Shia militias to fight for Fallujah, U.S. Backed Forces For Ramadi
Iraqi forces are preparing to face the Islamic State head on, in an attempt to take back Fallujah and Ramadi,...
Iraq
Concerns Raised Over US Co-existence with Iranian-Backed Militias in Iraq
Last week, news reports surfaced that US troops in Iraq have been sharing the Taqqadum military base with Iranian-backed Shia...
House Subcommittee Hearing on “Intelligence Void” involved in admitting Syrian Refugees
Wednesday, June 24th, the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a hearing titled “Admitting Syrian refugees: The Intelligence Void and...
US airstrike kills Benghazi suspect
Ali Ani al-Harzi, a Tunisian terrorist suspected of being involved in the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, was killed...
Cut Down the Black Flag – A Plan to Defeat ISIS
There is an inter-continental Caliphate based in a country that we liberated less than a decade ago. ISIS now commands allegiance...
Senate Rejects Arming The Most Successful Anti-Islamic State Force
Kurdish fighters (the peshmerga) have been the key fighting force in pushing back Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria....
Obama Administration Sends Additional Troops to Iraq While Admitting It Has No Strategy
On May 17, Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar Province, fell to the Islamic State, indicating the weak strategy put...
Is Russia About To Abandon Assad? Probably Not.
A report from the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat citing "anonymous Western diplomatic sources" states that Russia has been changing...
Iraq’s refusal to take refugees leaves America in questionable position
The number of refugees fleeing from their homes in Iraq is rising at an alarmingly high rate, estimated to be...
Iran’s Goals in Iraq Directly Oppose Those of the United States
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon warned Wednesday that Iran is perpetuating conflict in Iraq to keep the country destabilized and...
Iraq Plans to Retake Anbar
On May 26, Iraq announced the beginning of a large military operation against the Islamic State to retake Anbar, a...
Russia and Iraq Plan to Collaborate to Fight the Islamic State
On May 21, Russia and Iraq announced plans to collaborate to combat the threat of the Islamic State in the...
Impending Shia Militia Counteroffensive in Ramadi Puts US in Tough Spot
The Iraqi city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar Province located about 70 miles west of Baghdad, fell to Islamic...
The Invasion of Iraq Was Necessary
Suddenly, the gotcha question for aspiring Republican presidential candidates is, knowing what they do now, would they invade Iraq to...
The Fall of Ramadi is a Catastrophe
Although the Obama administration has rightly portrayed a raid by Army Special Forces last week in Syria that killed ISIS...
Islamic State Attacks Palmyra & Takes Ramadi
Islamic State rebels engaged troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad less than a mile outside the ancient city of...