U.S. News & World Report | Iraq Says Iranian Commander Killed Fighting IS U.S. News & World Report FILE - In this May 15, 2017, file photo, an Iraqi boy carries heavy belongings through the rubble as he flees fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq. An Iraqi official said a senior Iranian ... The Latest: Iraq says Iranian commander killed fighting IS Iraq starts new assault on Islamic State group in Mosul Mosul siege extends IS fight in Iraq, puts civilians at risk |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq must invest in education to secure its future | Iraq | Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com The cost of investing in Iraq's education will be high, but the return of this investment will be immense. |
Salon | Iraq and Afghanistan: The $6 trillion bill for America's longest war is unpaid Salon In addition to nearly 7,000 troops killed, the 16-year conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost an estimated US$6 trillion due to its prolonged length, rapidly increasing veterans health care and disability costs and interest on war borrowing. On ... |
Catholic News Agency | In Iraq, necessity makes priests become engineers Catholic News Agency Rome, Italy, May 27, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Priests in Iraq are helping reconstruct around 13,000 homes in the Plain of Nineveh which have been damaged or destroyed by ISIS so that Christians will have a place to come back to. |
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 ... Three top Islamic State militants killed in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon OHCHR | Airstrikes, ISIL causing civilian casualties in Syria — Zeid |
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 U.S. Bomb Ignited Explosion That Killed at Least 100 Civilians in Iraq, Pentagon Investigation Finds |
The Journal News | LoHud.com | Work continues to honor Rockland's Iraq, Afghanistan vets with memorial The Journal News | LoHud.com It has been nearly 27 years since Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait, an action that triggered Operation Desert Storm. Then came 9/11 and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rockland County remembers those lost on 9/11 with a memorial alongside the Hudson in ... |
Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard killed fighting Islamic State in Iraq: Tasnim Reuters A general from the Revolutionary Guards assumed the post of Iran's ambassador to Iraq in April, in a sign of the key role the military force is playing in its neighboring country. Popular Mobilisation on Friday announced the capture of the Sinjar ... |
CBC.ca | Canada is uncomfortably allied with the torturers of the new Iraq: Neil Macdonald CBC.ca As it turns out, the unit, titled the Emergency Response Division, or ERD, is indeed a manifestation of the new Iraq: Shia-dominated, utterly indifferent to the notion of war crimes or rule of law, and apparently just as savage as their famously savage ... |
The Independent | Nato to join the US-led coalition against Isis fighting in Iraq and Syria The Independent The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) is joining the US-led international coalition fighting Iraq and Syria based extremists Isis, the institution's secretary general has confirmed. “This will send a strong message of unity and Nato's ... Ignatius: A path forward in Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS |