Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJun 13, 2015
Don't feel bad if you're confused about what the United States is trying to accomplish in Iraq. President Obama doesn't seem to know, either -- or else he won't say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 28, 2015
Shiite militias in Iraq have changed the name of their current campaign to take Ramadi from Islamic State from “I am here, O Husayn" to “I am here, O Iraq," since the former could have been interpreted as a sign of sectarianism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 27, 2015
A suicide bomber with a concealed weapon detonated his payload during Friday prayers at the Ali b. Abi Talib Mosque in Qadif, a suburb of the major Shiite city of Qatif in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 27, 2015
Shiite militias in Iraq, joined by some Sunni tribal levies, on Tuesday reached a university campus just to the southwest of Ramadi in what is called a “shaping operation” intended to set the stage for an all-out assault. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 20, 2015
Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi met Tuesday with leaders of the Shiite militias to plan the retaking of Ramadi, a Sunni Arab city about 78 miles due west of Baghdad that fell on Sunday to the Islamic State group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigApr 18, 2015
Islamic State (also known as Daesh) has taken new territory in the western Al-Anbar Province of Iraq and may be on the verge of taking the provincial capital, Ramadi, a week after they were decisively defeated in Tikrit in the south of Salahuddin Province. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 8, 2015
Sunni Muslims who moved back into their neighborhoods in Iraq as five years of violence started to abate in 2008 are being forced out again, “this time mostly by Isis extremists." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 18, 2015
The foremost Sunni Muslim seat of learning, al-Azhar University in Cairo, has stirred controversy by issuing a considered legal opinion condemning the Shiite militias or “Popular Mobilization Forces” that are now fighting alongside the Iraq army to take Tikrit back from the Islamic State group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 12, 2015
The Iraqi forces that are surrounding Tikrit 80 miles north of Baghdad are not just Iraqi forces. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigFeb 24, 2015
Wahhabi Saudi Arabia has launched an all out political offensive against the Shiite Houthi rebels who have taken over the north of the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigNov 25, 2014
Islamic State (known in Arabic as Daesh) has mounted a major offensive in a bid to take Ramadi, the capital of al-Anbar Province in western Iraq. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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