Iraq deployment decision close
A decision to join air strikes against Islamic State(IS) will be made in a matter of days, as the Abbott government awaits a final agreement with Iraq on the deployment. Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew into Canberra on Sunday after attending a United ...
Deputy PM: Turkey’s resolution process won’t resolve problems of Kurds in Syria-Iraq
The ongoing resolution process is aiming at resolving the problems of Kurds in Turkey, not the Kurds of Syria and Iraq, a senior government official has said, Hurriyet Daily News reported. His statements aimed to disprove claims that the unrest in northern ...
Air strikes: UK warplanes make first sortie over Iraq - live updates
There is a role in Iraq and Syria for foreign airpower to act as a fire brigade to stop Isis from storming Irbil in August or taking Kobane (the Kurdish enclave in northern Syria) now. But go beyond this limited but important role and air strikes swiftly ...
US, Partners Conduct More Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
(BAGHDAD, Iraq) -- U.S. and international military forces conducted more airstrikes in Iraq and Syria over the weekend, with eight strikes reported in Syria and four more in Iraq. According to U.S. Central Command, the latest strikes were conducted using ...
Di Ionno: Iraq war photojournalist captures the damage back home
'That kid died for me. Now it was no longer 'America's war' for me. It was my war." Ashley Gilbertson. Everything changed for Ashley Gilbertson the way it always does in war. So fast it doesn’t seem real. A flash, a shot, and a life is ended or forever ...
The Foreign Policy Essay: The Islamic State’s War Machine
Editor’s Note: The recent killing of Al Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane is only one of the most recent U.S. attempts to disrupt Al Qaeda and associated movements by targeting their leaders. Although the Obama administration has aggressively embraced this tactic, arguments persist over whether or no ...
VENICE, THE SUN AND A GLITTERING CAST… + MORE
Assyrian Christians Take Up Arms Against Islamic State in Ravaged Iraqi Towns – Breitbart.com For much of the alarming surge of the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq, a great deal of attention on the resistance has remained on the Peshmerga, Kurdish fighters dedicated to keeping the Islamic ...
Isis, Al Qaeda minaccia l’Occidente: “Raid sono guerra a Islam, colpiremo ovunque”
La coalizione occidentale guidata dagli Usa contro lo Stato Islamico ha un nuovo nemico. Il fronte Al Nusra, la branca siriana di Al Qaeda, ha minacciato apertamente i Paesi della coalizione che stanno conducendo raid in Siria: “Questi Stati, che hanno commesso un atto orribile, sono nella lista deg ...
Dead Men Walking!
Arab Leaders Allied with the US in Fight against ISIL Secular Princes and Powers are marked men among the Jihadists Much is being made of the fact that the leading Sunni Arab nations have joined a US led coalition formed to fight and destroy the ISIL Caliphate that has seized control of large portio ...
Is Obama’s War-Powers Shift Hypocrisy, Or Inevitable For A President?
Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I’m Scott Simon. This week, a Nobel Peace Prize winner went before the United Nations to call for a sustained military ca ...
