Newlywed, new dad killed in noncombatant incidents in Iraq
Two Georgia National Guard soldiers — one newly married, the other a recent father — were killed in a non-combatant incident in Iraq on Wednesday. Special Forces Officer Travis Jordan Pameni, 23, died after the incident in another part of Baghdad, according to the Army. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment in […]
Iraq’s Yazidis gather to remember the dead and missing, 10 years on from Islamic State genocide | Iraq
Ten years ago Saturday, the Islamic State (IS) invaded Iraq’s Sinjar province, expelling, killing and enslaving hundreds of thousands of Yazidis. On Saturday morning, crowds gathered for a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the genocide at the “Tomb of the Mothers,” where 111 elderly women were shot to death or buried alive after being […]
US forces conduct defensive airstrike in Iraq
U.S. forces in Iraq conducted defensive airstrikes in Musaib, Babil province, on Tuesday evening, a U.S. military official confirmed to Fox News. Officials said the attack was carried out at 5pm ET and targeted a militant attempting to launch a Unilateral Attack Unmanned Aerial System (OWAUAS). “Based on recent attacks in Iraq and Syria, U.S. […]
Iraq Demands Olympics Keep Israeli Flag Away from Theirs, IOC Says No
Helder Rauf, head of Iraq’s delegation to the Paris Olympics, said Saturday that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had rejected Iraq’s request not to fly the Israeli flag next to the Iraqi flag during soccer matches. “When we arrived at the Lyon stadium, the Iraqi flag was flying next to the Israeli flag,” Rauf said. […]
Rockets launched at US forces stationed at Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq
Four rockets landed near Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq, where US troops are stationed, on Thursday, but no one was injured and there was no damage to the base, Fox News reported. A US defense official told Fox News that the rockets did not land on the base. The attack came just days after […]
Iraq Issues Death Sentence for Wife of Slain Islamic State Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council on Wednesday sentenced the unnamed wife of former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death, nearly five years after her husband was killed in a U.S. special forces operation ordered by President Donald Trump. An Iraqi court found Baghdadi’s wife guilty of collaborating with ISIS operations and holding Yazidi women […]
Foreign Policy Scholars Who Opposed Iraq War Oppose Adding Ukraine to NATO
Foreign policy scholars who opposed the Iraq War said Wednesday they would oppose Ukraine’s membership in NATO, saying it could lead to war between the United States and Russia. Dozens of foreign policy experts It is called At next week’s NATO summit in Washington, the academics are urging NATO allies not to jump the gun […]
From Covid-inspired tag in Mexico to soccer with no ball in Iraq: Francis Alÿs on his joyous films of children’s games | Art
circleThe expression “child’s play” is used to suggest something is simple, but the ways children entertain themselves are often the result of great ingenuity and resourcefulness. For more than 20 years, Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist Francis Alÿs has traveled the world capturing children’s games, some of which are universal, and others that have developed in response […]
Florida Brothers Accused of ‘Dirty Trick’ to Keep Iraq Veteran GOP Candidate off Ballot
The dirty politics of betrayal and backstabbing was on full display in Lake County, Florida this week, sparking outrage across the state and causing the perpetrators to reportedly flee town. Cary Baker, a Lake County property appraiser who was first elected in 2012, had high hopes of keeping his seat in November. He ran unopposed […]
John Kirby likens Israeli airstrike that killed civilians to US bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Amid international condemnation after airstrikes in the Gaza Strip reportedly killed dozens of civilians, White House spokesman John Kirby defended Israel, saying the U.S. military “has done the same thing.” “We have carried out airstrikes in places like Iraq and Afghanistan that have caused tragic civilian casualties,” he said, adding that the US […]