Recent News Headlines : Baghdad Iraq
ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST WILL 'MAINTAIN OUTRAGE' CHELSEA MANNING WAS JAILED
Anti-war activist will 'maintain outrage' chelsea manning was..... READ MORE›
CHELSEA MANNING: CRIMES AND CONSEQUENCES
President Barrack Obama has shortened the prison sentence of former US military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning... READ MORE›
US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA COMMUTES BULK OF CHELSEA MANNING'S SENTENCE
After her sentencing, Manning announced that she was transgender and changed her name to Chelsea... READ MORE›
U.S. INCREASING AIRDROPS OF SUPPLIES TO FORCES BATTLING ISIL IN SYRIA
Initially, Kurds made up the bulk of the coalition-backed forces fighting the Islamic State in northern Syria... READ MORE›
BETSY DEVOS TO FACE QUESTIONS OVER SCHOOLS, CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISM
She met her husband Dick DeVos, an heir to the Amway marketing empire, while attending a Christian liberal arts college... READ MORE›
IN IRAQ, TERRORISM'S VICTIMS GO UNNAMED
Jiyad learned the bombing was at the Hadi Center and his heart skipped a beat... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTS LOSING BATTLE IN EASTERN MOSUL
In some cases for privacy, but also so that Islamic State snipers could see Iraqi forces without being spotted... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES REACH TIGRIS RIVER IN MOSUL IN FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
Iraqi special forces have done most of the fighting within the city, while Iraqi troops have advanced on it from different sides... READ MORE›
HOW EXXON, UNDER REX TILLERSON, WON IRAQI OIL FIELDS AND NEARLY LOST IRAQ
But Exxon officials were growing increasingly dismayed by early 2011, as they saw their narrow profit margin in southern Iraq all but disappear... READ MORE›
AS A GENERAL, MATTIS URGED ACTION AGAINST IRAN. AS A DEFENSE SECRETARY, HE MAY BE A VOICE OF CAUTION.
America's 'sentinel' Mattis's bold moves were seen as helpful when the White House was trying to press Iran into talks to end its nuclear program... READ MORE›
IRAQ: SUICIDE ATTACKS ROCK BAGHDAD KILLING AT LEAST 20
Jamila is the main wholesale vegetable market in Baghdad and lies in Sadr City, which has been repeatedly targeted... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 23 KILLED IN SPATE OF BOMBINGS IN AND AROUND BAGHDAD
String of isis-claimed attacks in iraqi capital has claimed dozens of lives over the last week... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS BAGHDAD CAR BOMB ATTACK
Islamic State claims Baghdad car bomb attack statement... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 13 IN EASTERN BAGHDAD
Islamic State is likely to resort to bomb attacks and similar tactics elsewhere in Iraq as it is driven out of its Mosul stronghold... READ MORE›
ISIL SUICIDE CAR BOMBER KILLS A DOZEN IN BAGHDAD
In an online statement, ISIL said that a suicide car bomber carried out the attack... READ MORE›
IS SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 13 IN BAGHDAD
A suicide car bomb blast claimed by Islamic State killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 50 others at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES CLOSE IN ON TIGRIS IN ISLAMIC STATE STRONGHOLD MOSUL
This is a very important factor, thanks to which Daesh Islamic State has not been able to move its fighters... READ MORE›
IRAQ MOUNTS NEW BID TO RETAKE CITIES UNDER ISLAMIC STATE MILITANT CONTROL
Iraqi forces have launched a fresh offensive to retake cities controlled by the so-called Islamic State group... READ MORE›
BOMBINGS ACROSS BAGHDAD CLAIM AT LEAST 27 AS IRAQ OPENS NEW FRONT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces drove IS from the two main cities of Anbar, Ramadi and Fallujah, last year... READ MORE›
BIN LADEN'S SON HAMZA 'ACTIVELY ENGAGED' IN TERRORISM
Hamza bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden, has been officially designated a global terrorist by the United States... READ MORE›
MORE THAN A DOZEN KILLED IN BAGHDAD CAR BOMB ATTACKS
At least 17 people have been killed and 15 others wounded in two seperate car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medics have said... READ MORE›
U.S. UPS ADVISERS IN MOSUL OPERATION AS OVER 2,000 IRAQIS A DAY FLEE CITY
John Dorrian, a spokesman for the coalition fighting Islamic State, also confirmed that the advisers had entered the city limits of Mosul... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 2,000 IRAQIS A DAY FLEE MOSUL AS MILITARY ADVANCES
Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, a spokesman for the coalition fighting Islamic State, also confirmed that the advisors had entered the city limits of Mosul... READ MORE›
IRAQIS WHO FLED ISLAMIC STATE'S DEADLY RULE IN MOSUL RELISH RETURN TO PHONES
Phone cards were available in Mosul for a short period after IS took the city... READ MORE›
IRAQI JOURNALIST KIDNAPPED IN BAGHDAD HAS BEEN RELEASED
BAGHDAD AP -- The family of an Iraqi female journalist kidnapped in Baghdad last week says she has been released... READ MORE›
"THE OTHER", BY IBN TAYMIYAH
The Wahhabi revived the ideas of Ibn Taymiyah, which allowed an individual or group to ex-communicate anyone who did not follow Islamic law... READ MORE›
HILARION CAPUCCI, ARCHBISHOP CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING ARMS TO PALESTINIAN MILITANTS, DIES AT 94
A native of Aleppo, Syria, Archbishop Capucci had a history of activism linked to the Palestinian and other Middle Eastern conflicts... READ MORE›
'US ANTI-ISIS MOSUL OPERATION WILL LIKELY TAKE AN ENTIRE YEAR' - FORMER PENTAGON OFFICIAL
RT We've seen a lot of claims coming from all sides alleging collateral damage from these operations... READ MORE›
MAN DIES IN POLICE SHOOTING INCIDENT IN NORTHERN ENGLAND
Police said the incident occurred during a pre-planned policing operation near the M62 motorway in Huddersfield at about 1800 GMT on Monday... READ MORE›
BRITISH SOLDIER DIES IN IRAQ IN AN INCIDENT NOT CAUSED BY 'ENEMY ACTIVITY'A
The 21-year-old from Surbiton, Surrey killed himself at a base in Basra in February 2009.A Camp Taji in Iraq Credit U.S. Air Force Tech... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Bagdad
TRUMP PICKS BILLIONAIRE BETSY DEVOS, SCHOOL VOUCHER ADVOCATE, AS EDUCATION SECRETARY
She graduated from Calvin College, a Christian liberal arts school in Grand Rapids, Mich., and married Dick DeVos Jr., an heir to the Amway direct-sales fortune... READ MORE›
STATE DEPARTMENT TRIED TO BRIBE FBI TO UNCLASSIFY CLINTON EMAILS
Kennedy must resign from the State Department immediately, said Trump spokesman Jason Miller... READ MORE›
SADDAM HUSSEIN SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT TO RUN IRAQ, SAYS CIA OFFICER WHO INTERROGATED HIM
Both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump believe the United States never should have invaded Iraq in 2o03 or, at least, Trump claims he now does ... READ MORE›
UNDER REX TILLERSON EXXON MOBIL FORGED ITS OWN PATH ABROAD
Mr. Tillerson's first big overseas test came soon after he became Exxon Mobil's chief executive in 2006, when he confronted the government of Venezuela head-on... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REBELS ANNOUNCE PUSH TO DRIVE ISLAMIC STATE FROM RAQQA
The Syrian forces are a ways off from assaulting Raqqa... READ MORE›
ARCHITECTS SUGGEST FLYING PIGS TO BLOCK TRUMP TOWER SIGN
CHICAGO-- The Windy City is certainly showing creativity in expressing its antipathy to a Donald Trump presidency... READ MORE›
MATTIS APPOINTMENT AS DEFENSE SECRETARY WOULD SIGNAL WARTIME POSTURE
At a rally in Cincinnati Thursday night, Trump remarked that Mattis had been chosen for the post and compared the retired Marine to Gen... READ MORE›
IRAQIS THINK THE U.S. IS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE ISLAMIC STATE, AND IT IS HURTING THE WAR
BAIJI, Iraq -- On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion of the United States runs deep... READ MORE›
ARMY SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS KILLED IN JORDAN WERE WORKING FOR THE CIA
Some of the troops have been assigned to mobile artillery units along the Jordanian border while others assist CIA-led training programs for Syrian opposition fighters... READ MORE›
BLASTS KILL 86 AT PEACE MARCH IN TURKISH CAPITAL OFFICIAL SAYS
Stepped up attacks, and the Turkish military began bombing the group's hide-outs in the mountains of northern Iraq and in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 140 DEAD IN TERROR ATTACK CLAIMED BY ISIS
Five people from a single family in Sadr City, a poor Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, were also missing... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL BEGINS WITH GUNFIRE AND CAR BOMBS
But the coalition is expected to encounter fierce resistance from thousands of ISIS fighters in Mosul's urban center, armed with car bombs and improvised explosive devices... READ MORE›
'IRAQI ARMY SAVED US,' RESIDENTS OUTSIDE MOSUL SAY
Iraqi troops retook Bazwaya, a town 10 miles east of Mosul, from Islamic State control... READ MORE›
'I NEED A FAVOR': FBI OFFICIAL AT CENTER OF ALLEGED CLINTON EMAIL 'QUID PRO QUO' SPEAKS OUT
Brian McCauley said once he realized a State Department official wanted him to change the classification of an email about Benghazi, he immediately said no... READ MORE›
IRAQI MILITARY: MASS GRAVE WITH 100 DECAPITATED BODIES FOUND SOUTH OF MOSUL
Iraqi military says it has found mass grave south of Islamic State-held Mosul... READ MORE›
ISIS CLAIMS BAGHDAD BOMBING; 200 DEAD
Baghdad car bombs kill 200 people, including 25 children, Saturday evening as families gathered to break the Ramadan fast. ISIS claimed responsibility... READ MORE›
ASH CARTER: MOSUL SUPPORT PLAN NEEDED AFTER ISIL OUSTED
We are gravely worried by reports that ISIL is using civilians in and around Mosul as human shields as the Iraqi forces advance ..... READ MORE›
FIRST FEMALE SOLDIERS TO GRADUATE FROM ARMY RANGER SCHOOL
The first two women to ever be admitted to the Army Ranger School are scheduled to graduate from the rigorous training program Friday military sources said... READ MORE›
VLADIMIR PUTIN ACCUSES US OF BACKING TERRORISM IN MIDDLE EAST
Putin said he asked Assad how he would react if Russia "found armed opposition groups who are really ready to fight terrorists" ..... READ MORE›
THE HISTORY OF MOSUL, IN FIVE MAPS
For a thousand years, Mosul has been at the heart of battles that shaped the Middle East... READ MORE›
IRAQI LEADER SAYS NO THANKS TO U.S. PUSH FOR TURKISH ROLE IN MOSUL FIGHT
The attack occurred as Iraqi forces advanced on militant-held Mosul about 100 miles to the northwest. Most of those killed in the assault were Kurdish security forces... READ MORE›
JIHADISTS SAY TRUMP VICTORY A RALLYING CALL FOR NEW RECRUITS
Trump has talked tough against militant groups on the campaign trail, promising to defeat radical Islamic terrorism just as we won the Cold War... READ MORE›
ISIS'S MOST DEADLY ATTACK IN WEEKS IS THE ONE THE WORLD PROBABLY CARES ABOUT LEAST
Baghdad bombing Isis's most deadly attack in weeks is the one the world probably cares about least... READ MORE›
RUSSIANS STRIKE TARGETS IN SYRIA BUT NOT ISIS AREAS
Illustrating the widening complexity of the war, the United States conducted its own airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday, near Aleppo, without warning to the Russians... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE THREATENS ATTACK ON WASHINGTON, OTHER COUNTRIES
The French government has called the Paris attacks an act of war and said it would not end its air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQ: SUICIDE BOMBING KILLS SHIA WORSHIPPERS
A suicide bombing targeting a funeral gathering in northern Baghdad killed at least 35 people and left another 63 wounded, Iraqi police and hospital officials said... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN THE WORLDS HOT SPOT
Let me point out a few news items you may have missed while debating the Iran nuclear deal... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE AND THE CRISIS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA IN MAPS
Elsewhere in Iraq and Syria, the conflict with IS has left cities and towns in ruins... READ MORE›
WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF TURKEY'S BORDER WITH SYRIA NEAR EMBATTLED KOBANE
The Kobane battle has raged in full view of the Turkish frontier, testing whether a US-led coalition can halt Islamic State's advance... READ MORE›
U.S. PLANS TO HIT ISIL BEFORE MILITANTS GRAB HUMAN SHIELDS
Knights said Iraqi forces will probably not attempt to negotiate with the militants... READ MORE›