Are American Troops Already Fighting on the Front Lines in Iraq?
The Pentagon is denying that U.S. troops are fighting ISIS on the ground in Iraq—but eyewitness accounts and Kurdish officials tell a different story. ZUMAR, Iraq – The role of American Special Operations Forces in Iraq has remained hidden even while ...
Iraq forces advance as Islamic State terrorists accused of 'ethnic cleansing'
AMERLI: Iraqi forces regained control on Tuesday of part of a key highway linking Baghdad to the north where Amnesty International said jihadists had carried out a wave of ethnic cleansing. Iraqi troops backed by militia have been pushing north after ...
Iraq will be a ‘grave’ for ISIS jihadists, says outgoing prime minister
Following a rare victory over ISIS, the outgoing Iraqi prime minister pledge Monday that his country will be a “big grave” for the Islamic jihadists. Nuri al-Maliki praised Iraqi security forces — who with the help of U.S. air strikes, Shia ...
In Iraq, residents of Amerli celebrate end of militant siege
For 82 days and nights, Muammar Kamal stood watch from the roof of his home with a foam mattress, a pair of binoculars and his Kalashnikov rifle. Several hundred yards away across a sun-baked field, the young lawyer could see a black flag fluttering from a ...
Iraq violence killed at least 1,420 in August - U.N
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 1,420 people were killed in Iraq in August as sectarian violence raged in the country's centre and north, the United Nations said on Monday. A further 1,370 Iraqis were wounded and 600,000 people forced to flee as Islamic State ...
Shiite Militias Join in Iraq Victory
That strategy could end up empowering armed groups who have worked against U.S. interests in the past and whose longer-range political goals may undermine the country's unity. "The Americans' hands are tied," said Hayder Al Khoie, an Iraqi analyst at the ...
As battle lines shift in Iraq, Sunnis who welcomed the Islamic State fear retribution
BAGHDAD — A day after breaking through a siege by Islamic State militants on the Shiite town of Amerli, Iraqi forces and pro-government militias on Monday pushed their way into nearby villages they accuse of helping to enforce the months-long blockade.
U.N. to send team to investigate Islamic State crimes in Iraq
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations agreed on Monday to send investigators to Iraq to examine crimes being committed by Islamic State militants on "an unimaginable scale", with a view to holding perpetrators to account. "We are facing a terrorist monster ...
Group Accuses Extremists of War Crimes in Iraq
BAGHDAD — An international rights group accused the extremist Islamic State group on Tuesday of carrying out a systematic campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in northern Iraq that includes mass killings, abductions and other war crimes. In a new report ...
U.S. and Iran Unlikely Allies in Iraq Battle
BAGHDAD — With American bombs raining down from the sky, Shiite militia fighters aligned with Iran battled Sunni extremists over the weekend, punching through their defenses to break the weekslong siege of Amerli, a cluster of farming villages whose ...
