Iraq

The US-led coalition has set up a Kurdish-dominated “Border Security Force” in Syria. The move has enraged Russia, Iran, the Syrian regime, and especially Turkey. A US Defense Department spokesperson asserted that “The training is designed to enhance security for displaced persons returning to their devastated communities.” The US-led coalition in Syria acknowledged over the weekend that it’s […]

While many people will quickly discount it, there is a growing feeling among many of the nation’s veterans that the average US citizen is so disconnected to the people serving in the armed forces, that they have nothing in common with them. As a result, they are becoming more and more comfortable in only socializing […]

An attack on a prisoner transferring transport occurred in Chamchamal, Kurdistan Monday night (1/15/2018) around 0230. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) counter-terror unit responded and swiftly neutralized the attempted hijackers. As a result, three of the gunmen were injured and the 4th killed by direct fire. This was a coordinated and well-planned attack; this […]

On this day in 1991, Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm as the US along with other coalition countries began a massive bombing campaign against the Iraqi forces of Saddam Hussein. The Iraqis had invaded the country of Kuwait during the summer of 1990 and the coalition began forming up to force Iraq to […]

While many people will quickly discount it, there is a growing feeling among many of the nation’s veterans that the average US citizen is so disconnected to the people serving in the armed forces, that they have nothing in common with them. As a result, they are becoming more and more comfortable in only socializing […]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 27 people were killed and 64 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the deadliest attack so far this year in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said. Read the whole story from Reuters.

A delegation from the Kurdish Regional Government intends to meet in Baghdad with the Ministry of Interior for Iraq to discuss the possibility of reopening the airports in both Sulaymaniah and Erbil while simultaneously addressing the issue of closed borders. A source from within the Iraqi Ministry of Interior confirmed that the meeting would take […]

Many observers declared 2017 the year that the Islamic State (IS) group died its final death – with the loss of virtually all of its territory in both Syria and Iraq. But little attention has been paid to the hundreds of thousands of militants and leaders of IS who are still believed to be roaming […]

Recently two cells of Islamic State operatives were arrested in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan. While both groups had direct ties to the Islamic state, one consisted of all females and was tasked with social media outreach along with propaganda. The other was an all male group dedicated to direct action based terror attacks to be carried out in […]

(you can read part I here) At once I was startled as I nearly plowed into the back of the halted mortar ring. Halted?? Excitement was crawling into my gut. I was then alarmed by the realization that I was standing on the port side (left) of the ring… the flat side that it would […]

It has been made known by Jabar al-Luaibi, Iraq’s Minister of Oil, that Iraq will begin sending Iran approximately 30,000 barrels of oil a day around the end of January. Jabar was quoted  saying, “God willing, we will start before the end of the month.” The plan to sell the oil to Iran was announced in […]

The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has been accused by the Iraqi Prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, of exporting $1.6 billion worth of oil over the last three months without authorization from Iraq. Tensions are running high and neither government can seem to find a solution other than shifting blame. No one seems to believe they are […]