While their neighbours are busy building weapons, the Kurds are taking in refugees, yet many Middle Eastern countries as well as the UK and the US seem to be opposed to Kurdish independence Mohammed Ali The Kurds deserve a chance to speak up about their own independence Reuters Often enough […]
By Reuters – Sep 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES KIRKUK, Iraq — Visitors to Kirkuk in northern Iraq are greeted by an imposing statue of a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter with a gun slung over his shoulder, a reminder of tensions building in the hotly-contested city ahead of a referendum on Kurdish […]
As an Iraqi living in London, the discrepancy in reaction is hard for me to stomach Amrou Al-Kadhi @glamrou Last Friday, news outlets went on overdrive surrounding the explosion at Parsons Green station. Our media has since been saturated with coverage on it; front pages have featured blurry images of […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI Sep. 10, 2017 KHAZIR CAMP, Iraq (AP) — Fawaz Saleh Ahmed has been secretly sneaking into his own village in northern Iraq to visit […]
By AFP – Sep 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi mechanics work in a garage in east Mosul on Wednesday, as they repair vehicles that were damaged during the offensive to retake Iraq’s second-largest city from Daesh (AFP photo) MOSUL, Iraq — Two months since Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul […]
Aug 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The overwhelming majority of takfiri men who in the past two years mounted attacks against civilians in France, Belgium and Spain have been of Moroccan and Tunisian origin. Their hostility is difficult to explain as these North African countries have escaped the mayhem […]
Reuters International AUGUST 29, 2017 Members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council vote on the referendum in Kirkuk, Iraq August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (reuters_tickers) By Raya Jalabi KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s oil-producing region of Kirkuk will vote in a referendum on Kurdish independence on Sept. 25, its provisional […]
By AFP – Aug 28,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Fighters from Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units), backing the Iraqi forces, gather at Tal Afar’s airport during an operation to retake the city from the Daesh terror group on Sunday. Iraqi forces backed by local militia and a US-led coalition […]
By Reuters – Aug 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A displaced Iraqi girl from Tal Afar washes her clothes in Salamya camp, east of Mosul, Iraq August 6 (Reuters photo) ERBIL — As Iraqi forces pressed their offensive to retake Tal Afar on Monday, a Yazidi politician urged them […]
Reuters International AUGUST 20, 2017 www.swissinfo.ch Mala Bakhtiar, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK’s) Politburo Executive Secretary speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq August 19, […]
About 2,000 battle-hardened militants remain in city By Reuters – Aug 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced Iraqi women from Tal Afar make bread in Salamya camp, east of Mosul, Iraq, August 6 (Reuters photo) BAGHDAD/ERBIL — Five weeks after securing victory in Mosul, Iraqi forces have moved into positions […]
MENEKSE TOKYAY | Published — Saturday 19 August 2017 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to supporters after attending Friday prayers in Istanbul. (AP) ANKARA: The conflict in Syria will […]
Aug 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI If you were looking for a single moment that captured the peculiar nature of leadership and how history is determined in […]
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 […]