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UPDATED 1:13 p.m. EDT | Turkey's parliament voted todayto allow its military forces to enter the fray against the Islamic State group. The government submitted a proposal to the parliament Wednesday, seeking approval to expand government authority to deploy troops into both Syria and Iraq. If approved, the ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced in May 2013 that no lethal strike against a terrorist would be authorized without "near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured." But amid unconfirmed reports of civilian casualties, the White House said this week that U.S. bombing in Iraq and Syria ...
... Ed Miliband, though, said he worried that while the Iraq army would try to occupy the vacuum left after attacks on Islamic State forces in Iraq, in Syria, no one knew who would benefit. ED MILIBAND: And in the case of Iraq, it is the Iraq army and the Kurds ...
... GWEN IFILL: Now to another form of destruction taking place in Syria and Iraq, that of history itself. Jeffrey Brown looks at that side of the story, part of his series Culture at Risk. JEFFREY BROWN: On a site dating back to the 8th century B.C., this mosque ...
... The U.S. military has been launching targeted airstrikes in Iraq since August, focusing specifically on attacks to protect U.S. interests and personnel, assist Iraqi refugees and secure critical infrastructure. Last week, as part of the newly expanded campaign, the U.S. began going after militant targets across Iraq ...
... his policy at U.S. Central Command in Tampa, headquarters for operations in the Middle East. Hundreds of U.S. special forces are already in Iraq, but Mr. Obama insisted they are only there as advisers. BARACK OBAMA: They will support Iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for ...
... said the answer is no. But Army General Martin Dempsey, chair of the Joint Chiefs, left open the role of several hundred Americans already in Iraq. They're now advising Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces. GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff: If we reach the point where I ...
WASHINGTON -- The White House said Sunday it will find countries willing to send combat troops to fight Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, but it's too early to identify them. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough signaled that the State Department in coming days will name allies that ...
... Iraq to fortify local forces with training and equipment. The former president, who oversaw military action in Bosnia and enforced no-fly zones on former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein, cited changes in the Iraqi government, the fact that Sunni tribal chiefs seem ready to fight and the strength of the ...
The Islamic State militants have murdered, raped and choked off whole communities to the brink of starvation. So why don’t the inhabitants of the areas they control in Iraq and Syria rise up against them?
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