Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — The Iraq Army has launched a third campaign to capture a key northern city. The Army deployed several thousand soldiers and Shi’ite volunteers in an operation to drive out Islamic State of Iraq and Levant from Tikrit. On Aug. 19, the Army, directed by U.S. military advisers, attacked Tikrit from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has established positions in and around the Iraqi capital. Iraqi security sources said ISIL has reached the outskirts of Baghdad from several directions. They said ISIL was surrounding the city from both the south and north while infiltrating suicide bomb squads. “There are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been bracing for Al Qaida’s seizure of leading military bases in Iraq. Officials said Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and Levant were surrounding at least two major military bases in northern Iraq. The officials said the biggest threat by ISIL was to the Iraq Air […]