Tag: Iraq
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US journalist kidnapped in Iraq by Iranian proxies
An American journalist with links to major international outlets including the BBC has been kidnapped in Baghdad in what officials believe is an operation carried out by Iranian-backed militias. The journalist, identified as Shelly Kittleson, was abducted on Tuesday in central Baghdad by armed men who intercepted her on a busy street before forcing her…
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French soldier killed by Iranian attack on Iraqi base: Italy to pull its troops out of Iraq
One French military officer was killed by an Iranian drone and missile attack on a joint French and Peshmerga base in Erbil in the Makhmour area , Iraq. Footage of the attack below. Italy is also in the process of pulling out its troops from Iraq after Iran targeted the NATO-compound Camp Singara in a…
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Bulgarian government to take over Lukoil’s refinery: Lukoil’s plant in Iraq gutted
The Bulgarian government is in the process to take over the Neftohim Burgas oil-refiner owned by Lukoil following sanctions issued by the US. Lukoil management is barred from voting over the sale which will be managed and directed by the government according to Reuters. The plant is currently being protected by anti-drone systems. The President…
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UPDATED: Heat dome over Europe persists after wild fires in Spain
UPDATED: A second freighting volunteer is being reported to have been killed yesterday in León while extinguishing fires in the region. A high pressure heat dome on southern Europe is persisting after the heat helped caused extensive wild fires in Spain this week that burnt up to 3000 hectares of land as temperatures soared up…
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PKK in Iraq begin to disarm but SDF in Syria still not moving ahead with integration plans
The PKK in Iraq has begun to disarm following the decision by its incrqacrated leader, Abdullah Ocalan, to give up the armed struggle and turn to peaceful means. In a filmed event in Sulaimaniya in the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, a group of PKK soldiers ceremoniously burnt their rifles and guns. On the other…
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Up to 50 Iran and Hezbollah-linked terrorists killed in Syria and Iraq by US Forces
US forces in Syria and Iraq have launched attacks in the Iraqi and Syria border regions that killed up to 50 Hezbollah and Iran-linked terrorists including members of the Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada. The attacks took place in the city of Deir ez-Zor (Deirezzor) and surrounding areas and the Iraqi and Syrian border at Al-Qaim. Mark…
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Patriots for Israel but not for the Kurds
Last week, when the US helped Israel intercept up to 300 ballistic missiles fired at it by Iran, the US partly did so from its bases in Iraq using its Patriot missiles. The US is in the bizarre situation where it is using missile defense systems in a country not to defend its citizens but…
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Israel successfully hits back at Iranian bases in Iraq and Iran
Israel has successfully hit and destroyed air-defense systems in Isfahan, Iran and an Iranian-militia proxy base 50 km south of Baghdad in Iraq. The base of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Kalsu Hashd al-Shaabi has been completely destroyed. The attack is response following a failed Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel last week.…
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Fareed Zakaria’s analysis of the President Biden’s strategy in the Near East is spot on
CNN journalist and broadcaster Fareed Zakaria has made a very reasonable and concise analysis of President Biden’s strategy in the Near East, describing it as a strategy namely marked by methods of political de-escalation as it seeks to avoid a wider military conflict in the region. There is, of course, another side to the argument…
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Iraqi military spokesperson condemns US attack on Kataib Hezbollah senior leader and vows talks on US pull-out will continue
Major-General and Iraqi Military Spokesperson Yahya Rasoul has condemned the US attack that liquidated the Kataib Hezbollah senior leader responsible for the attacks on a US base in Jordan that killed 3 US troops. The Major-General had also previously condemned the US attacks on Al-Qaim, saying these attacks breached Iraq’s sovereignty. Iraq’s Prime Minister Muhammed…
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The US liquidates senior leader of terrorist group responsible for the latest attack on a US base
According to the US Central Command, the senior leader of Kataib-Hezbollah, the terrorist group that conducted an attack on a US base in Jordan, has been killed in a drone attack in Baghdad, Iraq. The terrorist group also suspended its activities following its attack. The attack targeted the terrorist leader whilst in a moving car…
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President Biden has achieved no strategic success in the Middle East, yet
Despite retaliatory attacks against Iranian militant proxies and IRGC targets in Iraq and Syria during the past few months, President Biden has exerted restraint in the use of force to the extent, that as a result, the United States has not achieved any significant strategic victories during this period. The Houthis still have more control…
