Tag: 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…
Obama vows to save Iraqis stranded on mountain
US President Barack Obama vowed Saturday to help rescue thousands of civilians besieged by jihadists on an Iraqi mountain, as…
Obama vows to continue Iraq air strikes ‘if necessary’
US President Barack Obama on Saturday vowed to continue air strikes against Iraqi jihadists if needed to protect US diplomats…
US jets strike jihadists in Iraq
United States warplanes bombed jihadist positions in northern Iraq on Friday, in what the federal and Kurdish governments vowed would…
Obama authorises air strikes to prevent Iraq ‘genocide’
President Barack Obama has ordered US warplanes back into Iraqi skies to stop jihadists from moving into autonomous Kurdistan and…
Obama considering Iraq air strikes
President Barack Obama is considering ordering US air strikes against Sunni extremists in northern Iraq and humanitarian food drops to…
Jihadist offensive sparks mass Christian exodus in Iraq
Jihadists took over Iraq’s largest Christian town Qaraqosh and surrounding areas on Thursday and sent tens of thousands of panicked…
40 Yazidi Children Reported Dead After Iraq Attack —UN
Forty children from northern Iraq’s Yazidi minority are reported to have died as a result of a jihadist attack on…
Iraq jihadists seize another town from Kurdish forces
Jihadists raised their black flag in Iraq’s northern town of Sinjar Sunday in a second straight day of advances against…
France ready to facilitate asylum for Iraq’s Christians
France said Monday it was ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians in Iraq displaced by a jihadist onslaught, saying…
Jihadists claim Baghdad blasts as Iraq rallies behind Christians
The Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for deadly Baghdad bombings, as the Christians they drove out of Mosul grieved…