Iraq

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:40 P.M.) – On Sunday, the Iraqi forces destroyed a number of hideouts belonging to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization in a mountain range extending between the eastern and northern governorates of the country. The Iraqi Security Media Cell announced that according to accurate information, a joint force of the […]

At least 400,000 people who fled Isis are still interred in the north of the country, fearing they are not wanted in postwar IraqOn a midsummer morning six years ago, Ziad Abdulqader Nasir’s short walk to Friday prayers at Mosul’s Great Mosque of al-Nuri, one of Iraq’s oldest shrines, was abruptly interrupted by the arrival of stern men carrying […]

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 P.M.) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Tehran has blacklisted the U.S. ambassador to Iraq and two other diplomats, in response to a similar American move that targeted Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad. Said Khatib Zadeh, a spokesman for the ministry, posted on Twitter: “The American ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueiler, played […]

Mustafa al-Kadhimi also urges Europe to assist the Middle Eastern nation’s debt-ridden economyIraq’s prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, has warned that he is being forced into an impossible balancing act between the US and Iran, as he urged Europe to come to the aid of his country’s debt-ridden economy.Appointed as prime minister in June, Kadhimi – […]

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) – On Thursday, the Iraqi forces carried out an operation that killed a high-ranking commander from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist organization in the Kirkuk Governorate. The spokesman for the Commander in Chief, Major General Yahya Rasool, said on his official Twitter page: “For the second day in a row, the […]

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 A.M.) – On Tuesday, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 50 people who were killed by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) in the Kirkuk Governorate. The ministry’s spokesman, Major General Yahya Rasool, said in a statement carried by Al-Sumaria TV that “the mechanized […]

Mothers who have returned to Iraq without their children say they would rather be back in the hell of their former livesAs bombs crunched into the ground around them in February last year, three young Yazidi women cowered in holes dug in the eastern Syrian desert, cradling their terrified children.In the month that followed, hundreds of people hiding near […]

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Autonomous machines capable of deadly force are increasingly prevalent in modern warfare, despite numerous ethical concerns. Is there anything we can do to halt the advance of the killer robots?The video is stark. Two menacing men stand next to a white van in a field, holding remote controls. They open the van’s back doors, and the whining sound of […]

A new study predicts the US will lose $4.4 trillion over premature deaths, $2.6 trillion from long-term complications, $1.6 trillion from mental heath treatment and $7.6 trillion from lost jobs.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 P.M.) – Kataeb Hezbollah said on Sunday that “the Iraqi factions agreed to a conditional truce in the attacks on the American forces, but they will use all the weapons available to them if those forces remain.” The spokesman for Kataeb Hezbollah, in an interview with Reuters agency, said that the Iraqi factions would suspend […]

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were both indicted on eight charges relating to the killings of four American hostages in Syria.

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are both British but they renounced their citizenship when they joined ISIS in Syria. They have been in US military custody in Iraq since 2019.

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh appeared in court on Wednesday via videolink in Virginia, indicted on charges connected to the deaths of four US citizens in Syria and Iraq.

Shaped by the fight against Isis and a fateful US drone strike, the factions now pose a danger to Baghdad’s weak governmentThe dust had barely settled on the fall of Iraq’s second city when the call came. It was June 2014 and Islamic State had just captured Mosul, the prize in a fight for control of a country already scarred by more than a decade of […]

Special Warfare Operator First Class Adel A. Enayat, an enlisted SEAL, is charged with with sexual assault, aggravated assault via strangulation and assault by battery. He denies the charges.

Nicola Sturgeon's plan to use Scotland's coastline to dramatically increase the number of farmed salmon produced for supermarkets could lead to disaster, writes SARAH SANDS.

Ruler of Kuwait for 14 years who was known as ‘the dean of Arab diplomacy’The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who has died aged 91, ruled his country for 14 years and acquired a reputation for being committed to peaceful dialogue and unity among other Gulf states known for their divisive quarrels in recent times. Discreet, mild-mannered […]

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 A.M.) – Last night, missiles fired by unknown assailants targeted the vicinity of the International Coalition’s headquarters in the Erbil Governorate. According to the International Coalition’s spokesperson, Col. Wayne Marotto, the missiles fell near their headquarters in Erbil, but none of them actually hit the installation. […]

Brian Kolfage, 38, has denied using funds from the multimillion-dollar GoFundMe account set up in support of President Trump's wall initiative to spend on his and wife Ashley's lifestyle.