Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 9, 2017 An Iraqi boy sells water in front of destroyed houses on a street in Western Mosul, Iraq August 7, 2017. Picture taken through a glass window. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (reuters_tickers) By Raya Jalabi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Abu Ghazi stood […]
Source: The New York Times By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI SHARIYA CAMP, Iraq — The 16-year-old lies on her side on a mattress on the floor, unable to hold up her head. Her […]
Source: ET An Islamic State militant tried escape Mosul disguised as a woman, but was apprehended as he forgot to shave off his beard and moustache,Mail Online reported. The ISIS fighter was trying to get away from the former militant stronghold as Mosul was recaptured, but did not quite get his escape plan right. Dressed in […]
By News Desk Published: July 22, 2017 86SHARES SHARE TWEET EMAIL In photos released by the Iraqi army after his capture, the man can be seen to have slathered on powder, eyeshadow and lipstick, even adding some beauty spots.PHOTO:MAIL ONLINE https://tribune.com.pk/story/1464051/fleeing-militant-got-eyeshadow-lipstick-right-forgot-shave/ An Islamic State militant tried escape Mosul disguised as a woman, but was […]
. Reuters International JULY 22, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – Four German women, including a 16-year-old girl, who joined Islamic State in recent years are being held in an Iraqi prison and receiving consular assistance, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday. It said diplomats had visited the four in […]
Reuters International JULY 20, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani speaks to the media during his visits in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, Iraq, November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (reuters_tickers) By Angus MacSwan ERBIL, Iraq […]
Reuters International JULY 22, 2017 Iraqis cross the floating bridge between east and west of Mosul, Iraq, July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily (reuters_tickers) By Angus MacSwan MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – On a pontoon bridge connecting East and West Mosul, residents of a city shattered by the battle to […]
ADAM GARRIE Iraq has become an ally of Syria in spite of the United States. A day after Baghdad confirmed the purchase and delivery of multiple T-90 tanks from Russia, Iraq’s Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has praised Russia for its vital role in the fight against terrorism. Although Russian forces […]
Non-combatants in the city found themselves in a catch-22: told by US-led Coalition forces to get away from Isis positions before they were shelled; yet threatened with execution by Isis if they tried to escape Patrick Cockburn Irbil, Iraq @4freepress The catastrophic number of civilian casualties in Mosul is receiving little […]
Daesh families, Mosul displaced live side-by-side in Iraq camp By AFP – Jul 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A displaced Iraqi woman whose family members are accused of being Daesh militants sits under a tent at the Jadaa camp on the outskirts of Al Qayyarah, south of Mosul, on Wednesday […]
By Jonathan BealeDefence Correspondent, Mosul 9 July 2017 From the sectionMiddle East Even while the Iraqi prime minister was on his way to Mosul to declare the liberation of the city, there was still the occasional sound of gunfire and coalition warplanes flying overhead. Earlier in the morning we saw […]
Jürgen Todenhöfer 18 hrs · Dear friends, are you allowed to speak openly? The destruction of Mosul was also a terror. Over 20.000 civilians were killed by the west and his allies alone in Mosul. But only 2.000 terrorists. For every terrorist, 10 civilians. 10:1. That’s shame number 1. SHAME […]
By Hassan Lasjerdi Is a new plot against Iraq being hatched? June 18, 2016 As Iraqi forces along Popular Mobilization Forces also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi are engaged in fierce clash with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group and have so far been able to […]
The crass response of the leaders of the US-led coalition who orchestrated the attack on west Mosul shows that we are back in the Vietnam era when American officers were happy to volunteer that they were destroying populated areas in order to save them Patrick Cockburn Erbil @indyworld Northern Iraq is […]
By AFP – Jul 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi women, who just fled their home, rest in the desert as they wait to be transported while Iraqi forces […]
July 11, 2017 by David G. McAfee 18 Comments ISIS is losing its war against the government of Iraq, and that’s becoming more and more obvious every day. The Islamic extremist group has resorted to extremely desperate measures, including enlisting its female members to blow up themselves and their own babies. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2017/07/isis-bomber-photographed-seconds-killing-baby/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=44 A female suicide bomber […]
By Reuters – Jul 11,2017 – J This file photo combination of two handout pictures released by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security (left) and by Iraqi ministry of interior allegedly shows photographs taken at an unknown location of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of […]
Source: Time BY Rebecca Collard / Mosul Jul 10, 2017 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced that Mosul is officially free from ISIS, despite a few dozen militants making a […]
Reuters International JUNE 23, 2017 A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the […]
Reuters International JULY 11, 2017 Iraqi security forces walk along destroyed buildings from clashes in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (reuters_tickers) ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the […]
