أرشيف الوسم : Baghdad

On Wednesday, the United States of America vowed to increase aid to Iraq, after scrambling to respond to a Jihadist offensive that has already captured two Iraqi cities and is heading towards Baghdad. Jen Psaki, spokeswoman for the State Department, said that the United States is committed to “working with the Iraqi government and leaders across Iraq to support a …

Militants in Mosul attacked the Turkish consulate in the city on Wednesday, kidnapping 48 people, one of whom was the head of the diplomatic mission. Only a day earlier, the Turkish consulate in Mosul said that members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) had captured 28 Turkish truck drivers; it was on a day when jihadists, …

Violence in parts of North Iraq on Friday led to the deaths of at least 24 people, as several Shiite pilgrims visited the capital city for their annual commemoration rituals. The bombings came amid tight security in Baghdad, as Iraq struggles to deal with drawn-out bloodshed in the country that has seen over 3,700 people in the country die so …