• Protests Dash Iraqi PM’s Chances of New Term, Hit U.S. Hopes of Shaping Government
    Protests Dash Iraqi PM’s Chances of New Term, Hit U.S. Hopes of Shaping Government
    September 14, 2018 | By Reuters
    SULAIMANIYA/ERBIL, IRAQ—Violent protests in the Iraqi city of Basra have all but ended U.S.-backed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s chances of winning a second term and shattered Washington’s hopes of shaping the next government. Fifteen people have been killed protesting against power cuts, polluted water, poor services, and perceived corruption in Iraq’s second city, many of […]
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  • U.S. Republicans Seek Sanctions on Iraqi Militias With Iran Ties
    U.S. Republicans Seek Sanctions on Iraqi Militias With Iran Ties
    September 12, 2018 | By Reuters
    WASHINGTON–Republican U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation on Sept. 12  seeking to counteract what they see as Iran’s increasing influence in Iraq, amid concern about attacks in Iraq by groups U.S. officials consider Iranian proxies, a Senate aide said on Sept. 12. Among other things, the bill, whose text was seen by Reuters, would impose […]
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  • Official: Katyusha Rockets Fired at Basra Airport in Iraq
    Official: Katyusha Rockets Fired at Basra Airport in Iraq
    September 8, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    BASRA, Iraq—Unknown assailants fired three Katyusha rockets at Iraq’s Basra airport Saturday, an airport official said, after a chaotic and violent night that saw hundreds of protesters burning tires on main streets and highways and setting ablaze the Iranian consulate in the city. The protests in Basra are the most serious to shake Iraq’s oil-rich […]
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  • Water Supply Undrinkable in Iraqi City as 5 Killed Amid Protests
    Water Supply Undrinkable in Iraqi City as 5 Killed Amid Protests
    September 5, 2018 | By Reuters
    BASRA, Iraq—Five protesters were killed and 16 more injured during a second day of clashes with security forces in Iraq’s main southern city Basra, Sept. 4, local health and security sources said. It began on Sept. 3, when a man, Yasser Maki, was killed in demonstrations demanding the local administration fix a problem with the […]
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  • Car Bomb Claimed by ISIS Kills 7 in Western Iraq
    Car Bomb Claimed by ISIS Kills 7 in Western Iraq
    August 30, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    BAGHDAD—Seven people were killed Aug. 29 in a suicide car bombing claimed by the ISIS terrorist group in a former stronghold of the jihadists in western Iraq, a security official said. The attacker detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at a joint security checkpoint managed by the Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Forces at the southern […]
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  • Suspected ISIS Member Wanted For Murder in Iraq Arrested in California
    Suspected ISIS Member Wanted For Murder in Iraq Arrested in California
    August 15, 2018 | By Janita Kan
    A suspected ISIS member was arrested in Sacramento, California, on Aug. 15 after he was wanted for the 2014 murder of a police officer, officials said in a statement. Omar Ameen, 45, an Iraqi national, is accused of entering a town with a “caravan of ISIS vehicles” and killing a Rawah police officer after Iraq fell […]
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  • Iraq Executes 12 After PM Calls for Speedy Executions
    Iraq Executes 12 After PM Calls for Speedy Executions
    June 29, 2018 | By Reuters
    BAGHDAD—Iraq put to death 12 people convicted of terrorism hours after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for speedy executions in response to the kidnapping and killing of eight members of the security forces, the government said on Friday. Abadi had ordered late on Thursday “just retribution” through faster executions of all those on death row […]
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  • At Least 18 Killed in Baghdad Explosion
    At Least 18 Killed in Baghdad Explosion
    June 7, 2018 | By Reuters
    BAGHDAD—At least 18 people were killed and over 90 wounded in an explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district on Wednesday, an Iraqi police source said. Photos from the scene showed a destroyed car and building as well as weeping relatives of victims. An interior ministry spokesman said in a brief statement the blast was the […]
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  • Political Bloc of Shi’ite Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr Wins Iraq Election With Populist Message
    Political Bloc of Shi’ite Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr Wins Iraq Election With Populist Message
    May 20, 2018 | By Reuters
    BAGHDAD–A political bloc led by populist Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won the country’s parliamentary election, the electoral commission said on Saturday. Sadr himself cannot become prime minister because he did not run in the election, though his bloc’s victory, puts […]
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  • Iraqis Vote For First Time Since Defeat of ISIS
    Iraqis Vote For First Time Since Defeat of ISIS
    May 13, 2018 | By Reuters
    BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq–Iraqis voted on Saturday for the first time since the defeat of ISIS, with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a rare ally of both the United States and Iran, trying to fend off powerful Shi’ite groups that would pull the country closer to Tehran. Iraqis expressed pride at the prospect of voting for the fourth […]
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  • Iraq to Take ‘All Necessary Measures’ to Prevent ISIS Attacks From Syria, PM Says
    Iraq to Take ‘All Necessary Measures’ to Prevent ISIS Attacks From Syria, PM Says
    April 12, 2018 | By Reuters
    BAGHDAD—Iraq will take “all the necessary measures” to prevent cross-border attacks by ISIS terrorists in Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday. Last year Iraqi warplanes carried out at least one strike on ISIS targets inside Syria, in coordination with the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition and with the approval of the Syrian government. “Daesh […]
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  • Saddam Hussein’s Eldest Daughter Named on Most Wanted List
    Saddam Hussein’s Eldest Daughter Named on Most Wanted List
    February 5, 2018 | By Cathy Zhang
    Iraqi security services have included the daughter of the late Saddam Hussein on its most wanted list, along with 59 other individuals. Authorities say the 60 people are wanted on suspicion of belonging to ISIS, al-Qaeda, or the the former Iraqi regime’s Baath Party, reports AFP. Raghad Saddam Hussein, the fallen Iraqi dictator’s eldest daughter, responded […]
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  • For Iraq’s Christians, a Bittersweet First Christmas Home After ISIS
    For Iraq’s Christians, a Bittersweet First Christmas Home After ISIS
    December 24, 2017 | By Reuters
    TELESKOF, Iraq–Inside the newly renovated Church of Saint George in the Northern Iraqi town of Teleskof, Hayat Chamoun Daoud led children while dressed as Santa Claus and singing “Jingle Bells” in Aramaic. Like every other resident of Teleskof, this was Daoud’s first Christmas back home in three years, since ISIS terrorists overran her town and […]
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  • With Loss of Raqqa, the ISIS ‘Caliphate’ Is Ending
    With Loss of Raqqa, the ISIS ‘Caliphate’ Is Ending
    October 18, 2017 | By Joshua Philipp
    The ISIS terrorist group is losing one of the last strongholds of its proclaimed “caliphate,” as coalition forces reach the final stages of pushing it out of the city of Raqqa in Syria. Raqqa was the group’s last major stronghold, following its recent loss of Mosul in Iraq. The terrorist group is now being pushed […]
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  • Iraqi Forces Liberate Hawijah, Hundreds of ISIS Terrorists Surrender
    Iraqi Forces Liberate Hawijah, Hundreds of ISIS Terrorists Surrender
    October 6, 2017 | By Matthew Little
    Iraqi forces won a “swift and decisive victory against ISIS in Hawijah” on Thursday, Oct. 5, according to Coalition sources. “The battle was hard fought and operations to liberate the city took 14 days, with many sources reporting more than 1,000 terrorists surrendered,” reads a statement from the U.S. Central Command. During the Iraq war, […]
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  • ISIS Leader Calls on Followers to ‘Fan the Flames of War’ in Audio Recording
    ISIS Leader Calls on Followers to ‘Fan the Flames of War’ in Audio Recording
    September 28, 2017 | By Matthew Little
    ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is attempting to rally his followers through an undated audio recording released Thursday, Sept. 28, that urges them to keep fighting despite recent losses. “Beware of retreat, or the feeling of defeat, beware of negotiations or surrender. Do not lay down your arms,” Baghdadi said in the recording. “Oh Soldiers […]
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  • ISIS Convoy Joins Terrorists in ISIS-Held Syria
    ISIS Convoy Joins Terrorists in ISIS-Held Syria
    September 16, 2017 | By Matthew Little
    The ISIS convoy that was making its way from Syria’s border with Lebanon to meet up with other ISIS terrorists near the border in Iraq has reached its destination, allowing ISIS to unite once divided forces. U.S.-led coalition forces had harried the convoy with constant aerial surveillance and air strikes and took out 40 vehicles […]
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  • Air Strikes Take Out Two Senior ISIS Figures
    Air Strikes Take Out Two Senior ISIS Figures
    September 7, 2017 | By Matthew Little
    Coalition forces in Syria have killed two senior ISIS leaders as the terrorist group comes under increasing pressure from Iraqi and Syrian fighters. “The removal of these key ISIS leaders disrupts ISIS’s weapons engineering activities,” says a statement from U.S. Central Command. One of the men, Abu Anas al-Shami, was the ISIS weapons research leader who […]
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  • ISIS After the ‘Caliphate’
    ISIS After the ‘Caliphate’
    November 27, 2016 | By Joshua Philipp
    Iraqi forces, with U.S. assistance, are currently fighting the ISIS terrorist group for control of Mosul. And in Syria, various forces, including Syrian government troops with the aid of Russia, are preparing to push ISIS out of Raqqa. When the smoke clears, ISIS will have likely lost its two main bases, and with them, the […]
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  • Assault on ISIS Capital Raqqa Could Be Launched Within Weeks
    Assault on ISIS Capital Raqqa Could Be Launched Within Weeks
    November 6, 2016 | By Chris Massaro
    U.S. and allied forces say that they could attack the Syrian city of Raqqa—the capital of the ISIS terrorist group’s self-proclaimed caliphate—within weeks, according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Just weeks ago, Iraqi forces with the support of some 5,000 U.S. troops launched a major offensive against Mosul, which is considered to be […]
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  • Exclusive: ISIS Mustard Gas Stockpile Captured Near Mosul (Photos)
    Exclusive: ISIS Mustard Gas Stockpile Captured Near Mosul (Photos)
    October 23, 2016 | By Joshua Philipp
    Iraqi troops have captured a cache of chemical weapons that formerly belonged to the ISIS terrorist group in Qayyarah, Iraq, just east of the terrorist organization’s stronghold in Mosul. Photographs taken in mid-October of the weapons along with chemical readings from the stockpile of weapons were provided to Epoch Times by Ed Alexander, chief intelligence […]
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  • Report: Pentagon Paid a PR Firm $500 Million to Make Fake al-Qaeda Videos
    Report: Pentagon Paid a PR Firm $500 Million to Make Fake al-Qaeda Videos
    October 3, 2016 | By Jack Phillips
    A PR firm in the United Kingdom was handed $500 million by the Pentagon to make fake terrorist videos to portray al-Qaeda in a negative light and to track sympathizers. The White House and Gen. David Petraeus signed off on the content produced by PR firm Bell Pottinger, according to a former employee, as reported […]
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  • ISIS Radio Station Bombed by Jets, Goes Silent
    ISIS Radio Station Bombed by Jets, Goes Silent
    October 3, 2016 | By Jack Phillips
    A radio station that broadcast ISIS propaganda in Iraq was bombed to silence by Iraqi forces, according to reports. The Al-Bayan station, which was one of the most significant propaganda broadcasting tools for the terrorist organization, went silent on Sunday after it was bombed by jets, a spokesperson told NBC News. “They used to broadcast […]
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  • In Battle for Iraq’s Mosul, Many Forces With Many Motives
    In Battle for Iraq’s Mosul, Many Forces With Many Motives
    September 25, 2016 | By The Associated Press
    BAGHDAD—An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic State (ISIS). The tacit alliance—Iraqi troops alongside Shiite militiamen, Kurdish fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and U.S special forces—underscores the […]
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  • Iraq: Triple Suicide Attack North of Baghdad Kills 11 Troops
    Iraq: Triple Suicide Attack North of Baghdad Kills 11 Troops
    September 24, 2016 | By The Associated Press
    BAGHDAD—A triple suicide bombing against a security check point north of Baghdad on Saturday killed at least 11 members of the security forces, a police officer said. The spokesman for the Salahuddin province police force, Col. Mohammed al-Jabouri, said three militants rammed their explosives-laden vehicles early Saturday morning into the main check point near the […]
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  • Mosul Fight Is Already Redrawing the Map of Northern Iraq
    Mosul Fight Is Already Redrawing the Map of Northern Iraq
    August 27, 2016 | By The Associated Press
    QARQASHAH, Iraq—In the buildup to a long-awaited offensive on the city of Mosul, Kurdish forces are seizing new territory in northern Iraq that they say will become part of their autonomous region. The moves are further straining relations between the Kurds and the Baghdad government and Shiite militias, all ostensibly allies in the fight against […]
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  • Victories Against ISIS Leave Iraq’s Sunni Heartland Shattered
    Victories Against ISIS Leave Iraq’s Sunni Heartland Shattered
    August 13, 2016 | By The Associated Press
    AMIRIYAH AL-FALLUJAH, Iraq—As Iraqi political and military attention shifts north in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS), the military victories that have put Iraqi forces on Mosul’s doorstep have left behind shattered cities, towns and communities in Iraq’s Sunni heartland. Anbar has witnessed the most successful military phase of the ground fight against ISIS […]
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