Iraq
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Feb- 2020 -21 FebruaryEurope
Alleged Iraqi ISIS member accused of letting Yazidi ‘slave’ girl die to be charged with genocide in Germany
An Iraqi suspected of belonging to ISIS will face charges of murder and genocide in Germany, accused especially of letting a five-year-old "slave" girl die of thirst
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Jan- 2020 -30 JanuaryMiddle East
US-led Coalition and Iraq resume operations against ISIS
Iraq and the US-led Coalition will resume joint operations against ISIS, nearly a month after attacks bases hosting American personnel forced a pause in the mission
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26 JanuaryMiddle East
Rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad amid standoff with Iran
Multiple rockets struck the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Sunday amid a wider standoff between the US and Iran-backed militias in Iraq
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24 JanuaryMiddle East
Pentagon says 34 US military personnel diagnosed with brain injuries after Iran missile strike
34 US military members have been diagnosed with brain injuries due to Iran's missile attack on two Iraqi airbases earlier this month
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23 JanuaryMiddle East
Intelligence ‘ambiguity’ raises questions over ISIS capability in Iraq and Syria, US-led Coalition says
ISIS's failure to exploit Iraq's protests raises doubts as to group's capabilities, a senior Coalition commander said
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21 JanuaryAmericas
US cyber war against ISIS faced bureaucratic hurdles, newly declassified documents reveal
US Cyber Command's operation against Islamic State faced a number of problems, including difficulties with interagency coordination
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13 JanuaryCommentary
What the ‘Vengeance for the Two Sheikhs’ campaign says about new ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi does not appear to have reduced ISIS’s capabilities, and new leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi seems to be carrying on his legacy
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8 JanuaryMiddle East
Iran fires ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing US troops
Iran fired missiles at Iraqi bases housing the US forces in revenge for the US killing of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani
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7 JanuaryMiddle East
Counter-ISIS Coalition countries temporarily withdrawing personnel from Iraq
Members of the US-led Coalition against ISIS are pulling troops from Iraq as training of both the Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga are paused
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6 JanuaryMiddle East
‘Draft’ letter saying US forces to leave Iraq was sent by ‘mistake,’ Milley says
Troops from US-led Coalition against ISIS are preparing to leave Iraq in the wake of an airstrike that killed an Iranian general and Iraqi militia commander
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