WASHINGTON — The U.S. has set up a small Marine artillery outpost in northern Iraq to protect a nearby Iraqi military base, expanding the number and the combat exposure of American troops in the country as Iraqi security forces plan and prepare for a counteroffensive against the Islamic State in ...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday determined that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria, as he acted to meet a congressional deadline. Kerry's finding does not obligate the United States to take additional action against IS militants ...
... news summary. There's word that three Americans who disappeared in Baghdad last week were kidnapped by a Shiite militia. Reuters reported that today, citing Iraqi and U.S. sources. It said the group is backed by Iran, but that U.S. officials don't think Iran's government was ...
... quote -- "insulting sanctities." In addition to prison terms, they'd been sentenced to 99 lashes for shaking hands with the opposite sex. Security forces in Iraq fanned out across part of Baghdad today, after three Americans disappeared over the weekend. Iraqi officials said they were kidnapped on Friday and taken ...
... U.S. training just this past summer. GWEN IFILL: What effect does it have on morale, not only for Iraqi citizens, but also for the Iraqi military? MATT BRADLEY: Well, every victory that happens in this battle is a strategic victory, because what we're talking about, what the Iraqi ...
... evidence didn't indicate criminal conduct. We will have this story in full, and more on new killings in Chicago, after the news summary. In Iraq, government troops have recaptured the center of Ramadi from Islamic State fighters. The military trumpeted its success today, even as pockets of resistance persisted ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: In Iraq, army units advanced deep into Ramadi today, in a bid to recapture the key city from Islamic State control. It's the latest push in a slow-moving offensive. ISIS captured Ramadi last May, striking a blow at the Baghdad government. The city is capital ...
... Iraq's defense minister, Khalid al-Obeidi, told reporters in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, that the strike killed one officer and nine soldiers. He said Iraq had begun an investigation and that the "wrongdoer would be punished according to Iraqi law." He did not elaborate. A U.S. military statement ...
Video edited by Mori Rothman/PBS NewsHour Weekend Aya Abdullah, an Iraqi interpreter, became a refugee at the age of 14. After her family received threats, they moved from their home in Iraq to Syria. Now, they live in Turkey after leaving Syria to escape the war. Abdullah's story ...
... all that's gone wrong in Iraq and only think about the sacrifices of those I served with, the heroic efforts, the courage of the Iraqis I met, the lives of both Iraqis and Americans saved by the medical staff at my base. I wish I could only think about ...
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