Rocket slammed near a complex with US soldiers and diplomats in Baghdad
A rocket slammed into the Baghdad airport on Monday, the Iraqi military said, landing near a complex where US soldiers and diplomats are housed. The...
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Nine fugitive Islamic State terrorists blown up in airstrikes by the US-led coalition
Four ISIS camps have been obliterated in a series of airstrikes which killed nine fugitive jihadists in Iraq. Aircraft belonging to the US-led coalition took...
US State Department insists no back-room deal behind the release of Hezbollah financier Kassim Tajideen
The US State Department is denying any deal-making or “good-will diplomacy” was behind the impending release of Kassim Tajideen, a Lebanese-Belgian businessman and convicted financier...
The fight against the Islamic State must continue
Despite a resurgence by the Islamic State, the US is coming under increasing Iraqi pressure to withdraw forces from the country. US President Trump, who...
US investigates Islamic State plot to kill American peace envoy to Afghanistan
U.S. officials say they are seriously investigating Taliban claims that Islamic State in Afghanistan was plotting to assassinate Zalmay Khalilzad, the American peace envoy for...
Basketball-father of the Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter acquitted of terrorism links
The father of NBA center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's human rights record, has been acquitted of charges that he...
Four rockets hit the Baghdad’s Green Zone
Four Katyusha rockets on Thursday hit the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad without causing casualties, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place after...