Militants surround Iraqi base, trap 200 soldiers
BAGHDAD: Around 200 Iraqi soldiers were trapped in an army camp in western Iraq on Wednesday, besieged by Islamic State militants who routed hapless army forces in a raid on a base close to Baghdad at the weekend. A soldier cornered in the camp said food, weapons and ammunition were running short, w ...
Daily Kos/Democratic Party Asks Where is the Antiwar Movement?
Rabble rouse, agitate, disturb, unsettle, disrupt, push, unnerve, disturb, battle. “War is a Racket” Come on, he didn’t mean some wars, he meant all wars!” Figure it out. I see Daily Kos, a partisan Democratic party political blog is asking “Where are the Antiwar Protests.” http://www.dailykos.com/s ...
Islamic State overruns Iraqi military base in Anbar
The Islamic State overran an Iraqi military base in a town in Anbar province just outside of Fallujah, reportedly killing and capturing hundreds of Iraqi soldiers as well as militiamen deployed in the area during the operations. The assault on the Iraqi military base in Saqlawiya, a town just northe ...
UNHCR organized an airlift of a special cargo to help with repairs in Eastern Ukraine
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Ukraine On 24 September, UNHCR organized a delivery of up-to-date construction materials (tarpaulin) to be used as an emergency solution for damaged houses in the eastern parts of Ukraine. The delivery was done to the Boryspil Airport. The airlift o ...
Don’t let other crises distract you from Modi visit: US think tank tells Obama govt
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit, a conservative American think tank has called on the Obama Administration to not let the international crisis such as in Iraq and Syria overshadow the US-India ties. The post Don’t let other crises distract you from Modi visit: US think tank tells Ob ...
Cameron wants UK to join in airstrikes in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The British prime minister said late Wednesday he will ask Parliament to approve joining international airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. David Cameron announced the move in his address to the U.N. General Assembly.
Cameron: U.K. Should Join Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq
British Prime Minister David Cameron called on Parliament to authorize airstrikes against ISIS fighters in Iraq, saying in a speech at the United Nations on Wednesday that his country "should now move to a new phase of action." Cameron made the remarks a ...
Obama vows to destroy Isis's 'brand of evil' as Iraq requests help from Britain
Western leaders vowed to lead a global coalition to destroy the Islamic State extremist movement on Wednesday, as President Obama warned the militants to “leave the battlefield while they can” and British prime minister David Cameron recalled ...
Netherlands joins military mission against IS in Iraq
The Hague: The Dutch government on Wednesday said that it will send a military mission to fight the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group in Iraq. "The Dutch contribution to the international mission is aimed at breaking the military strength and advance ...
Britain to join US-led airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) - Britain should now join US-led airstrikes against militants in Iraq and the country's parliament has been recalled to secure approval, Prime Minister David Cameron told the United Nations on Wednesday. "It is right that Britain ...
ISIS oil: Can Iraq crack down on ISIS riches?
TERRORIST group ISIS is making $3 million a day selling Iraq’s oil on the black market. Can the terror tap be turned off? Luay al-Khatteeb has spoken to CNN previously about the impact of ISIS’ march through northern Iraq, and the militant group’s ...
US hits Islamic State group in both Syria and Iraq
BEIRUT: US fighter jets and bombers expanded their aerial campaign against Islamic State targets Wednesday, striking the militants in both Syria and Iraq even as the extremists pressed their offensive in Kurdish areas within sight of the Turkish border ...
British MPs to vote on whether to join air strikes in Iraq
THE British parliament will hold an extraordinary session tomorrow to vote on whether to join US-led air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “confident” the House of Commons would approve the action ...
Christianity in Iraq is finished
IRBIL, Iraq — In the part of his Sept. 10 speech on confronting the Islamic State that probably drew the least attention, President Obama mentioned the need to help Christians and other minorities, expelled from cities and villages in northern Iraq ...
New U.S., coalition air strikes hit Iraq, Syria
U.S. intelligence officials say the airstrikes in Syria are just beginning and that it could take years before Islamic State fighters are defeated. VPC U.S. and coalition aircraft hit five targets in Iraq and Syria early Wednesday as part of the continued ...
