by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 15, 2016 | Middle East
A senior Iraqi commander was killed by sniper fire from ISIS militants near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the extremist group’s main bastion in Iraq. The U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area....
by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 22, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—In his first televised speech following his appointment on Saturday, Iraq’s new Defense Minister Khalid Al-Obeidi pledged that Iraqi forces would retake all areas of the country that have been taken over by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi troops who fled the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters into Mosul have denied that they abandoned their posts, saying that they had received orders to flee from up the chain of command. Iraqi military forces have...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 5, 2014 | Middle East
Tikrit, Reuters—Sunni insurgents overran parts of the city of Samarra in northern Iraq early on Thursday, bringing them within striking distance of a Shi’ite shrine that was previously the trigger for sectarian war. The offensive is part of an escalating war...
by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 27, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has entered its second phase, with the country’s military chasing down Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Anbar province and other desert areas, an Iraqi military source...
