fiction. It's been more than a decade since Brian Van Reet rolled into Baghdad as a tank crewman for the second invasion of Iraq, ... |