Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 06:25
Money and weapons alone won't be enough to repair the mistrust between Baghdad and the Sunni tribes it now needs to battle the Islamic State group, which holds about a third of the country and neighboring Syria in its self-declared "caliphate." After Iraqi forces abandoned Ramadi and then turned to Shiite militias for help, both sides remain suspicious of each other, threatening any effort to work together.
Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 06:56
Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday appealed for more aid for the country's beleaguered ground forces, which have yet to score a decisive victory against the Islamic State group despite five months of U.S.-led coalition air raids.
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:11
The first blast struck Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Sadr City in a commercial area, killing at least 11 people and wounding 21, police said. The second explosion hit a commercial street in Baghdad's southeastern al-Ameen district, killing at least five people and wounding 13, police said.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:40
Two Iraqi cities that were strongholds of Sunni insurgents during the U.S. war in the country are battlegrounds once more after al-Qaida militants largely took them over, fending off government forces that have been besieging them for days.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:32
Two bombs hidden inside air conditioners exploded Friday in a Sunni mosque packed with worshippers north of Baghdad, killing at least 18 people in the latest outburst of violence to hit the country.