News 12 Westchester | Iraq on cusp of Mosul victory but IS strikes back; 15 killed News 12 Westchester (AP Photo/Felipe Dana). A woman screams while fleeing with her family through a destroyed alley, as Iraqi Special Forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants, in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana). IS suicide bomber dressed as woman kills 14 at Iraq camp Islamic State cornered in Mosul as Iraq prepares victory celebrations Suicide bomber dressed as woman kills 14 in Iraq refugee camp |
Department of Defense | Coalition Strikes Hit ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 3, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 19 strikes consisting of 63 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials ... |
Fox News | British soldier drowns ISIS thug in puddle after being ambushed in Iraq, report says Fox News A brave British soldier reportedly drowned an evil ISIS fighter in a puddle after the terror group surrounded a group of Special Boat Service troopers in Iraq. After the fearless special forces fighters ran out of bullets, they decided to “go out ... ISIS burn 12 people alive including a family of four after forcing them into metal cages and dousing them with oil ... |
The Hill (blog) | Trump administration should not ignore lessons from Iran-Iraq War The Hill (blog) In doing so, the Trump administration should consider some lessons from one of the defining events in contemporary Iranian history: the Iran-Iraq War. At first glance, the war doesn't seem to have much to do with the nuclear deal. After all, it took ... |
Voice of America | Kurds Accuse Iran of Cross-border Shelling in Northern Iraq Voice of America Iranian artillery bombed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Monday, injuring at least three people and forcing hundreds to flee their homes, Kurdish officials told VOA. The cross-border shelling in Iraqi Kurdistan's Haji Omaran region targeted ... ON TARGET: Extension of Iraq mission is wrongheaded |
Reuters | IEA Sees Greater Market Balance, but Iraq, Libya Could Cause Trouble Ship & Bunker The week leading into the U.S. July 4th celebrations kicked off on a guardedly optimistic note, with Paul Simons, deputy executive director for the International Energy Agency, telling CNBC that his agency recently forecast greater market equilibrium ... Iraq has right to achieve oil output in line with reserves: minister |
Bloomberg | Iraq's June Crude Exports Decline From Year High in May - Bloomberg Bloomberg Iraq's June crude exports slipped from from the highest level since December amid decreased outflows from both southern and northern fields. |
The New York Review of Books | Iraq: The Battle to Come The New York Review of Books When ISIS conquered Iraq's predominantly Sunni Arab areas three years ago, it faced off with Kurdish forces along a frontline that ran through the middle of what one might call the borderlands between Arab Iraq, with Baghdad as its capital, and Kurdish ... The time has come for Iraqi Kurdistan to make its choice on independence |
NPR | Iraq Reclaims Historic Mosul Mosque, Saying ISIS 'Caliphate' Has Fallen NPR Nearly three years to the day after the leader of ISIS declared the "caliphate" of Iraq and Syria from the pulpit of Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri, the historic structure is back in Iraqi hands. A military spokesman announced Thursday that Iraqi ... ISIS Revenue Falls 80 Percent as Militants Lose Ground in Iraq, Syria Isis has 'fallen' in Iraq and is now hanging on by a thread in its last stronghold Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Says the End is Nigh for 'Fake' Islamic State |
Telegraph.co.uk | SAS witch hunt fears as Iraq 'torture' lawyers pursue elite regiment over Afghanistan night raids Telegraph.co.uk Veterans have warned of a renewed witch hunt after it emerged lawyers who made numerous false claims against British troops in Iraq are now pursuing “rogue” SAS soldiers who fought in Afghanistan. Leigh Day, which worked alongside disgraced solicitor ... |