iraq
US guards sentenced to prison for 2007 Iraq killings
World
April 14, 2015
US guards sentenced to prison for 2007 Iraq killings
A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison and three others got 30-year terms on Monday for…
Islamic State attacks Iraqi provincial capital
Middle East
April 11, 2015
Islamic State attacks Iraqi provincial capital
Islamic State militants attacked the capital of Iraq's vast Anbar province on multiple fronts on Friday, seizing two areas on…
Sweden to send troops to Iraq to support fight against Islamic State
World
April 9, 2015
Sweden to send troops to Iraq to support fight against Islamic State
Swedish government said on Thursday the Nordic country will send armed forces to Iraq to support the operations against Islamic…
Exhumation of Iraq’s Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins
Middle East
April 7, 2015
Exhumation of Iraq’s Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins
Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many…
Iraqi PM orders the arrest of any lawless gangs in Tikrit
World
April 3, 2015
Iraqi PM orders the arrest of any lawless gangs in Tikrit
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi called on security forces on Friday to arrest anyone breaking the law in the city…
Iraq’s interior minister says most of Tikrit is liberated, fight goes on
World
April 1, 2015
Iraq’s interior minister says most of Tikrit is liberated, fight goes on
Iraqi troops and Shi'ite paramilitary fighters were battling Islamic State militants in northern Tikrit Wednesday, as the government forces sought…
Official: More than 70 German women have travelled to Syria, Iraq
World
March 29, 2015
Official: More than 70 German women have travelled to Syria, Iraq
More than 70 German women have made their way to ISIS-controlled areas of Syria and Iraq, according to the Federal…
Iraq officer: ‘Major sacrifices’ required to retake Tikrit
World
March 28, 2015
Iraq officer: ‘Major sacrifices’ required to retake Tikrit
Retaking the city of Tikrit, where jihadists have rigged streets and buildings with explosives, will require "major sacrifices" on the…
Syria monitor: Islamic State recruits 400 children since January
World
March 24, 2015
Syria monitor: Islamic State recruits 400 children since January
Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called "Cubs…
‘I am responsible,’ says grieving father of Australian IS bomber
World
March 23, 2015
‘I am responsible,’ says grieving father of Australian IS bomber
The heartbroken father of an Australian schoolboy believed to have died while carrying out a suicide bombing for Islamic State…