Soleimani in Baghdad confers with Shiite proxies on strikes against US forces in Iraq, also Israel
Exclusive: Al Qods chief Qassem Soleimani arrived in Baghdad on Monday, Sept. 16, two days after Iran’s cruise-missile drone attack
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ISIS Counteroffensives across Iraq May Spread to Baghdad and Jordan
The first week of the grand offensive designed to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State showed gaps in the thinking
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US Tigris Bridge Plan for Mosul Offensive Sparks Baghdad-Kurdish Tug-o’-War
On a surprise visit to Baghdad on July 11, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced a more than 10 percent
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How US gave Fallujah’s Sunnis into Iranian hands
Sunni refugees In the last few days, the Western press has been full of harrowing reports on the death and
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Iran’s Soleimani leads US-backed attack on Fallujah
Exclusive photo of war conference. For months, US President Barack Obama and the Pentagon opposed the participation by pro-Iranian militias
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Prospects of US-led Mosul Offensive Fade as Iraq Fragments
Even though US President Barack Obama and his top aides have reiterated over the past few days that an American
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Iraq’s Partition Inches Forward with a New Baghdad Wall
As Iraq lurches from crisis to calamity, its disintegration into disparate regions and communities picks up speed. Baghdad is forging
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Mosul Dam Collapse Would Throw Iraq into Chaos, Upend War on ISIS
The Mosul Dam, the fourth largest in the Middle East, was described by the US Army Corps of Engineers in
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Mid East is sizzling: Armed US drones over Baghdad, Saudi, Jordanian tanks deploy
The Obama administration announced Friday, June 27, that unmanned aerial vehicles flying over Baghdad would henceforth be armed in order
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Al Qaeda forms up to march on Baghdad, gathering up Iraqi Sunni rebels. Maliki cries treason
Under its commander, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Al Qaeda’s Islamic State in Iraq and Levant – ISIS – formed up Wednesday
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