Juan Cole / Informed CommentOct 16, 2017
On Sunday night, artillery duels broke out between Iraqi army forces and Kurdish Peshmerga paramilitary personnel to the south of the city of Kirkuk. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentOct 25, 2016
Iraqi forces continued their advance on Mosul on Sunday despite the car bombs and sniping tactics of Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 7, 2016
The terrorist group is said to have executed a number of young men of fighting age who were attempting to flee territory held by Islamic State. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigJun 1, 2016
Iraqi troops are advancing on Fallujah despite facing fierce resistance from Islamic State, but fear is mounting about the fate of the tens of thousands of noncombatants inside the city who are caught in the crossfire. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 8, 2016
Islamic State has claimed credit for a truck bombing in the largely Shiite city of Hilla that killed 60 people on Sunday and is considered one of the worst terrorist attacks in that city. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 29, 2015
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced Friday that after the city of Ramadi was recovered from Islamic State, the Iraqi army would go on to liberate Mosul. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 26, 2015
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s blunt remarks Sunday about the Iraqi army not having the will to fight ruffled feathers in Baghdad and Tehran. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 19, 2015
Baghdad was shaken by the news that the Iraqi army and police in Ramadi ran away from the advancing forces of the Islamic State group (known also as Daesh). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 1, 2014
Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi announced to his parliament Sunday that inspectors had uncovered 50,000 nonexistent soldiers in four divisions of the Iraqi army. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 3, 2014
Joint Iraqi and Kurdish forces began moving into Tikrit on Tuesday night into Wednesday after victories over the so-called Islamic State of Syria and the Levant in villages around Amerli, including Sulaiman Bek. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigSep 2, 2014
The Iraqi military is maintaining that it has successfully relieved the town of Amerli (pop. 15,000) in northern Iraq from a siege by ISIL (the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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