The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

US forces killed leader of Islamic State in Syria raid, Biden says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that U.S. forces killed the leader of Islamic State during an overnight raid in Syria that first responders reported left 13 civilians dead, calling the operation a success because it eliminated a “major terrorist threat to the world.”

Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2022

IS leader killed in US raid in Syria remains murky figure

The leader of the Islamic State group killed in a U.S. raid overnight in northwest Syria was largely a mystery, with almost no known photos, never appearing in public or in the group’s videos

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022

Pentagon willing to review Syrian raid after reports of civilian deaths; Biden says IS leader blew himself up – as it happened

Unicef confirms that at least six children were killed and one girl badly injured in Atme; Joe Biden says Islamic State leader blew himself up

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

UAE says it destroyed three drones with ‘hostile’ intent

Defence ministry says it has intercepted drones in UAE airspace, the fourth incident in three weeks.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2022

Biden says burn pits killed his son. More than 261,000 vets are sick. So why isn’t the US doing anything?

Vast open-air pits where trash burned around the clock were simply part of life on deployment for troops in America’s post-9/11 wars. Now, thousands are sick and dying because of the toxic exposure and feel abandoned by the country that they fought for, writes Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Turkish air raids target the PKK in northern Syria and Iraq

Air attacks against PKK and YPG positions in northern Syria’s Derik and Sinjar, Karacak in northern Iraq.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2022

Iraq was top target of China's Belt & Road in 2021- study

Iraq was the top target for China's Belt Road infrastructure initiative in 2021, receiving $10.5 billion in financing for projects including a heavy oil power plant, a study published on Wednesday said.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Patrick Süskind's 'The Pigeon' Now Available in Arabic

Iraq's Dar Al Mada publishing house has released an Arabic translation of Patrick Süskind’s “The Pigeon.” The novel is translated by Kamiran Hoj, and the book’s introduction is written by Ali Badr. “The protagonist in Süskind’s novel reflects an existential feeling of impotence: the inability to live, inability to love,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2022

Factbox-After the fall, Islamic State strikes from Iraq and Syria hinterlands

Nearly three years after their self-declared caliphate was dismantled and their forces defeated in a battle by the Euphrates river, Islamic State fighters are waging a guerrilla campaign from remote regions of Iraq and Syria.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria

Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of Jalawla in northeastern Iraq. He fears getting caught up in attacks by Islamic State.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022