The 5 Most Alarming Developments in Iraq

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 7, 2014 To begin with, airstrikes killed seven and wounded 30 in Mosul on Sunday. But it isn’t clear who was flying the planes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iraq Militants Move Nearer Baghdad in Lightning Offensive

Staff / Truthdig Jun 12, 2014 Militants seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday but security forces thwarted an assault on Samarra, as a lightning jihadist offensive launched in the country's second largest city, Mosul, swept closer to Baghdad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Fall of Mosul and the False Promises of Modern History

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 11, 2014 The fall of Mosul to the radical, extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a set of historical indictments. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Iraq’s Mosul a ‘Ghost City’

Patrick Cockburn / Truthdig May 14, 2008 Mosul looks like a city of the dead. American and Iraqi troops have launched an attack aimed at crushing the last bastion of al-Qa'ida in Iraq and in doing so have turned the country's northern capital into a ghost town. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Iraq to Turkey: Get Out

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2008 On Tuesday, the Iraqi Cabinet expressed extreme displeasure over the incursion of Turkish troops into the Kurdish northern region of Iraq and called for a halt to Turkish interference, which Cabinet officials called a "violation of Iraqi sovereignty." Also on Tuesday, an apparent suicide attack on a bus headed toward Syria from Mosul in northern Iraq killed nine people, according to The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Kills Iraqi Soldiers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2007 Eight Iraqi soldiers were killed and six wounded on Friday, Iraqi officials reported, after an American helicopter mistook them for an al-Qaida cell and opened fire. The U.S. military, which says only five were killed, expressed its "deepest sympathies" for the friendly-fire deaths. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )