IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Iraqi forces advance towards heart of IS-held bastion

Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)

Armoured personnel carriers full of soldiers and fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition moved into Al-Nur district of southeast Tal Afar early ...

Iraqi forces retake two districts of IS bastion

Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)

The United Nations said thousands of civilians have fled Tal Afar in the two days since the start of the broad offensive backed by the US-led coalition fighting...

Mattis in Baghdad as Iraq presses assault on IS bastion

Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)

Mattis said he wanted to keep the spotlight on eradicating IS jihadists, in remarks before going into meetings with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other top...

Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Tal Afar

Aug 21, 2017 (AFP)

In the desert plains around Tal Afar, convoys of tanks and armoured vehicles could be seen heading for the jihadist-held city, raising huge clouds of dust. The ...

Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul: PM

Aug 20, 2017 (AFP)

The announcement comes a month after the capture by Iraqi forces of second city Mosul further east in a major blow to the jihadists. In a televised speech, Abad...

Iran general slams Iraq referendum plan during Erdogan talks

Aug 16, 2017 (AFP)

General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri's remarks, carried by Iran's official IRNA news agency, underlined the firm opposition shared in Tehran and Ankara to the poll ...

Iraq readies to retake another IS bastion: officials

Aug 14, 2017 (AFP)

Federal police chief Lieutenant General Raed Shakir Jawdat said in a statement that "armoured and elite units are headed for Tal Afar", the main remaining stron...

Canada to contribute policing to liberated Iraq city

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

The officers are scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks, joining three Canadian police officers already on the ground. They are expected to stay until March 20...

Conviction, sentences upended in Blackwater case

Aug 04, 2017 (AFP)

The court also ordered a resentencing for three other members of Blackwater who were involved in the killing of unarmed civilians, including women and children,...

Iraq faces vast challenges securing, rebuilding Mosul

Aug 03, 2017 (AFP)

After eight months of gruelling fighting against IS, Iraqi forces are in control of Mosul. But the famed Old City has been reduced to rubble and the iconic lean...

FMS support deal in works for Iraqi vessels

Aug 02, 2017 (UPI)

The Foreign Military Sales program package is worth an estimated $150 million. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which manages the FMS program, said...

Two killed in IS-claimed attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul

Aug 01, 2017 (AFP)

On Monday a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the embassy, allowing at least three other militants to breach the compound unleashing an hours-long gun batt...

Iraqis in Mosul markets both fear and hope for the future

Jul 30, 2017 (AFP)

"Mosul will never be the same again," sighs Yunes Abdullah, a 60-year-old former soldier who set up a stall to repair televisions and other electrical appliance...

Schoolgirls in Iraq's Mosul aim to catch up on lost years

Jul 29, 2017 (AFP)

With a blast from her whistle to signal the end of recess, a supervisor in a black robe and white headscarf called the teenage girls back to class, during a rec...

In the ruins of Mosul, a hunt for the missing

Jul 27, 2017 (AFP)

Squatting on the edge of a crater under the burning sun of an Iraqi summer, Khaled Fizaali watches as a digger of the Civil Defence service pulls up a jumble of...

US-trained Iraqi unit carried out Mosul executions: HRW

Jul 27, 2017 (AFP)

The latest report of executions comes after the release of videos allegedly filmed in the Mosul area that appeared to show Iraqi forces executing one detainee a...

Cardinal hails 'rebirth' of Iraqi Christian town

Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)

Taking part in mass in the town's cathedral, Lyon's Archbishop Cardinal Philippe Barbarin spoke of both "sadness" and "hope" on returning to the town, which he ...

Iran, Iraq vow to boost military ties

Jul 23, 2017 (AFP)

In a memorandum of understanding signed by Hayali and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Dehghan, the neighbours agreed on a "wide range of military and defence co...

Mosul's Christians face dilemma after Islamic State

Jul 21, 2017 (AFP)

"There's no security, no protection for Christians back there," said the former resident of the largest city in northern Iraq. "It's better for us to stay here ...

After the battle: Mosul looks to rise from the ashes

Jul 19, 2017 (AFP)

But before this can happen, the chaotic mess caused by the conflict that devastated Mosul must be cleared away. Standing outside his damaged house in the west o...