Washington Examiner | In Iraq, military defeat of ISIS is only the beginning Washington Examiner The U.S.-backed military operation to rescue Mosul from the grip of ISIS appears to be on the brink of success. But a military victory over the extremist group is only the beginning of building a stable Iraq, a country where current conditions could ... Counter-ISIS Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq FIGHTING FUND |
Washington Post | A photographer's thirst for Iraq, quenched in a Detroit suburb Washington Post After midnight on a recent Michigan summer night, the streets were alive with activity. Not for a Detroit Redwings game or a music festival but for a large Muslim American community there celebrating Ramadan. After dawn-to-dusk fasting, Muslims around ... |
Aljazeera.com | ISIL fighters launch counterattacks in west Mosul Aljazeera.com Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group launched a string of counterattacks in western Mosul, setting off clashes that continued overnight on Monday, according to Iraqi officials. An unknown number of suicide bombers and ... Battle for Mosul: Iraq forces repel IS counter-attack ISIS fighters launch string of counterattacks in Iraq Mosul battle to end in days as troops advance in Old City: Iraqi general |
Human Rights Watch | US: Return Burma, Iraq to Child Soldier List Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should return Burma and Iraq to the US list of governments using child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said today. Reuters reported that Tillerson overruled State Department officials and senior US ... Reports: US Secretary of State to Take Myanmar, Iraq Off Child Soldiers List Children in War: Critics Slam US Plan to Drop Criticism of Iraq and Myanmar Over Child Soldiers Exclusive: Overruling diplomats, US to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers' list |
KOB 4 | Albuquerque protesters rally to stop deportations to Iraq | KOB 4 KOB 4 On Monday morning, immigration attorneys, the ACLU of New Mexico and Albuquerque-Santa Fe faith leaders led a rally protesting deportations outside of the ... ABQ man facing deportation to Iraq gets delay | Albuquerque Journal ABQ Resident Fearing Deportation To Iraq Gets Reprieve | ABQ ... |
UPI.com | Wars in Syria and Iraq: How will they end? UPI.com June 26 (UPI) -- The United States and its allies are engaged and at war in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan as well as against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups. The biggest and unknowable question is how might these wars end, particularly in ... Kurds see chance to advance their cause in ruins of Islamic State |
Inc.com | This Iraq Veteran Lost Her Arm--but Found New Purpose as an Entrepreneur Inc.com Lots of people become entrepreneurs because of an unexpected career shock, such as a corporate acquisition or layoff. Dawn Halfaker's military career was ended by an explosion and a catastrophic injury, in Iraq, in 2004. Yet Halfaker would eventually ... |
Religion News Service | On deporting Christians to Iraq Religion News Service You will recall that Donald Trump's first executive order banning travel to the U.S., issued back in January, provided a preferential option for Christian refugees from Iraq and the six other majority-Muslim countries it covered. Not that the order ... Detroit federal judge orders stop for Iraq deportation for 14 days Judge halts deportations of Chaldean Christians to Iraq Judge Halts Deportations of Detroit Christians to Iraq |
Around 500 Fort Bliss soldiers deploy to Iraq | KFOX KFOX El Paso Approximately 400 to 500 Fort Bliss soldiers have been deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.On Sunday, soldiers said their goodbyes to ... |
Politico | Clinton orders attack on Iraq, June 26, 1993 Politico On this day in 1993, President Bill Clinton ordered U.S. warships stationed in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles against the headquarters of the Iraqi Intelligence Service in downtown Baghdad. In all, 23 Tomahawk ... |