Iraq
Five Syrian soldiers killed, 20 injured by Islamic State -state media
DUBAI (Reuters) -Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a rocket attack by Islamic State militants on a military transport bus on Sunday in the east of the…
Iran – Evolution from Rich Cultural Heritage to a Regional Power in Perpetual Conflict
Iran is a regional and middle power, which made rapid progress from being one of the oldest civilizations on this planet, with a geopolitically strategic location in the Asian continent. It is a…
By Lt Gen (Dr) SK Gadeock
Iran Seeks to Cool Tensions in Iraq
Iran is intervening in Iraq to quell destabilising internal unrest stirred up by Iranian-backed militias. The actions come as Tehran seeks to preserve its deep influence in the country while…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Two rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone – Iraqi state media
CAIRO (Reuters) -Two Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, Iraq's state news agency reported early on Sunday citing security forces. One rocket was destroyed in the air by the…
Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga retake northern village from IS fighters – sources
SULAIMANIYA/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have recaptured a village in northern Iraq on Monday after Islamic State militants took it over the previous day, security and…
Explosions heard near Syria-Iraq border, rebels deny blasts inside U.S. base
DUBAI/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian state television reported on Sunday that multiple explosions had been heard inside a U.S. base in the Al-Tanf region near the Iraqi border. The report was denied,…
Hundreds more migrants leave Belarus on Iraq-bound flight
MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 400 migrants who had travelled to Belarus seeking to cross the border into the EU flew home on Saturday on an Iraqi Airways plane bound…
Islamic State attack on Iraqi village kills 13, Kurdish government says
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -An attack by Islamic State militants on a village in northern Iraq on Friday killed three villagers and 10 Kurdish soldiers, officials in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region…
Iraqi cleric Sadr says he is dissolving armed faction loyal to him
CAIRO (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Friday he was dissolving the Promised Day Brigade, an armed faction loyal to him, and closing its headquarters, according to…
Iraqi cleric Sadr urges militias to purge ‘undisciplined’ members
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged the country's paramilitaries on Thursday to purge what he called undisciplined members and for non-state armed groups to hand over their…
‘Tourists’ In Belarus Become Refugees in Poland
When Kamaran Mohammed travelled with his wife and three children to the Belarus capital Minsk last month from their home in northern Iraq, they went as tourists. They were among…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Drone Attack on Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al Khadimi Will Complicate Iraq’s Complex Politics
For fairly long the attention of the world has been focused on Afghanistan and the various shenanigans related to the Taliban 2.0. A presumption seemed to prevail that all was…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
