IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Iraq Kurd leader vows to avenge beheaded fighters

Mar 21, 2015 (AFP)

Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, vowed on Saturday to avenge three peshmerga fighters beheaded by the Islamic State jihadist g...

Canada PM says will extend and expand Iraq mission

Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)

Canada's prime minister said Wednesday he will ask parliament next week to extend and broaden a six-month mission fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq due t...

French graft trial over Iraq 'Oil for Food' programme

Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)

Fourteen companies, including Renault Trucks and Legrand, went on trial Wednesday, accused of siphoning off cash to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime during the "oi...

Iraq forces looted, burned after breaking IS siege: HRW

Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)

Iraqi troops and militia looted and burned homes and destroyed villages after breaking the Islamic State group's months-long siege of a Turkmen town last August...

Iraq's Tikrit offensive stalled by IS bombs

Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)

Iraq's offensive to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group was stalled Tuesday because of streets and buildings rigged with booby trap bombs and by the seve...

US returns Iraq treasures as IS threatens heritage

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

As Iraq struggles to protect its ancient sites and heritage from the Islamic State group, the United States returned some 60 historical items to the country on ...

Iraqi intelligence reveals Baghdad car bombers' tricks

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

Trap doors in floorboards and liquor bottles on backseats -- Iraq's intelligence service on Monday detailed how the Islamic State (IS) group's car bomb cell elu...

Minister says Iraq halts Tikrit operation to avoid losses

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

Iraqi forces have halted a massive operation to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State group to avoid casualties and protect infrastructure, Interior ...

Iraq says busted IS Baghdad bombing network

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

Iraqi intelligence said Sunday it had arrested 31 members of the Islamic State group who were responsible for planning and carrying out 52 attacks in Baghdad. I...

Iraqi forces poised for final Tikrit assault

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

Iraqi commanders were plotting a strategy for flushing out the few remaining Islamic State group jihadists from central Tikrit, a city one commander said Saturd...

Iraq army says coalition raids needed in Tikrit battle

Mar 15, 2015 (AFP)

Iraqi forces need support from coalition air strikes in Tikrit, where die-hard jihadists are defending their last redoubt with trenches, sandbags and roadside b...

Glamour over gloom as Baghdad hosts fashion show

Mar 13, 2015 (AFP)

Leggy models in designer clothes strutted down a catwalk in front of Baghdad's high society Friday for a fashion show that tickled one generation's nostalgia an...

Iraqi forces enter IS-held Tikrit after 10-day push

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

Iraqi forces have entered Tikrit, dodging bombs and sniper fire in search of their biggest victory yet against embattled jihadists who tried to light new fires ...

Prague approves warplanes sale to Iraq to fight jihadists

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

The Czech government on Monday approved the sale of 15 combat and training L-159 jets to help Baghdad fight the jihadist Islamic State group, the defence minist...

Top US officer in Baghdad as Iraq fights for Tikrit

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

The top US military officer vowed in Baghdad on Monday that the Islamic State group will be defeated, as Iraqi forces pressed their largest operation yet agains...

UN says 28,000 flee drive to retake Iraq's Tikrit

Mar 05, 2015 (AFP)

Some 28,000 people have fled the Tikrit area as Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist group in a massive offensive aimed at retaking the city, the UN s...

Concern grows for civilians as noose tightens around Tikrit

Mar 05, 2015 (AFP)

Concern mounted Wednesday over the fate of civilians in Tikrit where Iraqi forces were trying to trap Islamic State group jihadists on the third day of a huge o...

Iraq jihadists slow Tikrit advance with bombs and snipers

Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)

Iraqi forces closed in on Tikrit Tuesday, their progress slowed by jihadist snipers and booby traps, on the second day of Baghdad's largest operation yet agains...

Iran's role in Iraq could be positive: US general

Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)

Iran's role in an Iraqi military offensive to recapture Tikrit could be positive as long as it does not fuel sectarian divisions in the country, the US military...

Iraq launches major assault to retake Tikrit from IS

Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)

Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadists in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake one of the Islam...