Special to WorldTribune.com Iraq has begun construction on fortifications in Baghdad that include a moat and a 10-foot high wall. Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan said the military’s Engineering Corps has started work on a 100 kilometer (65-mile) stretch of the wall and trench on the northern and northwestern approaches of the capital, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Al Qaida-linked jihadists, despite threats by Iran and the United States, have continued their advance toward the Iraqi capital. Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has moved closer to Baghdad amid air and ground operations by the Iraqi military. At the same time, Iraqi sources said the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — For the first time in decades, Iraq has attacked neighboring Syria. The government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki said the Iraq Army attacked a convoy in eastern Syria. Officials said Iraqi helicopters fired missiles toward vehicles sent by Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. “The army […]