Monthly Archives: October 2015
October 30, 2015
October 30, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ Among today’s major developments: Daesh stages beheadings of four Peshmerga prisoners in Hawija. Al-Abadi’s party, Islamic Dawa, reaffirms its support for his reforms. Rain limits military activities. ANBAR A video of the … Continue reading
October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ Among today’s major developments: Iraqi forces try to recover their equilibrium in the Samarra area. Heavy rains devastate displaced persons camps and impact military activity. More public comments in Baghdad between people supporting … Continue reading
October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ Among today’s major developments: The Daesh attacks in Samarra become a broad assault and expand to new areas. Major political crises in Baghdad and Erbil continue. Iraq sues Turkey for selling Kurdish oil. … Continue reading
October 27, 2015
October 27, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ Among today’s major developments: Prime Minister Al-Abadi says the government does not even have enough money to pay salaries due to the falloff in oil revenues. His own party and other political blocs are … Continue reading
October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ Among today’s major developments: A coordinated effort to regain full control of Sinjar in northwestern Ninewa, and indications that the larger Ninewa liberation campaign may be under way. An inside political attack … Continue reading
October 23, 2015
October 23, 2015 Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler REPORTS FROM IRAQ ANBAR Falluja An Iraqi Army 36th Brigade unit clashed with a Daesh group and killed 2 of them in Hitawiyeen south of Falluja. [BOC Facebook Page] … Continue reading
October 22, 2015
October 22, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ The Pentagon says one American was killed in a successful U.S. military operation to rescue dozens of hostages who “faced imminent mass execution” in Hawija. [CNN] A security source in Kirkuk says … Continue reading
October 21, 2015
October 21, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ ANBAR The Commander of the Tribal Fighters in Anbar says only 3,000 Daesh fighters remain in Anbar cities and 40% of them are not Iraqis. He says Daesh suffered heavy losses during the … Continue reading
October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015 REPORTS FROM IRAQ ANBAR The Chairman of Anbar GC asks PM Abadi to release the results of the investigations into the fall of Falluja and Ramadi and send the military and security commanders … Continue reading
October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015 The Late Jacky Sutton The Late Ammar Al-Shahbander REPORTS FROM IRAQ A tragedy needing urgent attention British journalist Ms. Jacky Sutton, the Iraq Director for the prestigious Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and … Continue reading
