... HARI SREENIVASAN: The desire of the Kurds along Iraq's northern border to govern themselves is receiving more resistance from Iraq's central government. Iraqi army forces are demanding Kurdish troops withdraw from oil fields and military bases around Kirkuk, a city in the Kurdistan region that voted for ...
BAGHDAD — Islamic State militants, driven from their main stronghold in northern Iraq, are trapped in a military vise that will squeeze them on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. Mattis arrived in the Iraqi capital Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump outlined ...
... extremists after closing out the wrenching nine-month battle to retake the city of Mosul. Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said he sees the Iraqi assault on the IS-held area of Tal Afar "unfolding relatively soon." The upcoming fight follows weeks of Iraq ...
... from their homes. From the summer of 2014 until August 2017 I have been frequently traveling to KRG, the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in Northern Iraq, to film the perils and struggles of Iraqi families trying to survive after escaping death. About 500,000 people have fled their homes since ...
... in order to ensure her own safety. The dust is beginning to settle in Mosul, but revenge can be a dirty game. The battle may have ended, but a new war in Iraq may be just beginning. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Marcia Biggs in and around Mosul, Iraq.
... JUDY WOODRUFF: Iraqi leaders and the top American military commander in Iraq proclaimed the liberation of the city of Mosul yesterday. But what's the next step in that war-torn country? Does the Iraqi government have a plan to prevent ISIS from returning and to rebuild Iraq's ...
... to those cities, we expect that there will be an insurgency, that there will be asymmetrical terrorist type attacks in Mosul and other parts of Iraq. So, it -- really stabilizing Iraq will continue to be an important mission for the security forces. SREENIVASAN: All right. Stephen Kalin of "Reuters", joining ...
More than three years after the Islamic State captured Mosul, Iraqi forces on Sunday retook the city from the self-proclaimed caliphate after months of intense fighting. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul Sunday, declaring victory for the troops, who were backed by a U.S.-led ...
... in Baghdad this evening, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaimed a big victory over ISIS, or Da'esh in Arabic. HAIDER AL-ABADI, Prime Minister, Iraq (through interpreter): All the displaced must return to their homes. We are continuing to liberate all our land from Da'esh. The Iraqi people ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Iraqi army troops continue to close in taking back control of Mosul from ISIS militants who captured it three years ago. Mosul was the country's second- largest city after Baghdad. One U.S. commander says U.S. army forces are helping the Iraqis ...
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