Tag: Iraq
Middle East: The Next Conflict
The current state of affairs in the Middle East reflect that the longest, most expensive, destructive and controversial ‘War on Terror’ is now probably entering its...
Erdoğan could be losing his grip on a dangerous, divided Turkey
Erdoğan could be losing his grip on a dangerous, divided Turkey
Alpaslan Ozerdem, Coventry University and Bahar Baser, Coventry University
Turkey’s New Year was marred by...
More than ‘50,000 IS fighters killed’ in US-led airstrikes
At least 50,000 Islamic State group militants have been killed by the US-led coalition since it began air strikes in Iraq and Syria in...
Kurdish president: We have deal with US and Baghdad to keep...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani said Wednesday that Kurdish forces would not withdraw from lands they reclaimed from ISIS before...
The Iraqi Women Daring to Show their Real Faces
More than 10,000 civilians have fled Islamic State group-held Mosul and made their way to refugee camps spread across northern Iraq.
Aid groups are gearing...
Mosul will fall – but it may take a bigger US...
Mosul will fall – but it may take a bigger US presence to force Islamic State out
Paul Rogers, University of Bradford
As the operation to defeat...
Is Turkey Aiming to take back the Ottoman’s Mosul?
Just when people thought the stage is set for reclaiming Mosul from Islamic State, a new factor has emerged. Turkey has aggressively put itself...
Even if Mosul is liberated, it won’t be the end of...
Even if Mosul is liberated, it won't be the end of Islamic State
Simon Mabon, Lancaster University
After weeks of speculation about an attempt to retake...
Canada has pledged $158 million as aid to Iraq, along with...
Canada has pledged $158 million as humanitarian aid to Iraq, along with the possibility of availing $200 million as loan to stabilise the economy....