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 […]
Reuters International JUL 10, 2017 Iraqi Federal Police celebrate in the Old City of Mosul. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (reuters_tickers) By Warren Strobel and Fatima Bhojani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With Islamic State all but ejected from one if its former capitals and surrounded in the other, members of a 72-nation coalition meet […]
Published time: 9 Jul, 2017 Get short URL FILE PHOTO: Turkish forces and members of the Free Syrian Army are seen at the al Baza’a village on the outskirts of al-Bab town in Syria © Khalil Ashawi / Reuters Ankara will respond decisively to any threats on its borders, […]
By AFP – Jul 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Members of the Iraqi federal police pose for a picture with an upside down Daesh group flag in the Old City […]
Source: BBC News So-called Islamic State (IS) defences in the Iraqi city of Mosul are collapsing fast and troops expect to take full control in the next few hours, state […]
‘We don’t have a policy in Syria,’ one former US State Department official told me. ‘Everybody in the Middle East knows that whatever is said by the Pentagon, State Department or National Security Council lacks authority because whatever assurances they give may be contradicted within the hour by a presidential tweet or […]
While lives are lost every day, it is destruction of cities and monuments that drives home the vicious nature of conflict throughout history Robert Fisk @indyvoices The al-Nuri mosque was blown up by Isis last week AP Over the years, I’ve almost lost count of the priceless treasures of art […]
Bodies of 50 people shot by Daesh had been recovered from street in Al Zinjili By AFP – Jul 03,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Iraqi civilians flee the Old City […]