Iraq Gets a Taste of Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut's pilot store opened in Majidi Mall in Erbil, Iraq, the capital region of Kurdistan. It is a 120-seat restaurant, run by the franchise operator Al Kout Food Company. The is just the first of five stores to be opened in Erbil in 2014. Al Kout also ...
We'll join US to crush the jihadists, vows PM: Britain signs up to mission to destroy Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
Britain last night signed up to a mission to crush the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. David Cameron said the West faced a generational struggle against poisonous extremism and all options would be considered to support regional allies. Barack Obama ...
Obama & Cameron Find Little Enthusiasm at NATO for New Iraq War
This post originally ran on Juan Cole’s Web page. The NATO summit in Wales was supposed to be all about getting out of Afghanistan. Instead, two new issues dominated it– the Ukraine and ISIL in Iraq and Syria. British prime minister David Cameron ...
Envoy Ask All Parties In Iraq To Finalise Negotiations
A group of internally displaced Iraqi girls queue for food at a community kitchen in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Dohuk governorate. Photo: UNHCR/B. Szandelszky As the government formation process in Iraq nears the constitutional deadline, the top ...
Obama says key allies ready to join U.S. action in Iraq
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said key NATO allies stood ready to join the United States in military action to defeat Islamic State militants in Iraq as he vowed to 'take out' the leaders of a movement he said was a major threat to the West.
Church patriarch in Iraq blames U.S. for Christians’ misery
The most senior Christian cleric in Iraq said the United States was "indirectly responsible" for the current chaos in Iraq, where the advances of Islamic State jihadists over the past few months have led to thousands of deaths and raised charges of ethnic ...
Escaping Death in Northern Iraq: Surviving an ISIS Massacre (Warning: Video contains graphic content)
The militants, with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, separated the men by sect. The Sunnis were allowed to repent for their service to the government. The Shiites were marked for death, and lined up in groups. Mr. Kadhim was No. 4 in his line.
Iraq crisis prompts Obama, Cameron to revisit U.S.-Britain ties
President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron began Thursday by making a joint call to action in a newspaper piece against “barbaric” terrorists in Iraq. They also visited an elementary school in the morning before attending the NATO summit ...
Endangered Dems push Iraq escalation
Pushed by the polls - Democrats like Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) are joining the chorus of Congressional members calling for the president to act, writing in a statement, “I urge the administration to come to Congress with a clear strategy and political and ...
Shrugging Off Security Concerns, BP Says It Will Scale Up Oil Production In Iraq
In the short space of about three months, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has claimed control over a large swath of northern Iraq and “indulged in the kind of savagery that a medieval tyrant might struggle to match,” as a recent report by Platts ...
