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Haaretz
April 29, 2018
No less interesting is the silence in the region and further afield in the face of Iran's heavy influence in Iraq. Iran is Iraq's major trading partner, it's fostering political elites in that country, training military forces and has established army units that played a big role in the war against the Islamic State. But Iran is ...
The National
April 29, 2018
In campaigning for upcoming elections, the majority of Iraq's 6,982 political candidates have promised to fight corruption, tackle sectarianism and rebuild the ... A recent episode of the show featured a clip of one candidate vehemently attacking the Popular Mobilisation Forces or Hashed Al Shaabi – an ...
Iraqi News
April 29, 2018
Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has reiterated his country's rejection of any military interference in Syria, stressing that the ... Two weeks ago, the US, UK and France said their air forces and navies fired 105 missiles, targeting three chemical weapons sites in Syria in ...
The National
April 29, 2018
A ransom deal involving Qatar, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria could end up having implications for Washington, after it was reported that huge sums of cash went ... “It's important to remember that the group targeted US forces during the Iraq war with advanced weapons, continues to threaten US interests, has ...
Department of Defense
April 27, 2018
On April 24, coalition military forces conducted five strikes consisting of six engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, four strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit, destroying three ISIS fighting positions and an ISIS vehicle and damaging a fighting position. Near Shadaddi, a strike engaged an ISIS ...
Newsweek
April 26, 2018
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told reporters Tuesday that the strike killed a number of the beleaguered jihadi group's leading officials, thanks to Iraqi ... Since two separate campaigns waged by the Russia-backed Syrian military and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces wiped out ISIS from most of ...
The Guardian
April 17, 2018
She has also forbidden the US military from moving the detainee without giving lawyers 72 hours to challenge the decision. The civil liberties group is calling the transfer plan a case of “forcible rendering”. As such it has echoes of the black-site renditions program that was run by the US government in the ...
Center for Research on Globalization
March 8, 2018
In March 1988, Halabja – just nine miles from Iran's border – was targeted by the US-sponsored Iraqi army, due to the city being under the control of the Tehran-allied Kurdish guerrillas. The Reagan administration was heavily supporting Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). Iranian nationalists ...
Knoxville News Sentinel
March 8, 2018
Isaiah Lloyd, right, came home to Clinton in time for Christmas after serving with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division as one of the last U.S. troops to leave Iraq. His father, Roger Lloyd, left, has organized a homecoming celebration Sunday at their church. (Photo: J. Miles Cary/News Sentinel)Buy Photo.
The Japan Times
March 8, 2018
WASHINGTON – Dave Baril has served in the U.S. Marine Corps for over 18 years, deployed twice to Iraq, and is a gun owner. ... Baril is one of a group of U.S. military veterans calling for tighter firearms regulations in an effort to reduce gun violence in America, bringing their knowledge of weapons and war ...
KTVQ Billings News
March 8, 2018
March 19, 2003 - President Bush announces US and coalition forces have begun military action against Iraq. March 20, 2003 - President Hussein speaks on Iraqi TV, calling the coalition's attacks "shameful crimes against Iraq and humanity." March 23, 2003 - Pfc. Jessica Lynch and other members of the ...
OregonLive.com
March 7, 2018
He served as an interpreter for U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq about 10 to 12 years ago. In 2009, he immigrated to the United States, sponsored by an Army officer with whom he had worked in Iraq, under the U.S. Significant Public Benefit Parole Program. The program allows the homeland security secretary to ...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
From left, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Peter Altmaier, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, smile at the beginning of the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
Military Times
February 18, 2018
It was a bitter sign of the mixed legacy from the United States' intervention in Iraq to help defeat the militants. American-backed ... Iraq's regular military remains dependent on U.S. support. ... The U.S. Army chief of staff says U.S. troops in Iraq will continue to help its security forces root out ISIS. But what ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
December 31, 1999
While the Islamic State has retreated from large swaths of Iraq it once controlled, mobile groups of militants continue to stage attacks on Iraqi troops and ... In February 2018, the U.S. military and State Department finally admitted that pro-Iran forces were operating M1s. The militias seized some of the M1s ...
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