iraq
Iraq targets ‘Islamic State’ remnants amid emerging threat
Middle East
February 7, 2018
Iraq targets ‘Islamic State’ remnants amid emerging threat
The Iraqi Armed Forces on Wednesday announced a major operation aimed at uprooting the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group from…
Iraqi army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran
Middle East
February 7, 2018
Iraqi army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran
Iraqi forces launched a security operation along a planned oil transit route to Iran on Wednesday, saying it was clearing…
Battle over bodies rages quietly in Iraq’s Mosul long after Islamic State defeat
Middle East
February 5, 2018
Battle over bodies rages quietly in Iraq’s Mosul long after Islamic State defeat
The Iraqis who have come home to Mosul’s Old City knew it would be hard living in the rubble left…
Senior Egyptian officials arrive in Baghdad for high-level meetings
Egypt
January 30, 2018
Senior Egyptian officials arrive in Baghdad for high-level meetings
Presidential Assistant for National and Strategic Projects Ibrahim Mahlab arrived in Baghdad on a multiple-day visit as head of a…
‘Islamic State’ sleeper cells spread fear in Iraq’s Hawija
Middle East
January 29, 2018
‘Islamic State’ sleeper cells spread fear in Iraq’s Hawija
Last October, after weeks of bitter combat, some 1,400 “Islamic State” (IS) fighters turned themselves in, expediting Hawija’s liberation. In a…
Iraq’s political landscape in disarray
Middle East
January 22, 2018
Iraq’s political landscape in disarray
Iraq officially declared victory over the so-called Islamic State (IS) – but was this a little hasty? Many Iraqis are concerned that…
Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’
Middle East
January 21, 2018
Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’
A German woman of Moroccan origin was sentenced to death by hanging by a court in Iraq on Sunday after…
1.3 million children displaced by Iraq’s war with Islamic State: UNICEF
World
January 19, 2018
1.3 million children displaced by Iraq’s war with Islamic State: UNICEF
While the Baghdad government last month declared victory over Islamic State after wresting back almost all the territory IS seized…
Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars
Middle East
January 17, 2018
Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars
When Iraqi forces drove Islamic State militants out of eastern Mosul a year ago, Nashwan Shakir Mahmoud raced back to…
The legacy of the ‘Islamic State’
Middle East
January 16, 2018
The legacy of the ‘Islamic State’
The terrorist “Islamic State” (IS) militia is mostly defeated in Syria and Iraq. According to the US military, the jihadis have…