Tag: Iraq
Seven Australians prevented from travelling to join IS
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday that seven young Australians were stopped at airport as they tried to…
IS militants kill 120, capture 350 people in Iraq
Islamic State (IS) militants have executed no fewer than 120 people and captured over 350 others in Mosul, Provincial Governor,…
Iraqi forces capture late Saddam Hussein’s senior aide
Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, on Saturday said that the Iraqi security forces captured a leading figure in Saddam Hussein’s…
Oil price will rise to $65, Iraq predicts
Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi said Sunday he expects the price of crude oil, which dropped to a six-year…
Christian militia storm Iraq to fight IS
Decked out in his US army-issued fatigues and a lip stud shining from his mouth, the young American fighter cuts…
Iraqi Christians could become extinct – Archbishop
An Iraqi archbishop called for military action in his homeland in a speech to British lawmakers on Tuesday, and warned…
Blasts kill at least 27 in Baghdad
Attacks in Baghdad including a suicide bombing inside a restaurant killed 27 people on Saturday, hours before a years-old nightly…
IS jihadists claim execution of eight people in Iraq
The Islamic State jihadist group has executed eight people, four of them policemen, in Iraq’s Salaheddin province, according to a…
Saudi embassy to reopen in Iraq after nearly 25 years
Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday it was sending a delegation to Iraq ahead of opening an embassy in Baghdad where…
IS jihadists execute four women in Iraq
The Islamic State group has executed at least four women, including two doctors and a politician, in their northern Iraq…
IS jihadists execute nine people in northern Iraq
Islamic State group fighters executed nine people on Friday in two northern Iraqi towns on suspicion of ties to anti-jihadist…
Iraqi military helicopter crashes, crew dead
An Iraqi military helicopter crashed Wednesday near a major oil refinery that is a frequent target for jihadists, killing the…
Suicide car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden armoured vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the Iraqi city of…
Britain carries out first air strikes against IS in Iraq
British fighter jets on Tuesday bombed an artillery post and an armed truck used by the Islamic State group in…
49 Turks kidnapped by IS militants freed
Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been…
US warplanes to fly from Iraqi base
United States combat aircraft will soon start flying out of a base in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as…
Israel urges global spies to pool resources on IS
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday called for world intelligence agencies to work together against the Islamic State jihadist…
US launches first strikes in Iraq Sunni Arab heartland
The United States launched its first air strikes in Iraq’s Sunni Arab heartland, bombing jihadists near a key dam on…
Britain ready to commit 3,500 troops to new NATO force
Britain could contribute 3,500 troops to a NATO rapid response force designed to meet new threats highlighted by the Ukraine…
Iraq strikes kill IS chief’s aide
Air strikes in northern Iraq on Thursday killed the top aide of jihadist Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,…
Sotloff family remembers gentle, compassionate soul
The family of murdered US journalist Steven Sotloff paid moving tribute to the reporter on Wednesday, remembering a gentle soul…
Obama to lead Security Council session September 25
President Barack Obama will lead a UN Security Council session on the threat of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria…
Amnesty condemns IS ‘ethnic-cleansing’ in Iraq
Amnesty International has accused Islamic State jihadists of “systematic ethnic cleansing” and mass killings of minorities in northern Iraq, in…
Britain raises terror threat level on Iraq, Syria fears
Britain raised its terror threat risk level to “severe” on Friday because of fears over the situation in Iraq and…
UN chief slams ‘brutal’ IS killings in Iraq
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday slammed “brutal killings of civilians” by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq,…
Morocco arrests two IS jihadists
Morocco said on Friday it had arrested two Islamic State jihadists who had been planning to leave for IS training…
Singapore, Australia to boost intelligence sharing on jihadis
Australia and Singapore vowed Friday to enhance intelligence sharing in the face of growing fears about the threat posed by…
Jihadists claim beheading of US journalist
Jihadist group the Islamic State on Tuesday claimed to have executed American journalist James Foley in revenge for US air…
Iraqi officer who killed journalist jailed for life
The officer who killed an Iraqi journalist at a Baghdad checkpoint in March was sentenced to life imprisonment on Sunday,…
Pope calls on UN to stop Iraq violence
Pope Francis has called on the international community and the United Nations in particular to do all they can to…