Slate Magazine (blog) | More Bad News on Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria Slate Magazine (blog) Several recent reports underline the growing risk to civilians in the U.S.-led war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. On Thursday, the Pentagon released the results of an investigation, finding that more than 100 civilians were killed when the U.S ... Iraq demands compensation for devastating airstrike on Mosul Why civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria are increasing Thousands Continue to Flee West Mosul: UN Migration Agency [EN/AR] |
Department of Defense | Counter-ISIS Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 26, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 30 strikes consisting of 88 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials ... Other view: Manchester, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan Seth G. Jones (@SethGJones) | Twitter |
Washington Post | Iraq investigating elite unit accused of human rights violations in Mosul campaign Washington Post IRBIL, Iraq — The Iraqi government said it has begun an investigation into one of its elite police units amid allegations that security forces have committed human rights abuses, including torture, rape and extrajudicial killings, in the battle to ... Pentagon report says more than 100 civilians killed in March bombing in Iraq The US Is Helping Allies Hide Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria US air strike on IS killed 105 civilians in Iraq's Mosul |
Common Dreams | Iraq and Afghanistan: The $6 Trillion Bill for America's Longest War Is Unpaid Common Dreams The high rates of injuries and increased survival rates in Iraq and Afghanistan mean that over half the 2.5 million who served there suffered some degree of disability. Their health care and disability benefits alone will easily cost $1 trillion in ... |
Bloomberg | U.K.'s May Urges G-7 to Help Iraq Prosecute Foreign Jihadists Bloomberg The Group of Seven nations must help Iraq and its neighbors catch and prosecute foreign nationals who travel to fight for Islamic State, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said as she called for global action in the wake of the Manchester bombing ... |
David Ignatius: A path forward in Syria and Iraq, post-Islamic State Monterey County Herald But it should also focus some urgent discussions about a post-ISIS strategy for stabilizing Iraq and Syria. For all President Trump's bombast about obliterating the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, the Raqqah campaign has been delayed for months ... |
Iraq's Oil Minister: Kurdistan Exports Not Part Of OPEC Cut Extension OilPrice.com The oil exports of Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan are not subject to the extension of OPEC's production cuts, Iraq's Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi told Kurdish media network Rudaw during the OPEC meeting in Vienna on Thursday. According to ... |
Financial Times | U.S. failed to keep proper track of more than $1 billion in weapons and Washington Post IRBIL, Iraq — The U.S. Army failed to properly keep tracks of hundreds of humvees, tens of thousands of rifles and other pieces of military equipment that were ... US lost track of $1bn arms and kit in Iraq, says Amnesty Report: Army failed to effectively track more than $1 billion in US weapons, equipment in Iraq US Lost Track Of Nearly $1000000000 Of Arms Sent To Iraq |
Three top Islamic State militants killed in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon Reuters WASHINGTON Three senior Islamic State military leaders and planners were killed in coalition attacks in Iraq and Syria over the past two months, the coalition fighting the militants said in a statement released by the Pentagon on Friday. Mustafa Gunes ... |
The Hill (blog) | How we can prevent Afghanistan from becoming the next Iraq The Hill (blog) The Trump administration's consideration of a surge of 3,000 to 5,000 troops in Afghanistan is reminiscent of an episode of Homeland. Saul Berenson made the impolitic comment that we had not been fighting one war for 15 years, but the same war 15 times. Australia's responsibility to help stabilise Afghanistan, Iraq NATO in Doubts Over Training Missions in Iraq, Afghanistan |