Iraq
Rainbow flags over Baghdad fan debate, spur fear
In what both progressive and conservative critics considered a tone-deaf step to support Iraq’s LGBTQ community, several Western embassies’ raising of the rainbow flag did not have its intended effects.
Gilgamesh Nabeel | | May 28, 2020
Gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei waves a rainbow flag during a rally to support the same-sex marriage referendum in Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 18, 2018. Photo by REUTERS/Tyrone Siu.
Intel: US, Italy to co-host virtual meeting of anti-IS coalition
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Italian counterpart, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, will co-host a virtual meeting for members of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State on June 4, the State Department announced today.
Al-Monitor Staff | Islamic State | May 27, 2020
Turkey conducts rare strike in Iraq's Sulaimaniyah province against PKK
Most Turkey-PKK fighting takes place in other parts of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq where Turkey has military bases.
Al-Monitor Staff | Turkish-Kurdish conflict | May 27, 2020
Kirkuk tribesmen rally as IS launch new wave of attacks
As Islamic State sleeper cells continue to carry out attacks south and west of oil-rich Kirkuk, local tribesmen made efforts to show unity while other factions showed off "resistance" to the United States and Israel.
Shelly Kittleson | Kurds | May 27, 2020
Coalition airstrike kills Islamic State leader in eastern Syria, Iraq says
Mu'taz Numan 'Abd Nayif Najm al-Jaburi was killed in a coalition-led airstrike, Iraq's intelligence services said.
Al-Monitor Staff | Islamic State | May 26, 2020
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