Top U.S. General: Many Iraqis Believe Washington Aiding Islamic State
By Seán D. Naylor The general in charge of U.S. special operations forces in Iraq for the past six months …
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Haider al-Abadi: Unabashed and Unplugged
By Lara Jakes Seeking to show that Iraq’s sectarian tensions are beginning to ease, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi offered a …
Don’t Make a Bad Situation in the Middle East Worse
By Eugene Robinson As gung-ho “experts” press President Obama to do this, that or the other in the Middle East, …
Iraqi Forces Claim Western Areas of Tikrit From ISIS
By ANNE BARNARD Photo Shiite fighters near the site of an explosion on Thursday after a vehicle driven by an …
America Is Losing the War in Syria
Moderate rebel groups are suffering. The Islamic State and Nusra are gaining ground. And Washington’s piecemeal efforts are worthless. Here’s …
Iranian-led militias close in on Tikrit, Iraq – Saddam’s hometown
By Mitchell Prothero Iraqi army soldiers and volunteers prepare to launch mortar shells and rockets against Islamic State militant positions …
Isis militants destroy remains of Hatra in northern Iraq
2,000-year-old city has been demolished, says tourism and antiquities ministry Islamic State militants have destroyed remains of the 2,000-year-old city …
For God and Country, and Iran
By David Kenner BAGHDAD — “We’re moving on Salahaddin,” said Badr Organization spokesman and military commander Karim al-Nouri. “And there …
U.S. Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran
By HELENE COOPER A Shiite cleric addressed Iraqi soldiers and Shiite fighters on Monday, before they began a campaign to …
Iraqi Campaign to Drive ISIS From Tikrit Reveals Tensions With U.S.
By ANNE BARNARD Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen on Tuesday in Salahuddin Province, north of Baghdad. Credit Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters BAGHDAD …
U.N. officials fear an attack on Mosul will displace 1.5 million people
By John Zarocostas Mosul in 2011 SEBASTIAN MEYER — MCT GENEVA — A planned offensive to retake the city of …
Against Radicals, Obama Urges Global United Front
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISFEB President Obama urged worldwide cooperation at a summit meeting Wednesday on countering violent extremism. Credit Stephen …
Assad says Syria is ‘informed on anti-IS air campaign’
WATCH FUL INTERVIEW Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says his government is receiving messages from the US-led coalition battling the jihadist …
U.S. says it killed Saddam chemical weapons expert now working for Islamic State
By Mark Seibel WASHINGTON — A U.S. bombing raid in Iraq has killed a chemical weapons expert who once worked …
The Abdication of Moral Responsibility
Massacres in Egypt, a rampant Islamic State, and war crimes in Palestine and Israel: How Western inattention to the human …
ISIL’s Rise in Libya
The country’s descent into chaos is getting harder for the United States to ignore. By CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN The Islamic State …
Islamic State flees Kobani in Syria; Kurds in Turkey, Iraq dance in the streets
By Mitchell Prothero Kurds wave the flags of outlawed rebel group of the PKK to celebrate in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. …
Escape to Syria of Charlie Hebdo suspect shows Turkey’s role as jihadi highway
By Roy Gutman Syrians line up with luggage at Akcakale, Turkey, border crossing to return to their homes in Islamic-State …
Amid Raging Violence in Syria, Lebanese Sunnis Turn Backs on Islamic State
By David Kenner BEIRUT — On Saturday night, Taha al-Khayal and Bilal al-Mariyan approached the Omran Café in the Lebanese …
Paris supermarket attacker claims allegiance to Islamic State in video
Shiv Malik and Mark Tran in London and Kim Willsher, Anne Penketh and Alexandra Topping in Paris http://cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/2015/01/11/150111Coulibaly3_KP-19551666_desk.mp4 The video …
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