Obama Repeats No US Troops on Ground Against ISIS As Egypt Offers Support
Barack Obama, facing questions on the legal justification for and likely “mission creep” of his air campaign against Islamic State (Isis) militants in Iraq and Syria, on Saturday repeated his promise...
View ArticleUkraine Says Won’t Pull Back Troops Until Attacks End
Kyiv says it will not pull back its troops from the front line in eastern Ukraine, as called for in a newly agreed buffer-zone deal, until a cease-fire is fully implemented by Russian forces and...
View ArticleGermany Rules Out Air Strikes, Ground Troops in Iraq
Berlin (AFP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday said Germany would not be involved in air strikes or any ground offensive in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq....
View ArticleIslamic State Kills, Captures Dozens Of Iraqi Troops
A wave of suicide bombings by Islamic State militants has killed 40 soldiers in the western province of Anbar. General Rashid Fleih said the attacks occurred on September 21, adding that some 70 other...
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Are Turkish Troops Trapped At Syrian Tomb?
Are Turkish Troops Trapped At Syrian Tomb? Posted 2014-10-01 05:04 GMT An aerial view of the Tomb of Suleiman Shah, April 7, 2011 (photo by Google+/Iz Troya).At the moment, a critical debate is raging...
View ArticleU.S.-Led Air Strikes Continue As Iraqi Troops Battle IS Militants
WATCH: Kurdish Peshmerga forces claimed to have captured a string of villages from Islamic State fighters south of Kirkuk on September 30, aided by U.S.-led air strikes. Peshmerga Secretary-General...
View ArticleIsraeli troops injured in Hezbollah bombing
Hezbollah has said it planted a bomb that injured at least two Israeli troops on the ceasefire line in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese group said its fighters on Tuesday “detonated an explosive device...
View ArticleSpain to send 300 troops to Iraq to train ISF
Baghdad (AIN) -Spain is to send 300 troops to Iraq help train the Iraqi military as part of the ongoing operation against the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, it was confirmed by Spain’s Minister of...
View ArticlePutin Orders Troops Back To Bases From Ukraine Border
A Kremlin spokesman says Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw from the border with Ukraine and move back to permanent bases in the Rostov region. Russian news reports...
View ArticleIraq did not request foreign ground troops
The Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Al-Jaafary said on Monday “Iraq did not ask for foreign ground troops to fight with the terrorists, but it demanded arming the Iraqi forces and backing it logistically.”...
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