U.S.-led coalition focuses on training a post-ISIL police force in Iraq U.S.-led coalition focuses on training a post-ISIL police force in Iraq:- The U.S.-led coalition is training 3,000 Iraqi police and border officers to help provide security in Iraq once Islamic State militants are pushed out of their last major […]
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First U.S. service member killed in Syria fighting the Islamic State A U.S. service member was killed by an improvised explosive device in northern Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon announced in a statement. The service member was killed near Ayn Issa, a town roughly 35 miles northwest of the Islamic […]
Iraqi commander: Could take months to take control of Mosul from ISIL BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces face a dilemma as they push farther into Mosul: How to draw out entrenched Islamic State fighters while protecting residents who’ve been hunkered in their homes for weeks. “We are advancing steadily,” said Lt. […]
Iraq calls for U.N. emergency meeting on Turkey’s military deployment Iraq calls for U.N. emergency meeting on Turkey’s military deployment : Iraq has requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss Turkey’s military presence on its soil, state television said on Thursday, as a dispute with Ankara […]
Russia said to send more warplanes to Syria, diplomacy ‘on life support’ Russia said to send more warplanes to Syria, diplomacy ‘on life support’ : Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its air campaign, a Russian newspaper reported on Friday, as the United States said diplomacy […]
France ‘conducts air strikes against IS’ France ‘conducts air strikes against IS’ : France has begun air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Iraq from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, reports say. A number of Rafale fighter planes took off from the carrier early on Friday, news agency AFP […]
