Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) On Monday evening, the Parliament voted in favor of Saleh al-Mutlaq for the post of a Deputy Prime Minister. This came during a meeting of the Council of Representatives allocated to give confidence to the government of the designated Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi. The post URGENT: Saleh al-Mutlaq voted as new Deputy Prime Minister appeared first on Iraq news, the latest...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) On Monday the official Iraqi TV channel reported that members of the Badr parliamentary bloc withdrew from the parliament session during the parliamentary procedure to ratify ministers of the new government. Iraqi TV said that the reason behind the Badr bloc withdrawal was that the leader of the bloc and transportation minister Hadi […] The post Badr bloc withdrew from...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) On Monday evening, Parliament voted in favor of Ibrahim al-Jaafari for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. This news came during a meeting of the Council of Representatives allocated to give confidence to the government of the designated Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi. The post URGENT: Ibrahim al-Jaafari voted as Minister of Foreign Affairs appeared first on Iraq news,...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi parliament adjourned its session till next Tuesday September 16, 2014. /End/ The post Urgent – Parliament adjourns session appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news . ...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) On Monday evening, Parliament voted in favor of al-Maliki and Allawi and Najafi to serve as the Vice-Presidents of Iraq. This came during a meeting of the Council of Representatives allocated to give confidence to the government of the designated Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi. The post URGENT: al-Maliki, Allawi, Najafi to be new Vice-Presidents of Iraq appeared first on Iraq...
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A local source in the province of Nineveh on Monday stated for IraqiNews that the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has expelled over 30 clerics and Imams out of the province for violating the rules of the organization. The source added that the ISIS has also issued an order to […] The post ISIS expells 30 clerics and Imams from Nineveh appeared first on...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The new Council of Ministers will hold tomorrow, Tuesday, its first session to be chaired by the new Prime Minister Haider al-Ebadi. Reliable source reported to IraqiNews.com “Ebadi will chair the first session of the new Council of Ministers after getting the approval of the parliament on his cabinet.” /End/ The post Urgent – Ebadi to chair Tuesday CoM session...
Salah-il-Din (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Air Force threw warning leaflets on Baiji city (40 km) to the north of Tikrit to warn its residents from approaching the shelters of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant which will be targets for air strikes soon. Security source reported to IraqiNews.com “The Iraqi Air Force started warning […] The post Iraqi Air force drops warning leaflets...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A correspondent in the Iraqi parliament on Monday stated for IraqiNews that, the parliament session which was devoted to ratifying the ministers of the new government headed by Haidar al-Abadi has ended and, according to Parliament Speaker al-Jabouri, a regular parliament session will be held again on the 14th of the current month. […] The post Parliament session ends...
(IraqiNews.com) On Monday, the American State Department announced that the Secretary of State, John Kerry will travel to the Middle East on Tuesday with an itinerary that includes Jordan and Saudi Arabia, in order to build an international coalition to confront the fighters of the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The […] The post Obama plans anti-ISIS coalition of 40 countries,...
Reports in New York Times indicate Barack Obama had begun to mobilise coalition of allies behind potential US military action in Syria and expanded air strikes in Iraq Kurdish representative to Australia asks the government to provide military support and ammunition in fight against Islamic State forces Australia has left the door open to contributing to US-led air strikes in Iraq but indicated it...
On August 8, US president Barack Obama announced air strikes against Isis in Iraq. See the day-by-day breakdown of the air strikes On August 8, US president Barack Obama announced that he had authorised targeted air strikes against Islamist militants in Iraq. United States Central Command publishes daily releases which provide information on the US militarys airs trikes against the Islamic State (aka...
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe also calls for return of 'something like' control orders, which tighten authority over terror suspects Britain's most senior police chief has called for wide-ranging new powers to tackle homegrown terrorism, including a "rebuttable presumption" that anyone who visits Syria without prior notice should be treated as a terror suspect. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, chief constable...
Downing Street says there have been no requests from Washington for UK to contribute to air strikes Government sources have expressed surprise over US media reports indicating that Britain is willing to take part in an air campaign alongside the US against Islamic State (Isis) fighters in Syria. Downing Street said there had been no request from Washington for the UK to contribute to air strikes. Ministers...
Egypt-based Dar al-Ifta urges rebrand to al-Qaida Separatists in Iraq and Syria to stop militants smearing reputation of Islam Some call it Isis. Others say it's Isil. The group itself prefers Islamic State, or IS. And in the Middle East, its critics call it Da'ash. Now Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been given a fifth name, and perhaps its oddest: QSIS. Standing for al-Qaida Separatists in Iraq...
The brother of Ken Bigley writes a letter to news editors asking them not to use stills from the video released by Isis It is now one week since images of James Foleys murder in Syria were uploaded to YouTube, and the video began to be disseminated on social media. News organisations have, quite rightly, declined to show video footage out of respect for James and his family, and because there can be...
The US has said little about Mount Sinjar since 14 August, when Obama declared the siege broken, but recent satellite imagery and interviews with Yazidis still on the mountain indicate a humanitarian emergency continuing to unfold For the US and its allies, Mount Sinjar is a success story: a humanitarian disaster alleviated by US air power. But hundreds, if not thousands, of Iraqis mostly sick and...
Do America and its allies need to go into Syria to defeat Isis? President Obama is a cautious man made more cautious by the constraints imposed on him by the gridlocked American political system. In dealing with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), he has so far proceeded step by small step. He has justified the air strikes he has ordered largely on humanitarian grounds, and sent military supplies...
Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan know dangers of Isis but tribal ties and fears of boosting Syria's Assad are prompting caution No one is falling over themselves to respond to Barack Obama's quest for a new "coalition of the willing" to attack the jihadis of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria least of all, it seems, the Arab governments that are most immediately threatened by its brutal, border-demolishing...
Ex-military personnel find new purpose training for Invictus Games with some hoping to become Paralympians Paul Wilson, a 30-year-old veteran of the Afghanistan conflict, says this time last year his life was a mess. He was in the grip of post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by the horrors he had witnessed, was drinking heavily and was in and out of hospital after taking overdoses. Continue reading......