Baghdad (FAIR) – Earlier this week, human rights group Amnesty International issued a lengthy report accusing US-backed forces of “repeated violations of international humanitarian law, some of which may amount to war crimes,” in Mosul, Iraq, causing the deaths of at least 3,700 civilians. Neither this report, nor the broader issue of the civilian toll in the US war against […]
Washington D.C. (SCF) – There are signs that a US military operation against Iran is imminent. The administration is pushing Congress for the authority to build new «temporary» facilities in Iraq and Syria. Its policy statement says the armed forces are hamstrung by legal restrictions on the ability to expand military infrastructure in Syria and Iraq. The […]
Washington D.C. (AHT) – The United States presents itself to the world as a beacon of liberty and a proponent of human rights around the world, ready and willing to stand up for and defend the downtrodden. Florida Senator Marco Rubio recently said that the world looks to the U.S. as an example of democracy. […]
Mosul (SCF) – On July 9, Mosul was declared liberated from the Islamic State (IS). Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in the city to announce the mission’s success. After nine months of fierce and grueling fighting and human suffering, the terrorists lost the city, which has been their stronghold for the last three years. Around 915,000 residents […]
Detroit, MI (WWP) – A fresh wave of state terror against the Iraqi community began on June 11 in Michigan. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, targeting primarily Iraqi Christians called Chaldeans, began kidnapping people from their homes, restaurants, gathering places in the Iraqi community and even churches! This situation has proceeded unhindered, as 1,444 Iraqi people are on an […]
Baghdad (Duran) – ISIS fighters in Mosul now trapped by Iraqi army in just a few streets of the Old City but still in contact with ISIS leadership. Over the last 24 hours the Iraqi army has reduced the tiny ISIS controlled pocket in the Old City of Mosul further in size, that it now spans just one […]
Baghdad (GPA) – Yesterday, in an obvious act of desperation, the Islamic State demolished the historic Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the old city of Mosul. The terror group carried out the controlled implosion of the medieval Mosque as Iraqi forces came within 165 feet of it’s location. The mosque is where IS leader Abu […]
Mosul (Tasnim) – Tens of thousands of civilians in parts of Mosul held by Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) are struggling to get food, water and medicine, the United Nations said, days into a new push by Iraqi government troops to take the northern city. Up to 200,000 people still live behind Daesh lines […]
Washington, D.C. (GPA) – A new report obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request shows that the US lost $1.3 billion in weapons meant for Iraqi forces. The lost weapons were a part of the United States’ “Iraq Train and Equip Fund” (ITEF). The figure comes from a now declassified 2016 audit by […]
Mosul (AMN) – Given the current rate of advance, the battle for Mosul is expected to be over within a couple of weeks, culminating in an excruciating defeat for the Islamic State. On Monday, the Iraqi Army was able to impose full control over the Najjar neighborhood and wipe out a couple of ISIS sniper nests on the […]