Tag: Iraq
U.S. soldiers quietly help build wall against Boko Haram
(Reuters) – Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger’s Diffa region…
ISIS terrorist group storms Ghana, begin recruitment
Global Risk Insights, a human right organisation, on Wednesday raised an alert that ISIS terrorist group has started recruiting youths…
IS kidnaps 127 children in Iraq
Politicians in Iraq reported that Islamic State (IS) militants had kidnapped 127 children in IS-held Iraqi city of Mosul to…
Over 50 Turkish jets bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq
Ankara (AFP) – Turkish warplanes launched a massive air operation early Tuesday against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in…
Ghana man joins Islamic State, family says
A 25-year-old Muslim from Ghana has travelled to an Islamic State (IS) training camp, becoming the first known recruit from…
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…