iraq
Officials: US prepares plan to send several hundred more troops to Iraq
Middle East
June 10, 2015
Officials: US prepares plan to send several hundred more troops to Iraq
The Obama administration is preparing a plan to set up a new military base in Iraq's Anbar province and send…
NGO: 46,000 killed in one year of combating Islamic state
Middle East
June 10, 2015
NGO: 46,000 killed in one year of combating Islamic state
Around 46,000 people have been killed in Iraq fighting the islamic state militant group over the last year, a local NGO said…
Amnesty: Yazidi militia killed 21 in Iraq revenge attack
Middle East
June 10, 2015
Amnesty: Yazidi militia killed 21 in Iraq revenge attack
Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist atrocities, killed 21 Sunni Arab villagers…
Iraq forces repel car bomb attack in Anbar
Middle East
June 6, 2015
Iraq forces repel car bomb attack in Anbar
Iraqi security forces backed by air support used anti-tank missiles to repel Islamic State group suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles…
US says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in nine-month campaign
Middle East
June 3, 2015
US says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in nine-month campaign
More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the international coalition started its campaign against the militant group…
Activists launch campaign against enslavement of women in Iraq
Egypt
June 2, 2015
Activists launch campaign against enslavement of women in Iraq
Activists from Hamalat al-Tamadon (Campaigns for Modernization) launched a campaign on Monday, denouncing the situation of women in Iraq under the…
US-led coalition to meet on IS as suicide bomb kills 37
Middle East
June 2, 2015
US-led coalition to meet on IS as suicide bomb kills 37
US-led coalition members carrying out air raids against the Islamic State group were preparing to meet on Tuesday after a…
UPDATE: Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen
Middle East
June 1, 2015
UPDATE: Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen
Islamic State militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of the Iraqi city of Samarra on…
Iraqi Shi’ite militia claim leadership of campaign against Islamic State
Middle East
May 26, 2015
Iraqi Shi’ite militia claim leadership of campaign against Islamic State
Iraq's Shi'ite militia announced on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western…
Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
Middle East
May 25, 2015
Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
Islamic State poured more fighters into Ramadi as security forces and Shi'ite paramilitaries prepared to retake the Iraqi city that…