Newsweek | Hobby Lobby Surrenders 245 More Iraq Artifacts From Smuggled Cache of Tablets and Seals to Federal Government Newsweek In a new chapter of the ongoing saga of Hobby Lobby's smuggling of Iraqi religious artifacts, the arts and crafts emporium surrendered 245 objects to the United States government, according to court documents. Hobby Lobby Stores voluntarily turned over ... |
Wall Street Journal | BP Returns to a Northern Iraq Now Free of Islamic State - WSJ Wall Street Journal BP will return to northern Iraq for the first time since Islamic State swept through the region three years ago, potentially heralding a new era of stability in one of the world's most dangerous energy-production provinces. BP strikes deal with Iraq to exploit giant Kirkuk field Iraq, BP Sign Initial Deal to Develop Kirkuk Oil Fields BP returns to northern Iraq's recaptured oil fields |
Washington Post | Judge bars US from transferring American ISIS suspect held in Iraq until next week Washington Post A federal judge barred until Tuesday the transfer by U.S. authorities of an American held for four months without charges in Iraq to another country, while she decides whether to permanently ban his transfer while he challenges his detention in court ... |
The Jerusalem Post | Revealed: How close did Israel come to counterattacking Iraq in 1991? The Jerusalem Post Yitzhak Shamir, prime minister during the 1991 Gulf War, is flanked by then-defense minister Moshe Arens (left) and an unidentified officer. (photo credit: DEFENSE MINISTRY). Israel's defense minister during the 1991 Gulf War, Moshe Arens, approved a ... |
CNBC | Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars - CNBC.com CNBC Iraq's vintage cars date back to the period between the discovery of oil in the 1920s and the booming 1970s. |
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International | Iraq crisis update – December 2017 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International Displaced people in Tikrit, in the centre of Irak in March 2017. The number of MSF patients in Tikrit is decreasing as people go back home, so we are now assessing healthcare needs in the areas they are returning to. Since 2014, the conflict in Iraq ... |
Federal Times | DoD reports spike in contractors in Iraq Federal Times A picture taken on Dec. 16, 2017, shows Iraqi volunteers salvaging and cleaning up the debris and destruction in the Bab al-Saray area in the old city of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. (Ahmad Muwafaq/AFP/Getty Images). The number of civilian ... Sharp drop in Iraq and Syria terror deaths: Study ISIS hasn't yet morphed into an insurgency in Iraq, US commander says Iraqi Forces Go It Alone in Islamic State Raids |
The Times of Israel | 'We're going to attack Iraq,' Israel told the US. 'Move your planes' The Times of Israel In his interview, Arens recalled traveling to the US during the war to speak with then-president George H.W. Bush to convince him that Israel should conduct a retaliatory attack on Iraq, as the coalition wasn't doing enough and the Patriot system was ... |
Catholic News Agency | On Iraq's Nineveh Plains, a ten-year-old girl dares to dream again Catholic News Agency Life in exile has been hard, perhaps particularly for a proud girl like Helda, who says: “we felt humiliated when we were receiving humanitarian aid, because we didn't think that the day would come when we would become like beggars, oppressed people ... |
Iraq Learned Tank Lessons in the War With Islamic State War Is Boring The 140 or so refurbished M-1 Abrams tanks in the Iraqi arsenal proved their mettle in the battle against ISIS with very few being permanently taken out of action by the militant's anti-tank missiles. While Iraq's Abrams fleet performed well in the war ... |