CNBC | Baghdad says US pledges continued support for Iraq's war against IS CNBC U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday assured Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of continued U.S. support to defeat Islamic State, the Iraqi government said in a statement. The two discussed the situation in Syria and the war on Islamic State ... Iraq calls for end to further escalation in Syria, 'urgent' international probe Intel Briefing: Chemical Weapons use in Syria and Iraq The True Nature of Chemical Warfare: Lessons From the 1980's Iran-Iraq War |
Military Strikes Target ISIS Terrorists 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 14 strikes consisting of 65 engagements against ISIS targets, ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | A hitchhiker's guide to the militias that now dominate much of Iraq Jerusalem Post Israel News NIMRUD, Iraq -The floating bridge that spans the Tigris River south of Mosul was built after Iraqi security forces cleared Islamic State terrorists from the area last year. Today it has a checkpoint at each end run by the Iraqi Army. But attached to ... To Avoid Disaster In Syria, The U.S. Should Learn From Iraq In Fiercely Contested Iraq, Erbil Offers a Model of Stability ISIS 'massacred' scores of civilians escaping Mosul, Iraqi officials say |
Gunfire, no food, say survivors from Iraq The Sunday Guardian “Gunfire, no food, no water. Iraq is the most dangerous place. I will never go back,” said Sathish in broken English when asked about his experience in Erbil, Iraq. Sathish is among the 33 migrant workers who were rescued from Iraq earlier this week by ... |
US Strikes Against Syria Heighten Iraq's Difficulty Wall Street Journal (subscription) ERBIL, Iraq—U.S. military strikes in Syria are pushing Iraq's pro-American prime minister into an awkward balancing act between two crucial allies helping Baghdad drive Islamic State from its last significant stronghold in his country. Prime Minister ... |
Raw Story | 'Full Metal Jackass': #KushnerAtWar hashtag mocks presidential son-in-law's Iraq visit Raw Story Twitter users were in rare form on Saturday as they launched campaigns mocking President Donald Trump's constant habit of parting ways with the truth and the visit by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner to Iraq. Late this week, photos surfaced of Kushner ... People Can't Stop Making Fun Of Jared Kushner's Outfit In Pic From Iraq Trip Jared Kushner's Iraq Outfit Sparks Social Media Backlash Jared Kushner Mocked for Wearing a Flak Jacket Over His Blazer in Iraq |
Foreign Affairs (subscription) | The Dangerous State of Iraq's Rivers Letter From Abu Ghraib Foreign Affairs (subscription) But Iraq's two great rivers have also been hit hard, and the consequences are likely to last well beyond the group's eventual demise. Already beset by an array of problems, the Euphrates and Tigris have been dirtied with corpses, sullied with munitions ... |
UN at “Iraq: Youth and Coexistence” Forum in Sulaymaniyah: Near Defeat of Daesh Makes Reconciliation More ... ReliefWeb Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, 08 April 2017 – The “Iraq: Youth and Coexistence” forum engaging youth in the search of ideas for Iraq's post-Daesh future convened today in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the fifth stop of cross-country meetings and ... |
Department of Defense | Strikes Continue Against ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 7, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, conducting 24 strikes consisting of 58 engagements against ISIS targets yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent ... ISIS kills 33 people execution-style in Syria; 22 people in Iraq attack ISIS 'Slaughters' 33 People, Execution-Style, in the Syrian Desert ISIS kills dozens in Iraq, Syria |
Washington Examiner | In Syria, heed the lessons of Libya and Iraq: Forgo regime change ... Washington Examiner President Trump prayed for God's wisdom on Thursday night while announcing the U.S. bombing of a Syrian airfield. We're not in the position to provide that, but ... |