A Yazidi girl abducted by the Islamic State group returned to Iraq Sunday to be reunited with her family after the coronavirus lockdown in Syria delayed her homecoming, a community member said. But …
ISIS exploits COVID-19 with little success, US troop deployments to Iraq on track despite pandemic
Army Lt. Gen Pat White explained to reporters Friday that curfews in Iraq may have actually had a negative impact on ISIS fighters and their ability to launch attacks. The curfews “constrained the …
US plan for moon mining is like Iraq invasion, says Russia
An American “invasion” of the moon could turn it into “another Afghanistan or Iraq”, Russia has warned, in a furious response to President Trump’s plans to launch a lunar mining project.Washington is …
New Iraq PM releases protesters, promotes respected general
Iraq’s judiciary ordered courts on Sunday to release anti-government protesters, carrying out one of the first decisions of the recently inaugurated prime minister just as dozens …
Can Iraq’s new PM, and the region, escape Suleimani’s long shadow?
Rise of spy chief to premier comes as Iran struggles to maintain momentum months after killing of powerful general …
Modest anti-government rallies resume in Iraq
Modest anti-government rallies resumed in some Iraqi cities Sunday, clashing with security forces and ending months of relative calm just days after Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhemi’s government came to …
Iraq names new prime minister, paving the way to tackle nation’s deepening crisis
Kadhimi, a former intelligence chief, as prime minister early Thursday, after two previous candidates had stepped aside in recent months. Iraq has been without a prime minister since November, when …
Iran gets its man in Baghdad … but is still reeling from the killing of Suleimani
The new Iraqi premier has managed, with Iran’s blessing, to form a government, but both countries appear to be floundering in a power vacuum …
ISIS exploits Iraq’s coronavirus lockdown to step up attacks
Islamic State militants in Iraq are exploiting the coronavirus lockdown to step up attacks, carrying out strikes that are more frequent, and sometimes audacious, than those it has claimed in recent …
ISIS seeks to exploit pandemic to mount resurgence in Iraq and Syria
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the US-led military coalition battling ISIS to pause or suspend significant aspects of its campaign in Iraq and Syria, even as the terror group seeks to exploit the …