Latest US military deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq Daytona Beach News-Journal As of Saturday, at least 2,263 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan since 2001, according to the Department of Defense website. An additional 20,289 U.S. service personnel have been wounded in action, according to the website. In ... |
Aljazeera.com | Will North Korea be the next Iraq for the US? | South Korea | Al ... Aljazeera.com On January 30, the Washington Post dropped a bombshell: Victor Cha, widely seen as the incoming US ambassador to South Korea, had been rejected by the White House for the job. Cha, a hardliner, is well known both in Washington and within the South ... White House Wants Pentagon to Offer More Options on North Korea Victor Cha: Giving North Korea a 'bloody nose' carries a huge risk to Americans |
Channel NewsAsia | Book culture returns to Iraq's post-jihadist Mosul Channel NewsAsia Book culture returns to Iraq's post-jihadist Mosul. Men browse at a bookstall in Iraq's battle-scarred city of Mosul on Jan 12, 2018, six months after Iraqi forces retook the northern city from Islamic State group jihadists. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad Muwafaq ... |
Marine from Perry flies home from Iraq deployment to greet his twins born 12 weeks premature The Daily News Online ROCHESTER — Perry native Daniel Cooley, a U.S. Marine on a several-month deployment to Iraq, woke to a buzzing phone in the early hours of the morning, dry desert heat already rising with the sun. The screen lit up with one message after another ... |
Newsweek | Guns From America Snagged on Their Way to Iraq Newsweek Two men allegedly wrapped 47 guns in black tape and packed them into the door cavities of a Ford Mustang and a Chrysler 200 before loading the vehicles into a shipping container and sending them to Turkey in September. According to court fillings for ... Men accused of trafficking guns from Seattle to Kurds in Iraq | KIRO-TV |
National Geographic | Escaped Bear Startles Pedestrians on Crowded Street National Geographic Watch an Escaped Bear Roam the Streets of Basra, Iraq. By Carrie Arnold. PUBLISHED February 1, 2018. Published February 1, 2018Pedestrians in Basra, Iraq, got quite a shock this morning: A huge bear lumbering across the street. The animal had escaped ... |
Anadolu Agency | Iraq denies Daesh controls oil-rich Kirkuk Anadolu Agency Iraq's Defense Ministry on Saturday denied reports that the Daesh terrorist group was controlling nearly half of the oil-rich Kirkuk province. “Iraqi security forces are in full control of the province,” the ministry said in a statement. Local media ... |
Rudaw | Iraq launches operation to clear western deserts of ISIS Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi army has launched a widespread operation in Anbar's deserts towards the Saudi borders, aiming to clear the area of remaining ISIS elements, despite the declaration of the end of ISIS war in Iraq in early December ... Iraq Combing Anbar for Remaining ISIL Terrorists Iraq launches op to seize remaining desert area from Daesh terrorists Iraq hunts down Daesh remnants near Saudi border |
Business Insider | A British army officer has died suddenly at an air base in Iraq Business Insider A British army officer has died suddenly on an air base in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Captain Dean Sprouting of the Adjutant General's Corps died at Al Asad Air Base, a joint US-Iraqi facility in the west of the country, on 31st ... British soldier dies 'in a vehicle related non-combat incident' at an air base in Iraq Black Watch soldier dies in Iraq |
Telegraph.co.uk | Baby born to German Isil fighters in Iraq is first to be brought home Telegraph.co.uk A 14-month-old boy born in Iraq to a German couple captured fighting for Islamic State has been allowed to return home to live with his grandparents. The boy, who has not been named under child protection laws, is the first of the so-called “Isil ... |