Iraq

Helicopter aiding Yezidis in Iraq crashes with parliamentarian, journalists on board

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 12, 2014 07:02 PM EDT

A helicopter carrying journalists and a parliamentarian that was delivering aid to Yezidis stranded on the Sinjar Mountains crashed after trying to take off again.

Report says Kurdish pesh merga left Yezidis to face wrath of Islamic State without a fight

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 11, 2014 07:16 PM EDT

A new report has said that the Kurdish militia known as the pesh merga refused to confront the Islamic State, choosing instead to flee and leave thousands of Yezidis at the mercy of IS.

Obama suggests airstrikes in Iraq could last months

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 11, 2014 08:17 AM EDT

President Barack Obama has suggested that the airstrikes and humanitarian aid drops he recently authorized in Iraq may go on for months.

US begins airstrikes, aid drops in Iraq

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 08, 2014 08:19 AM EDT

President Barack Obama has authorized airstrikes in Iraq in an effort to slow the rapid advances of the Islamic State throughout the country.

Islamic State captures Mosul Dam, threatens Kurds

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 04, 2014 08:26 AM EDT

Frustrated by their inability to make further gains on the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, it appears as if the Islamic State has chosen to engage Kurdish forces in Kurdish-controlled territory for the first time since taking control of large portions of eastern Syria and western Iraq.

1st American suicide bomber in Syria returned to US after training

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 31, 2014 11:06 AM EDT

The first confirmed American suicide bomber in the Syrian Civil War was able to return to the United States for months before he carried out his final deadly mission on behalf of the al-Qaida aligned Nusra Front.

US warned Iraq about Islamic State threat, Iraq ignored warnings

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 24, 2014 11:28 AM EDT

Testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee revealed that the United States knew that the Islamic State was advancing on Iraqi territory from Syria and tried to warn the Iraqi government of the growing threat, but the Iraqis refused to listen and take appropriate defensive measures.

Islamic State orders female genital mutilation for all females in Mosul

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 24, 2014 09:30 AM EDT

The Islamic State has issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, ordering that all women in the city of Mosul undergo female genital mutilation.

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