Following the so-called Arab Spring uprisings, Syria faced a civil war in which thousands of people were massacred. Besides Iran, Russia, and the Hezbollah from Lebanon, which were already considered its allies, Bashar al-Assad’s government received support from Iraq. The United States, Europe, Israel and other Arab countries backed the anti-Assad forces. Before the civil […]
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Iraq gives deadline to Kurd’s to quit Turkey border post
Iraqi forces set a tight deadline Friday for Kurdish fighters to withdraw from an area on the Turkish border that is critical for oil exports, a government source told media. The senior security source, asking not to be named, said Kurdish peshmerga fighters were being given “a few hours” to pull out of the area […]
Iraqi forces making inroads in Kirkuk
KIRKUK: Iraqi forces made rapid progress on Monday in their operation against Kurdish fighters in the disputed Kirkuk province, seizing a key military base, an airport and an oil field, commanders said. Iraq’s Joint Operations Command (JOC), which groups all pro-government forces, did not specify whether there had been significant clashes in the operation, but […]