Who is Dan Caine, Trump’s pick as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Caine, a three-star general whom Trump has praised since at least 2019, helped lead an operation in Iraq against the Islamic ...
'Sesame Street in Iraq': USAID's 'wasteful and dangerous' spending exposed by senator
Iowa, published a list of USAID funding projects over the years, including pottery classes in Morocco and a version of ...
Islamic State members held for years in a Syria prison say they know nothing of the world
A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.
Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan aim to jointly tackle Islamic State, Ankara says
Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a first meeting on the issue in Jordan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan ...
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Head of Iraq’s powerful pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Units visits Tehran
Falih al Fayyadh, the chairman of Iraq’s largely pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), visited Tehran and met with ...
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Tanker owners eye reopening of Iraq’s Kurdish crude pipeline
The crude pipeline from Kirkuk to the port of Ceyhan, in Turkey, was closed by Iraq in March 2023 following a dispute with ...
Court in Tajikistan jails over 30 people for attempted mass poisoning linked to Islamic State offshoot
A court in Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences of between eight and 20 years to more than 30 people it convicted of trying to poison attendees of a festival last year, the prosecutor general's ...
Mosul’s renowned minaret restored from ravages of Islamic State
Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, ...
US tells UN: We cannot pay forever for Syria camps with Islamic State-linked prisoners
U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners "cannot last ...