Special to WorldTribune.com Fierce clashes are being waged to the north of Fallujah between the Iraqi Army and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants, a day after an ambush killed an Iraqi general and three staff officers. ISIL militants used a bulldozer packed with explosive to kill the commander of the army’s 1st […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has deployed captured U.S. combat vehicles in the war in Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the introduction of the U.S.-origin Humvee combat vehicle in Syria. The British-based monitor group said ISIL was seen driving Humvees in the movement’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida has increased operations in a northern Iraqi province. Security sources said Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant expanded its presence in the Diyala province. The sources said ISIL was targeting Iraqi officials, politicians, and police in the northern Sunni-dominated province. “ISIL has moved from Anbar […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — New militias have emerged in wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Security sources said a spate of militias were formed in western and northern Iraq in late 2011 amid the last stage of the U.S. pullout. They said the militias were mostly comprised of Sunni Arabs and believed supported […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Despite the troop withdrawal, the United States expects to be heavily engaged in military projects in Iraq in 2012. U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad James Jeffrey said Washington has been committed to a range of military programs in Iraq that would last up to 2020. Jeffrey said the value of these […]