Coalition Aviation Advisory and Training Team established in Iraq
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (AFNS) — U.S. Air Forces Central Command, in coordination with Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, stood up a…
ISIS
After defeat of ISIS, US redeploying forces from Iraq to Afghanistan
The U.S. military is pulling its forces from an American-led coalition base in Iraq and shifting them to Afghanistan following the defeat of Islamic State…
Iraq Arrests ISIS Oil Chief Near Syrian Border
Iraqi security forces have arrested Islamic State’s top oil chief while he was trying to cross the border into Syria, Tehran-based Fars News Agency reported on Friday,…
ISIS claims Kabul attack on military academy, killing 5 troops
Militants attacked an Afghan army unit guarding a military academy in the capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least five soldiers and wounding 10,…
Kurdish leader Barzani: Lack of Kirkuk control paves way for ISIS
Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani, said on Friday that the Iraqi forces’ and Popular Mobilization Forces’ capture of Kirkuk will pave way…
Somali forces kill young boys in anti-Shahab operation
US forces operating in Somalia took part in a mission in which their Somali counterparts killed fighters who appeared to be under 18, the US…
Islamic State desert bases still a headache for Iraq
AL-QAIM, Iraq – With police being targeted in their homes near Ramadi, and with the Islamic State (IS) still in possession of bases in the vast Iraqi…
Iraq sets parliamentary elections for May 12
Iraq’s parliament on Monday set May 12 as the date for holding national elections despite calls from the country’s Sunni community to delay the vote…
Iran can set a post-Isis security policy for the region
The defeat of Isis has not just heralded the return of stability to large swaths of territory. It is also fanning fresh conflict and tension…
1.3 Million Children Displaced by Iraq’s War With Islamic State: UNICEF
GENEVA (Reuters) – About half the 2.6 million people displaced in Iraq after a three-year war with Islamic State militants are children and persisting violence…