Iraq War
France’s Macron visits Iraq’s Mosul destroyed by IS war
Middle East
August 30, 2021
France’s Macron visits Iraq’s Mosul destroyed by IS war
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday visited Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, which suffered widespread destruction…
Biden, Kadhimi seal agreement to end US combat mission in Iraq
Middle East
July 27, 2021
Biden, Kadhimi seal agreement to end US combat mission in Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi sealed an agreement on Monday…
After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’
Middle East
January 3, 2021
After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evan Liberty was reading in the top bunk of his cell one evening late last month when…
Widows of Iraq’s war pick up the threads of fragmented lives
Middle East
May 18, 2019
Widows of Iraq’s war pick up the threads of fragmented lives
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – In a workshop in a bombed-out factory in Mosul, Najlaa Abdelrahman joins scores of other women…
Iraq’s Daradji battles inner demons through ‘The Journey’
Cinema/TV
December 3, 2018
Iraq’s Daradji battles inner demons through ‘The Journey’
The Iraq War may have ended in 2011, but for filmmaker Mohamed al-Daradji, the conflict that tore his country apart…
Japanese hostage returns home after three years in Syrian ‘hell’
Middle East
October 25, 2018
Japanese hostage returns home after three years in Syrian ‘hell’
OKYO (Reuters) – A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three…
Iraq: Women with suspected links to ‘IS’ suffer sexual abuse, Amnesty says
Middle East
April 17, 2018
Iraq: Women with suspected links to ‘IS’ suffer sexual abuse, Amnesty says
Women and children believed to have links to the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group suffer “harrowing” sexual exploitation and discrimination…
Iraq holds more than 19,000 on Islamic State, militant links
Middle East
March 21, 2018
Iraq holds more than 19,000 on Islamic State, militant links
Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or other terror-related…
Iraq recovers bodies of 38 Indians abducted by IS in 2014
Middle East
March 20, 2018
Iraq recovers bodies of 38 Indians abducted by IS in 2014
Iraqi authorities have discovered a mass grave with the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers abducted when Islamic State militants…
Oil companies temper Iraq’s dreams of production expansion
Middle East
March 14, 2018
Oil companies temper Iraq’s dreams of production expansion
Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer of crude, is hitting a roadblock in the next phase of expanding its oil production capacity…