Tag: Iraq
Trump Vows US to Fight Daesh ‘Whenever it Operates’
US21:02 23.03.2019(updated 21:58 23.03.2019) A day after the Pentagon announced victory over Daesh, US President Donald Trump promised that Washington would remain "vigilant" to...
Czech President Lambasts Turkey as “Daesh’s De-Facto Ally”
Europe12:37 20.03.2019(updated 12:38 20.03.2019) The Czech president’s remarks come a few days after Turkey announced a joint operation with Iran against the Kurdistan Workers...
US-backed Syrian fighters 'overrun IS encampment'
US-backed Syrian fighters are reported to have overrun an encampment that made up most of...
At Least 2 Killed, 5 Hurt in Iraqi Army Clashes With Kurdish PKK – Reports
Middle East00:04 18.03.2019(updated 01:27 18.03.2019) Clashes took place Sunday in Sinjar in northwestern Iraq after PKK fighters were denied passage through an army checkpoint,...
‘Hardly Surprising’: Every Third Daesh Returnee Commits Crimes in Sweden
Europe10:02 15.03.2019About 150 Swedish jihadists who had travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for the Daesh cause have returned home, and more are...
Daesh Message from Last City Claims Group Only Lost ‘By Standards of This World’
Middle East23:46 13.03.2019(updated 23:48 13.03.2019) As the US-led coalition closes in on Daesh’s final stronghold in the city of Baghuz near Syria’s border with...
Iran's President Rouhani seeks Iraqi help to mitigate US sanctions
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has begun his first official visit to Iraq since taking office...
SDF attack Islamic State group's Syria enclave Baghuz
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have launched another assault on the Islamic State group's...
Shamima Begum: ‘Strong’ Reports Daesh Bride’s Baby ‘Has Died’ – Lawyer
World19:22 08.03.2019(updated 02:53 09.03.2019) If the reports are confirmed, then it would mean that Miss Begum has lost all three of her children that...
US Suspected of Deploying Avenger Drones to Syria for Mystery Missions
Earlier, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have hacked into over half a dozen US drones flying over Syria and Iraq in recent...
IS militants 'caught trying to escape' last Syria enclave
About 400 Islamic State militants have been captured trying to escape the last piece of...
A new line of control
In 2011, then a Flight Lieutenant who flew a Sukhoi fighter jet, Abhinandan Varthaman was asked in a...
Who will take IS fighter and his London 'jihadi bride'?
By Anna Holligan BBC News, The Hague...
Life inside the chaos left by the Islamic State group's fall
By Quentin Sommerville Deir al-Zour, Syria ...
