iraq
US weighs options to speed Iraq’s fight to retake Mosul
Middle East
February 2, 2016
US weighs options to speed Iraq’s fight to retake Mosul
The United States is willing to deploy Apache attack helicopters and advisers to help Iraq retake the city of Mosul…
UN asks for $861 million to help Iraq meet humanitarian bill
Middle East
February 1, 2016
UN asks for $861 million to help Iraq meet humanitarian bill
The United Nations appealed on Sunday for $861 million to help Iraq meet a big funding gap in its 2016…
Homesick and fed up: Iraqi refugees in Germany head home
World
January 29, 2016
Homesick and fed up: Iraqi refugees in Germany head home
It's a change of heart that Iraqi immigrant Sekvan Agho never saw coming. Agho was among the wave of nearly 1.1…
Mass grave in Iraq’s Ramadi holds at least 40 Islamic State victims: officials
Middle East
January 28, 2016
Mass grave in Iraq’s Ramadi holds at least 40 Islamic State victims: officials
Iraqi authorities have uncovered a mass grave in Ramadi containing at least 40 bodies, including women and children, apparently killed…
Iran-linked groups focus of Baghdad kidnapping probe: US sources
Middle East
January 22, 2016
Iran-linked groups focus of Baghdad kidnapping probe: US sources
US intelligence agencies investigating the kidnapping of three Americans in Baghdad last week are focusing their probe on three militant…
France’s Hollande says Iraq, Syria air strikes to be ‘accelerated’
Middle East
January 21, 2016
France’s Hollande says Iraq, Syria air strikes to be ‘accelerated’
French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that a coalition waging a bombing campaign against the Islamic State group would "accelerate"…
Officials name top suspects in Iraq abductions of Americans
Middle East
January 21, 2016
Officials name top suspects in Iraq abductions of Americans
Two powerful Shi'ite militias are top suspects in the abduction of three Americans last weekend in a southern neighborhood of…
Kurds waging campaign to uproot Arabs in north Iraq: Amnesty
Middle East
January 20, 2016
Kurds waging campaign to uproot Arabs in north Iraq: Amnesty
Kurdish forces have bulldozed, blown up and burned down thousands of Arab homes across northern Iraq in what may constitute…
Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed
Middle East
January 20, 2016
Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed
Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The oldest Christian…
Americans missing in Baghdad kidnapped by Iran-backed militia: Iraqi, US sources
Middle East
January 20, 2016
Americans missing in Baghdad kidnapped by Iran-backed militia: Iraqi, US sources
Three US citizens who disappeared last week in Baghdad were kidnapped and are being held by an Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia,…