Iraqi Couple Charged in Germany Over Keeping Yazidi Child Sex Slaves
BERLIN (AP) – German federal prosecutors on Monday charged an Iraqi couple with enslavement, torture and war crimes for holding two young Yazidi girls captive as slaves and subjecting them to sexual and physical abuse. Indicted. The man and woman, identified only as Towana HS and Asia RA according to German privacy rules, were arrested […]
Iran-backed Iraqi militias join fight in Syria after militants seize Aleppo | Syria
Iranian-backed Iraqi militias crossed into eastern Syria overnight to shore up embattled forces loyal to Damascus, taking control of much of the country's northwest as Islamic extremists take control of Aleppo. Fighting a sweeping rebellion. A Syrian army officer told Reuters that Iraqi militia forces across the border were “new reinforcements being sent to support […]
Iraqi PM Condemns Terrorism, ‘Occupation’ at U.N. but Fails to Mention Iran
Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Mohammad al-Sudani warned the United Nations at the General Assembly address The world is facing a new wave of “occupation,” “terrorism” and serious violations of international law, he said Thursday, particularly as Iranian-backed jihadist terrorist groups wreak havoc in their countries and regions. omitted mention of. Al-Sudani spent much of his […]
ISIS leaders killed in Western Iraq raid paired with Iraqi Security Forces: CENTCOM
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US and Iraqi officials drawing up plan that could see American troops pulling out as soon as next year
Washington and Baghdad are moving forward with plans to draw down U.S. troops in Iraq as early as next year. The United States and Iraq have reached an “agreement” on a plan to withdraw hundreds of US troops from Iraq by September 2025, with the rest by January 2027, a new report says. Reuters reported. […]
US, Iraqi forces raid targeting Islamic State group militants kills 15 in western desert
U.S. troops took part in a raid in western Iraq early Saturday that targeted suspected Islamic State militants, killing 15 people, the U.S. military said. U.S. troops have been battling Islamic State for years since driving the militants out of their self-declared caliphate across Iraq and Syria, but the deaths and injuries from Friday's attack […]
‘When life gets hard, you must be harder’: running a takeaway kitchen in an Iraqi border town | Global development
TIn the town of Qaim, on the Iraqi-Syrian border near the Euphrates River, in a spacious building with six rooms and a large hall near the central market, Alhan al-Salmani, a man with six children and a tragic past, runs his kitchen, Al-Aiz. It was full of women. 12 people in a vast TanurA traditional […]
Third suspect — an 18-year-old Iraqi citizen — arrested in connection with foiled Taylor Swift concert terror plot in Austria
A third suspect, an 18-year-old Iraqi, has been arrested in Austria in connection with the thwarted Taylor Swift concert terror plot. ABC News reported.. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Kerner said Friday that the third suspect, who is suspected of being in contact with the main perpetrator, a 19-year-old Austrian, was detained in Vienna on Thursday […]
Taylor Swift terror plot investigators detain third suspect, an Iraqi 18-year-old loyal to ISIS
An 18-year-old Iraqi youth who “pledged allegiance” to the Islamic State terrorist group several days ago has become the third suspect arrested in connection with a thwarted plot to attack a canceled Taylor Swift concert in Austria, authorities said. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Kerner said the individual “came from the social environment” of the 19-year-old […]
U.S. Strikes Iraqi Base Used by Iran-Backed Militia Amid Rising Tensions
U.S. officials said Tuesday that U.S. forces struck a base near Baghdad, Iraq, used by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Iranian-backed Shiite militia that has launched numerous terrorist attacks against U.S. troops since the start of the Gaza war. Iraqi Sources Said Four PMF members were killed and four wounded in the attack, which […]