Poll: 70% of troops say no boots on ground in Iraq
As the tide of war rises again in the Middle East, the military's rank and file are mostly opposed to expanding the new mission in Iraq and Syria to include sending a large number of U.S. ground troops into combat, according to a Military Times survey of ...
Islamic State crisis: Iraq air strikes 'halt IS advance'
Iraqi ground forces, backed by air strikes, appear to have halted advancing Islamic State (IS) militants in a key town near Baghdad. The BBC's Lyse Doucet in the Iraqi capital says the air strikes followed clashes with IS militants, who have been making ...
Iran Giving Only Training to Iraq in Fight on ISIL: Commander
“The major assistance we have provided for our brother, friend and neighbor country, Iraq, have been training assistance, and we tried to provide that country with special help in the training sphere,” Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force ...
IS explained: How does the terror group fit into Syria and Iraq?
AUSTRALIA could be dropping missiles on the Islamic State by the end of the week. Who really is the depraved group and how did the world get in this mess? The war-torn expanse of Syria has been an ideal breeding ground for terrorist organisations since its ...
New Zealand PM John Key Wary of Sending Military Support Beyond Humanitarian Aid to Iraq
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is hesitant to consider the possibility of sending military support to help the international coalition target the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants in the Middle East. According to reports, the prime minister is ...
Iraq Army Woos Deserters Back to War on ISIS
QUSH TAPA, Iraq -- The Iraqi military command has launched a campaign to re-enlist soldiers and officers who abandoned their units, a crucial step in its effort to rebuild an army that has been routed in battle after battle by Islamic State jihadists.
My tweets
Sun, 12:11: RT @ SimonNRicketts: This website for women in business knows its audience. http://t.co/DLWt7B4OzR Sun, 12:14: Having a frivolous afternoon tweeting about the #StrictlyComeDancing and #DoctorWho I recorded yesterday. Because I can. Sun, 12:34: Well, I enjoyed that Mark & Karen dance more ...
Asian Games: Pinoy boxer Charly Suarez assured of medal after entering semifinals
Filipino boxer Charly Suarez entered the semifinal round of the men's lightweight division after winning via unanimous decision against Iraq's Ammar Jabbar Hasan Hasan on Monday.
O Afganistão tem um novo Presidente
Ashraf Ghani has been sworn in as Afghanistan's president in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul. It comes after six months of deadlock amid a bitter dispute over electoral fraud and a recount of votes. Under a US-brokered unity deal Mr Ghani takes over the presidency and runner-up Abdull ...
(en) France, Organisation Communiste Libertarie (OCL) - Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) - The bataillle of Kobanê: between jihadist offensive, Turkish and Kurdish resistance complicity (fr, pt) [machine tra ...
The offensive of the Islamic State (EI) launched on Kobanê, one of three townships Kurds in Syria, September 15, and continues marks a crucial episode at a time of war in Syria and the revolution launched by movements of the left Kurdish. ---- stake in this battle determines the fate of the entire K ...
Conflict in Syria and Iraq: Red Cross calls for better compliance with humanitarian law
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq The International Committee of the Red Cross is appealing to all parties involved in the Syria and Iraq conflicts to uphold the fundamental principle of human dignity, to spare the civilian population the effects of ...
America has taken the Islamic State’s bait
It may be hard to believe, but in the end Obama may end up looking even dumber than George W. Bush, the fool who opened this whole Pandora’s box in the first place. The Islamic State , more than war, is engaged in political theater, whose primary audience is not the West, but rather the Middle East’ ...
Defeating terrorism and reclaiming Islam
New Delhi, Sept.29 ( ANI): The world today obsesses with the ISIS possibly for good reasons. But the one that is constantly swept aside is that the Global War on Terror was flawed and selective. Had tackling Al Qaeda and Taliban been not so selective with so-called Pakistan sensitivity in mind, the ...
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