Ned Parker
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 06:38
17-month U.S. effort to retrain and reunify Iraq’s regular army has failed to create a large number of effective Iraqi combat units or limit the power of sectarian militias, according to officials. Concern about the shortcomings of the American attempt comes as Iraqi government forces and Shiite militias have launched an offensive to retake the city of Fallujah from Islamic State.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:52
Iraq's request to the U.S.-led coalition for air strikes in the campaign to retake Tikrit from Islamic State insurgents is "imminent", a senior diplomat from a Western nation that is part of the coalition told Reuters on Tuesday.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 06:36
Iraq has told President Barack Obama's envoy that the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State needs to do more to help Iraq defeat the jihadists controlling large areas of the north and west of the country.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 07:02
Car bombs exploded at three checkpoints on the western outskirts of Iraq's holy city of Samarra on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 41 others, a security official and locals said.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 12:25
Iraq's Shi'ite rulers defied Western calls on Tuesday to reach out to Sunnis to defuse the uprising in the north of the country, declaring a boycott of Iraq's main Sunni political bloc and accusing Sunni power Saudi Arabia of promoting "genocide".