Iraqi PM: Mosul offensive could be imminent
Iraqi-led U.S.-supported efforts to retake Mosul could be imminent, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Monday. After a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama, Abadi…
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USA: Iraqi airbase will be ready for Mosul operation
An Iraqi airbase the U.S. plans to fly missions out of will be ready for the Iraqi-led mission to oust Daesh from Mosul, the U.S.-led…
What is the Turkish army really doing in Iraq?
A cannon shot roared into the night. The target was in the town of Bashiqa in northern Iraq, seized by the Islamic State (IS) in…
Executions ,political and sectarian agenda in Iraq
Human rights organisations have demanded that the international community should take a firm stance in response to the “political and sectarian executions” which have taken…
ISIL may be in crisis, but so is the coalition
The battle to recapture Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has gathered momentum, with thousands of government-linked forces encircling the strategic…
Political power games in Baghdad left advanced bomb-detectors unused
Dozens of advanced bomb-detecting vehicles remained unused during 16 months of vicious Islamic State (IS) group attacks in Baghdad amid political power games, ministerial rivalries and…
Kerry warns of new challenge in securing Iraq after Islamic State
The battlefield momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against Islamic State, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, but the international community…
Iraq: Deaths in car bomb market attack near Baghdad
At least nine people have been killed and dozens wounded in a car bombing at an outdoor market in a district just north of Iraq’s…
Baghdad bombings kill more than 200
Anger is growing in Baghdad over the government’s failure to protect civilians, after a devastating bombing in a crowded commercial area in the Iraqi capital…
America’s Core Middle East Interests Are Already Secure
RECENT PRESIDENTS of both parties have agreed that the United States has vital interests in the Middle East. But the region has become extraordinarily turbulent….