First US strike in expanded Iraq fight
WASHINGTON — The United States bombed an Islamic State position southwest of Baghdad on Monday in what the U.S. Central Command said was the first airstrike undertaken under expanded rules of engagement President Barack Obama outlined in a speech last week.
Chuck Sweeny: Rockford's David Hale returns from aid mission to Iraq
Perhaps as many as 500,000 people have fled the terrorist army called the “Islamic State,” or ISIS, and they’re in desperate need of food, shelter and medical care as winter looms, says Rockford’s David Hale, who just returned from 10 days on an ...
First U.S. airstrike in expanded Iraq fight
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials said Monday the United States has taken the first step in its planned expanded fight against Islamic State militants, going to the aid of Iraqi security forces near Baghdad who were being attacked by enemy fighters.
US partners unclear on roles in fight against Islamic State
Many countries have said they support a coalition the United States hopes to build to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, but most have been vague about any specific role they might play.
R2P Monitor - 15 September 2014 Issue 17
Source: Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Country: Syrian Arab Republic, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan R2P Monitor: » Provides background on populations at risk of mass atrocity crimes, with particular emphasis on ...
Refugee Update
Catch-up time (and how). Australia's current annual humanitarian intake is 13,750 people, reduced this year from 20,000. That includes both onshore applications (people who arrive by boat without visas or by plane with visas) and offshore applications (asylum seekers and other humanitarian applicant ...
What the anti-Islamic State coalition partners are doing
Many countries have said they support a coalition the United States hopes to build to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, but most have been vague about any specific role they might play.
Saya anak Malaysia! Selamat Hari Malaysia!
HARI ini 16 September, Hari Malaysia. Menariknya bumi bertuah bernama Malaysia ini kerana kita menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan pada 31 Ogos lalu - iaitu hari pembebasan negara daripada belenggu penjajah. Dan hari ini seluruh negara meraikan satu lagi tarikh yang cukup bermakna iaitu detik penggabungan Sa ...
The US Just Expanded Its War Against ISIS In A Huge Way
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military struck an Islamic State target southwest of Baghdad,U.S. Central Command said on Monday,in an expansion of the Obama administration's campaign against the militant group that has seized large swaths of Iraq and neighboring Syria. "The air strike southwest of ...
Raise refugee intake to cope with refugees from Syria and Iraq, Bill Shorten says
Australia's refugee intake should be boosted as part of the Abbott government's humanitarian efforts in the Middle East, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has said, as he outlined clear parameters governing Labor's support for military action in Iraq.
Iraq war: US launches first air strikes near Baghdad
A US defence official told AFP on condition of anonymity that American warplanes carried out one air strike on the Islamic State near Baghdad and another near Mount Sinjar, in the north of Iraq, in the past 24 hours.
