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IS demolished a sacred mosque in Mosul, Iraq on Thursday Islamic militants in Mosul, Iraq on Thursday blew up a sacred mosque that was considered the final resting place of the Prophet Jonah. Since June, Mosul has been under control of IS, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq ...
... That word comes in a new report from the United Nations. It says that between January and June, nearly 5,600 civilians were killed in Iraq. There were just over 7,800 killed in all of 2013. Sunni extremists have stepped up their fight against the Iraqi government since the ...
... Lebanon, into Turkey, into Jordan and other areas. HARI SREENIVASAN: We also see troops amassing along the border of neighboring countries. Are they concerned that Iraq cannot stay together as a single country anymore? ANTHONY CORDESMAN: Well I think everyone is concerned that Iraq may not stay together as a ...
... bombed as a cargo train passed over. Amid the fighting, Russia pressed again today for a new cease-fire in Ukraine. The political stalemate in Iraq will go on, as the government battles Islamist militants who've seized a large portion of the country. The new parliament today delayed its ...
... JOHN LARSON: From Iraq tonight, word of the first public appearance by the man behind the recent offensive by Islamic extremists who have captured towns in northern Iraq and western Iraq and declared a caliphate, or Islamic state. For more about that and the counteroffensive by Iraqi government forces ...
... today on two battlefields. They recaptured the village of Awja, the birthplace of the former dictator Saddam Hussein. And they made headway in taking back Iraq's largest oil refinery in Baiji. Government airstrikes there killed up to 30 insurgents. Also today, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to ...
... storm warnings were posted for Nantucket Island and Cape Cod. The top U.S. military commander played down prospects today for major American action in Iraq. Several hundred U.S. advisers have deployed to help Iraqi forces fight Sunni militants of the Islamic State, or ISIL. But the chairman of ...
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says Iraqi security forces are capable of defending Baghdad but are unable to act unilaterally to launch an offensive to seize back territory occupied by a Sunni insurgent group. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey tells reporters the Iraqi forces are stronger around ...
... Bakir. The full interview will air on Wednesday’s PBS NewsHour. Kurdish Foreign Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir said Wednesday that the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq is "determined to go ahead with the referendum" for independence because Iraq has failed politically. “We don’t want to stay within an Iraq ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: The United Nations reported today that 2,400 Iraqis were killed in the month of June, making it the deadliest month in that country since 2007. Meanwhile, in Baghdad today, desperate hopes for political unity were dashed, as there more signs throughout Iraq showing a nation pulling ...
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