... 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 ...
... deployment to Iraq earlier in June. Of those 300, about 180 had arrived as of Monday, the Pentagon said. They are assessing the state of Iraqi security forces and coordinating with Iraqi authorities. The U.S. also has a permanent group of about 100 military personnel in the Office of ...
... Militants in Gaza struck back by firing rockets. There was celebration and condemnation today after Sunni extremists declared a new Muslim state, or caliphate, in Iraq and Syria. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, also known as ISIS, made the announcement on Sunday. Jonathan Rugman of ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: Earlier today, Iraq's top Shiite cleric stepped up pressure on politicians to agree on the Iraq's next prime minister by Tuesday, as Nouri al-Maliki continues to lose the confidence of former allies in the fight against ISIL militants. Rod Nordland has been reporting on ...
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