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Iraq’s army chief, Gen. Babakir Zebari (R), meets with US Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Defense Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 15, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)
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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. (AFP/Safin Hamed)
ISIS no threat to Erbil: Peshmerga official
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters currently pose no threat to the Kurdish capital Erbil, as Peshmerga forces continue to drive Islamist fighters out of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region, a Peshmerga official said. Speaking to Asharq...Caption:
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey (R) testify during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on US policy toward Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by ISIS in Washington, September 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
US general says cannot rule out larger ground role in Iraq
Washington, Reuters—The most senior US military officer raised the possibility on Tuesday that American troops might need to take on a larger role in Iraq’s ground war against Islamic State militants, but the White House stressed they would not deploy on a...Caption:
A file picture dated 13 May 2013 shows British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama holding a joint news conference following their bilateral meeting, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington DC, USA. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
Cameron and Obama discuss Syria as Pentagon awaits orders
Amman, Washington and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—US president Barack Obama and British prime minister David Cameron have discussed Wednesday’s chemical attack in Syria, which the opposition has said killed 1,300 people. The two leaders spoke on the telephone for 40...Caption:
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani (C), US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah (L) attend the ministerial meeting on Syria, in Doha, Qatar, 22 June 2013. (EPA/Maurizio Gambarini)