Iraq

The M2 is perfect for the Kurds; it’s a weapon America first employed in WW2 against an evil empire and it was utilized alongside tactics used about 100 years ago.

The U.S. Air Force dropped more bombs on the Islamic State terror group in June than any time in the past seven months. In all, the U.S. released more than 3,000 weapons on ISIS in Iraq and Syria last month, according to Air Force Central Command. It’s the third-highest monthly total since the air war […]

The commander of the Turkish navy has not been heard from since the failed coup

Radical Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr said that US troops supporting the Iraqi military’s offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State should be targeted by his militias. Sadr, who openly fought US troops several times during the US occupation, made the statement in response to a question from a follower on how they should […]

Forward Deployed Advise and Assist soldiers from 101st Airborne Division Fire on Daesh positions from Kara Soar Base, Iraq, during operations in support of the Iraqi Army.

An American volunteer with the Kurdish Peshmerga caught a Squirtle near Mosul, Iraq and subsequently challenged Daesh (ISIS) to a Pokémon battle.

The Mahdi Army was disbanded in 2008, replaced by the Peace Brigades, which helped push back Daesh from near Baghdad in 2014 under a government-run umbrella, and maintains a presence in the capital and several other cities.

US Air Force fighter pilots, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, spoke about the precision capabilities the air coalition is employing, and the strategic targets, that are diminishing enemy resources

With the beginning of separate offensives against the Islamic State (IS) in Fallujah and Raqqa many analysts are highlighting that this is the beginning of the end of IS, with Mosul next in the sights. However, there is one key issue with this analysis; these offensives do nothing to address the structural failures in both Iraq and Syria that led […]

Watch as the Islamic State sends a large VBIED towards a convoy of Iraqi Security Forces in Fallujah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7lFo3wQZRE  

With the findings of the Chilcot Inquiry recently being released, it is interesting to revisit Saddam Hussein’s own words during his trial in regards to the occupation of Iraq and the search for weapons of mass destruction. In the video below (starting at the time mark of 5:18), the former dictator discusses how America and its allies lied […]

When the suicide bomber exploded in Taksim, they gave my name although I was a captive when the suicide bomber exploded in Taksim. The people in Kobanê allowed me to talk to my family back then.