Three years ago, in 2014, the “Islamic State” terrorist group (ISIS) breached the deserted frontier between Iraq and Syria: its bulldozers crossed from the Iraqi borders on Sinjar into al-Hasaka province with US-made Humvees captured during the occupation of Mosul. Just a week ago, hundreds of US Special Operation Forces crossed Iraq into Syria…
Kurdish Peshmerga Receiving $20M Monthly by U.S to Pay 36K Troops…
In accordance to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Peshmerga and United States’ Department of Defense, Washington continues providing 26 billion Iraqi Dinnar (approximately $20.3 million) monthly to Kurdish Peshmerga forces, the ministry revealed. The fund covers wages for 36,000 Peshmerga troops, Jabbar Yawar, the ministry’s…
America’s Rocky Road to Raqqa…
It looks more and more like an assault on Raqqa won’t occur at all. The reason is simple. The strategy is half-baked even by U.S. standards. The effort to take back Mosul is off to a dangerous enough start as it is.
‘Logistic Support’: 100s of U.S. Troops Arrive in Iraq Ahead of Attack on Mosul…
The US has sent more troops to the Iraqi air base of Qayara, ostensibly to “provide logistics and support” for a planned offensive against Daesh-occupied Mosul…