Iraqi forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way to Mosul airport Monday as they prepared to take on the ISIL group’s stronghold in the city’s west bank. The fresh push in the four-month-old operation to retake Mosul has sparked fears for 750,000 trapped civilians who risk getting killed ...
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Washington is not about to plunder Iraq’s petroleum reserves, in an attempt to soothe partners rattled by remarks President Donald Trump made. Trump has repeatedly said both while campaigning and since his election that America, whose troops occupied Iraq for eight years, should have ...