3 Americans abducted in Baghdad by ‘criminal gangs,’ says Iraq
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that there appears to be no political motivation behind the recent abduction of three Americans in Baghdad, saying the men seem to have been taken by...
View ArticleIraqi militias are identified in kidnapping
BAGHDAD - Two powerful Shiite militias are top suspects in the abduction of three Americans last weekend in a southern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital, an Iraqi police commander and a Western...
View ArticleHow Involved Are US Special Forces in Fight Against Islamic State?
Carla Babb PENTAGON— As Defense Secretary Ash Carter calls for continued U.S. "boots on the ground" in Iraq and Syria to defeat the Islamic State (IS) group, the public is still trying to figure out...
View ArticlePentagon accuses some anti-IS partners of doing ‘nothing at all’ to halt...
Several members of the US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria are doing “nothing at all” to help destroy the jihadists, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said on Friday....
View ArticleUS Secretary of Defense Targets ISIL, Calls for Turkey to Do More (World...
(Source: World Economic Forum) Fon Mathuros, Head of Media, Public Engagement, Tel.: +41 (0)79 201 0211; Email: fmathuro@weforum.org · Defeating ISIL is a necessity for US Secretary of Defense, who...
View ArticleU.S. to Put 'Boots on the Ground' in Iraq to Combat ISIL
Defense Secretary Carter announces plans to deploy 101st Airborne Division in latest escalation of war. In an op-ed in Politico and in an appearance at Davos World Economic Forum Friday morning,...
View ArticleIraqi PM expresses doubts that 3 Americans were kidnapped
BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister has expressed doubts that the three Americans who went missing from a Baghdad neighborhood last week have been kidnapped. Haider al-Abadi says no demands have been made...
View ArticleThe Latest: Kenya warns Europe on response to migrant crisis
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The latest developments from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where top executives and world leaders are meeting this week. All times local. ___ 7:40 p.m. Amina...
View ArticleIraq to start Mosul offensive against IS in first half of 2016: Minister
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq plans to launch the operation to dislodge Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul in the first half of 2016, Defense...
View ArticleIraq: Operation to retake Mosul from ISIS will begin in first half of 2016
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq plans to launch the operation to dislodge Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul in the first half of 2016, Defense...
View ArticleCarter: Some anti-ISIL coalition partners doing 'nothing at all'
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has criticized some members of the so-called coalition against Daesh (ISIL) for doing “nothing at all” to destroy the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria. “Many of them...
View ArticlePentagon chief says some coalition partners in fight against Isis 'do nothing'
Ash Carter suggests there are cracks in the unity of the US-led coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria...
View ArticleUS considering military presence in Iraq over Daesh
The US is considering military presence in Iraqi bases ahead of an imminent battle against Daesh (ISIL) militants in the Arab country. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
View ArticleThe Latest: US official says trade talks with EU advancing
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The latest developments from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where top executives and world leaders are meeting this week. All times local. ___ 5:20 p.m...
View Article48 Killed in Iraq as U.S. Considers Future Troop Deployments
Separately U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned that “there will be boots on the ground” in the upcoming battles to defeat the Islamic State militants, but the primary focus will be...
View ArticlePentagon Chief: Some Anti-IS Coalition Members Do 'Nothing At All'
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says several members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria are doing "nothing at...
View ArticleHow To Succeed at Failing, Pentagon-Style
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Iraq and Afghanistan are separated by more than 1,000 miles and, although they both exist in what is now known as the Greater Middle East, they had little in common –...
View ArticleUS Defense Secretary chides Gulf allies for 'strange' Islamic State inaction
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunni nations must do more to support the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria, offering his most direct public criticism of...
View ArticleCarter Chides Gulf Allies for `Strange' Islamic State Inaction
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunni nations must do more to support the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria, offering his most direct public criticism of...
View ArticleUS plans to 'further accelerate' ISIS fight: Momentum or mixed messages?
The United States military has been “accelerating” its anti-Islamic State campaign for months. Now, it plans to “further accelerate” its operations, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said this week....
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