Iraqi forces are trying to keep pressure on the Islamic State terrorists
Iraqi forces are pushing ahead with their crackdown on Islamic State's ongoing insurgency, despite the pause in assistance from the United States and coalition partners....
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Northern Iraq airbase targeted by the Iranian rockets has been key in Canadian fight against the Islamic State
There was a time — not so very long ago — when the sounds of war were a daily occurrence at the sprawling airbase in...
Who was Qassem Soleimani and why is his death a major development in U.S.-Middle East relations?
Qassem Soleimani, leader of the foreign wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, local...
Iran-backed militias working together to drive U.S. forces from Iraq
The crisscrossing agendas facing Iraq — pressured by the U.S. and Iran while trying to set up a functioning government in Baghdad and preventing a...
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was most wanted terrorist and became the most powerful Iran’s man in Iraq
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), or Hashid al-Shaabi, an umbrella grouping of mostly Iran-backed Shi’i militias in Iraq,...
Iranian General killed in Iraq: Who was Qasem Soleimani?
Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, who died in a US Air Force strike in Baghdad, is considered a living legend. The Iranians practically idolize him,...
The Islamic State’s own accounts of the ‘Revenge’ expedition
Readers will note that I concluded 2019 by compiling and translating all the official Islamic State (IS) claims of operations that were released under the...