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Yahoo! News: Iraq


U.S.-led strikes pound Islamic State in Iraq, kill 250 fighters

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 05:19 PM PDT

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed. The strikes, which the officials said took place south of the city, where civilians have also been displaced, are just the latest battlefield setback suffered by Islamic State in its self-proclaimed "caliphate" of Iraq and Syria. Turkey pointed the finger at Islamic State on Wednesday for a triple suicide bombing and gun attack that killed 41 people at Istanbul's main airport.

Islamic State suspected after suicide bombers kill 42 at Istanbul airport

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 04:37 PM PDT

Relatives of one of the victims of yesterday's blast at Istanbul Ataturk Airport mourn in front of a morgue in IstanbulBy Ayla Jean Yackley and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey pointed the finger at Islamic State on Wednesday for a triple suicide bombing and gun attack that killed 42 people at Istanbul's main airport, and President Tayyip Erdogan called it a turning point in the global fight against terrorism. In the deadliest of a series of suicide bombings this year in Turkey, the attackers struck the busy airport, a symbol of Istanbul's role as the Muslim world's most open and cosmopolitan city, a crossroads between Europe and Asia.


Istanbul airport attackers seized on chaos to cause carnage

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 03:32 PM PDT

Family members of victims cry outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Suicide attackers killed dozens and wounded more than 140 at Istanbul's busy Ataturk Airport late Tuesday, the latest in a series of bombings to strike Turkey in recent months. Turkish officials said the massacre was most likely the work of the Islamic State group. Turkish authorities have banned distribution of images relating to the Ataturk airport attack within Turkey.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) TURKEY OUTISTANBUL (AP) — It was an attack that echoed the carnage earlier this year at the Brussels airport, down to the taxi that carried the men to their target: Inciting panic and then taking lethal advantage, three suicide attackers unleashed a deadly tide of bullets and bombs at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, leaving 42 dead.


ISIS 2 Years Later: From 'JV Team' to International Killers

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 01:45 PM PDT

ISIS 2 Years Later: From 'JV Team' to International KillersIn that time, the group has gone from obscurity, mocked by President Barack Obama as a terrorist "JV team," to the world's most brutal terrorist network, not only responsible for thousands of deaths in the Middle East but also linked to hundreds more in dozens of terrorist plots in the West. ISIS currently controls thousands of square miles in Iraq and Syria, though the U.S. military says the group been pushed out of swaths of land, especially in Iraq, since a territorial high point in late summer 2014. In January of that year in a New Yorker profile, Obama made the "JV team" remark.


IS repels advance by US-backed Syria rebels near Iraq border

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 01:10 PM PDT

This photo released on Tuesday June 28, 2016, provided by the New Syrian Army anti-government rebels, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of the New Syrian Army run in an unknown place in Syria. Islamic State militants on Wednesday pushed back U.S.-trained Syrian rebels from the outskirts of a town on the Iraqi border, dealing a setback to a budding offensive that aims to sever the militants' transit link between Syria and Iraq, a rebel spokesman said. (The New Syrian Army via AP)BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants on Wednesday pushed back U.S.-trained Syrian rebels from the outskirts of a town on the Iraqi border, in a setback to a budding offensive that aims to sever the militants' transit link between the two countries, a rebel spokesman said.


Neymar, Costa star in Brazil Olympic football lineup

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 12:03 PM PDT

Brazil's Douglas Costa (R) and Neymar (L), pictured on June 14, 2015, are heading a young Brazil Olympic football squad for the Rio GamesStrikers Neymar and Douglas Costa head a young Brazil Olympic football squad looking to bounce back from humiliation in the Copa America Centenario, stand-in coach Rogerio Micale announced Wednesday. On home soil in next month's Games in Rio two years after their devastating 7-1 semi-final loss to Germany, Brazil are bidding to add Olympic gold to their three silver medals, two bronze and five World Cup titles. Barcelona's Neymar, Costa of Bayern Munich and goalkeeper Fernando Prass, 37, are the only players aged over 23 in the squad.


CIA says still 'a ways to go' before significant progress made against Islamic State

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 11:46 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan said on Wednesday there was still "a ways to go" before significant progress could be claimed against Islamic State's ability to propagate its narrative and incite attacks. Brennan, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank, said that most of the militant group's attacks are directed or orchestrated by the group's external operations cell in the Syria-Iraq theater. (Reporting by Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel; Writing by Yara Bayoumy)

US-backed Syrian fighters seize haul of IS documents

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 11:17 AM PDT

US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters advance into the Islamic State (IS) jihadist's group bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria, on June 23, 2016US-backed Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State group have snatched thousands of documents, cellphones and other digital devices from the jihadists, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. The seizure came as an anti-IS force comprising Kurdish and Syrian Arab fighters hones in on the northern city of Manbij, an important waypoint between the Turkish border and Raqa, the jihadists' de facto capital. Colonel Chris Garver, a spokesman for the US-led anti-IS campaign, said Syrian Arab fighters were establishing "footholds" on the southern and western edges of Manbij, and had seized entrances to an intricate jihadist tunnel complex.


Tunisia medic killed in Turkey blast was seeking son in Islamic State: sources

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 11:13 AM PDT

A Tunisian military doctor seeking to retrieve his son who had joined Islamic State in Syria was among those killed in Tuesday's suicide attack by militants at Istanbul airport, a security sources said on Wednesday. Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in Istanbul's main airport on Tuesday evening, killing 41 people and wounding 239 in the deadliest in a series of suicide bombings this year in Turkey. The Tunisian Defence Ministry confirmed that Brigadier General Fathi Bayoudh, a military hospital doctor, was among those killed.

Obama points finger at IS after Istanbul attacks

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 10:59 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press during the North American Leaders Summit at the National Gallery of Canada on June 29, 2016 in Ottawa, OntarioPresident Barack Obama joined Turkey Wednesday in pointing the finger at the Islamic State group after the latest attack to rock the US ally left 41 dead at Istanbul airport. Obama telephoned President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to offer US security assistance in the wake of the assault, which was set to feature prominently at a three-way US-Mexican-Canadian summit taking place in Ottawa. "Let me just publicly extend my deepest condolences to the people of Turkey for the terrible attack that took place in Istanbul," Obama told reporters in the Canadian capital.


NYSE trader: Brexit? What Brexit?

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 10:06 AM PDT

Mario Bros. question markWhat we are witnessing right now is the quintessence of risk markets: true price discovery based on facts known at the moment.


Islamic State forces Syria rebels to retreat from border area

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 09:57 AM PDT

Civilians inspect a site hit by an airstrike in the rebel-controlled city of IdlibBy Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Tom Perry AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Syrian rebels were pushed back from the outskirts of an Islamic State-held town on the border with Iraq and a nearby air base on Wednesday after the jihadists mounted a counter- attack, two rebel sources said. The New Syria Army rebel group had launched an operation on Tuesday aimed at capturing the town of Al-Bukamal from Islamic State and cutting supply and communications lines for the group between Syria and Iraq, the U.S. coalition fighting IS said. One rebel source said Islamic State fighters had encircled the rebels in a surprise ambush.


Iraq inks deal for $2.7 billion US military loan

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 08:40 AM PDT

Iraqi tanks rumble towards Falahat, a village on the outskirts of Fallujah, on June 27, 2016Iraq secured a deal Wednesday for a $2.7 billion US loan to finance the buying of ammunition and maintenance of tanks and fighters used in the fight against the Islamic State group. A US embassy statement said the declaration of intent was signed by Ambassador Stuart Jones and Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari. The US Foreign Military Finance credit facility will help Iraq "defer payment for the purchase of ammunition and maintenance of its F-16s (jets) and M1A1 (Abrams) tanks," Jones said.


Soccer-Neymar, Douglas Costa named in Brazil's Olympic squad

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 08:32 AM PDT

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO, June 29 (Reuters) - Barcelona's Neymar and Bayern Munich's Douglas Costa were chosen as over-age players for Brazil's Olympic squad on Wednesday in a selection packed with striking firepower. Gabriel Barbosa, the teenage Santos striker who scored on his Brazil debut last month, was also included as one of five forwards, along with Gremio's Luan and Gabriel Jesus, the coveted young Palmeiras striker. The other over-age player is Palmeiras goalkeeper Fernando Prass, coach Rogerio Micale told reporters in Rio de Janeiro. ...

Airport attack hammers Istanbul's once-lofty ambitions

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 07:53 AM PDT

FILE- This Friday, May 6, 2016 file photo shows a view of Istanbul's skyline with the iconic Galata Tower and the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed Mosque, background left, better known as the Blue Mosque. The number of foreigners arriving in Turkey in May was 2.48 million, down 34.6 percent from the same month in 2015, according to government data. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)In 2012, a glistening tower of shops, offices and residences opened in Istanbul, an emblem of the brash attitude of an ancient city that prided itself as an international gateway between Asia and Europe. Those ambitions, increasingly dampened by internal conflict and spillover from the tumult in neighboring countries, were dealt another blow in the deadly assault on the city's main Ataturk Airport.


Kosovo hands 13-year prison sentence to man plotting attacks

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 07:46 AM PDT

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A Kosovo court has sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for preparing terrorist attacks.

In Europe and Asia, the U.S. Image Looks Better Under Obama

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 07:37 AM PDT

Republican front-runner Donald Trump's slogan might be "Make America Great Again," but according to public opinion in a big slice of the world, the United States is in pretty good shape already. The U.S. global image is stronger in parts of Europe, Asia and North America than it was during the presidency of George W. Bush, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. The survey, conducted in 10 European countries, four major Asia-Pacific countries, Canada and the United States, found that half or more of those polled in every nation have a favorable opinion of the U.S. The exception was Greece, where only 38 percent rated the U.S. positively.

Aside from 'Hamilton,' Revolutionary era inspires little art

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 07:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York view the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. While the Civil War, World War II and the Vietnam War have inspired acclaimed movies, plays, poems and novels, notable works about the American Revolution are rare outside of history books. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and 11 Tony Awards, "Hamilton" is a cultural phenomenon that stands as the most celebrated work of art ever inspired by the American Revolution.


India arrests five suspected of plotting Islamic State attacks

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 07:13 AM PDT

Indian counter-terrorism officials on Wednesday arrested five men on suspicion of plotting a series of attacks across the country on behalf of Islamic State, two intelligence officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and local police raided 11 locations in the southern city of Hyderabad at dawn, seizing ammunition, explosive materials and cash. "We have ample proof to show that the suspects were working for ISIS (Islamic State) and also had direct connection with Syrian leaders," the first official told Reuters.

US gives Iraq $2.7B credit to buy military equipment

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 07:04 AM PDT

Iraqi security forces patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Iraqi forces declared Sunday they had BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States has extended a $2.7-billion credit facility to Iraq for the purchase of military equipment amid the ongoing fight against the Islamic State group.


Istanbul attack counters narrative that ISIS is 'losing'

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 06:30 AM PDT

The attack on Istanbul's main airport by three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers not only targeted the commercial heart of Turkey's economy, but showed that the jihadist group can still strike with devastating effect despite losing ground and fighters in Syria and Iraq. The attack runs counter to the narrative that IS is "losing" in Iraq and Syria, and is therefore less of a danger, say analysts. As the nation that at first facilitated the flow of Islamist militants into Syria for several years but is now cracking down on IS, Turkey has become a critical target.

Fears for stranded Syrian refugees as Jordan blocks access

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 06:24 AM PDT

Syrian refugees, stuck between the Jordanian and Syrian borders, wait to cross into Jordan at the Hadalat border crossing, east of the Jordanian capital Amman, on January 14, 2016Concern is growing for tens of thousands of refugees on the Syrian-Jordanian border after Amman blocked access to a makeshift refugee camp following last week's deadly jihadist attack at the frontier. In stifling heat with minimal shelter and little access to food and water, some 70,000 refugees fleeing Syria's civil war have gathered at the Rukban border crossing in Jordan's remote northeast. For months they have been dependent on food and water from international aid agencies but since last week's attack have been cut off.


IS repels US-backed Syria rebel offensive on Iraq route

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 06:13 AM PDT

New Syria Army fighters were trained in Jordan by US and British troopsThe Islamic State group pushed back an offensive by US-trained Syrian rebels on a key route linking jihadist territory in eastern Syria to Iraq, a monitor said Wednesday. The New Syrian Army, backed by US-led coalition strikes, had advanced overnight on IS territory near the Albu Kamal border crossing and adjacent town. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the NSA had seized the small Al-Hamdan airbase nearby, but IS had recaptured it by Wednesday afternoon.


Dispatcher: 'Gunshots closer, multiple people screaming'

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 04:40 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 22, 2016, file photo, traffic moves along Orange Avenue after authorities opened the streets around the Pulse nightclub, scene of a recent mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. Police dispatchers heard repeated gunfire, screaming and moaning from patrons of the Pulse nightclub who called to report that gunman Omar Mateen was opening fire inside the club, according to written logs released Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police dispatchers heard repeated gunfire, screaming and moaning from patrons of the Pulse nightclub who called to report that gunman Omar Mateen was opening fire inside the club, according to written logs released Tuesday.


Islamic State forces U.S.-backed rebels to retreat: rebel sources

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 04:31 AM PDT

U.S.-backed Syrian rebels were forced to retreat from the outskirts of an Islamic State-held town at the border with Iraq and a nearby air base on Wednesday after a counter attack by the jihadists, two rebel sources said. One of the rebel sources said Islamic State fighters had encircled the rebels in a surprise ambush. A spokesman of the New Syria Army, Muzahem al Saloum, confirmed they had retreated.

Iraq secures $2.7 billion U.S. loan from for military equipment

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 03:41 AM PDT

Iraq secured a $2.7 billion loan from the United States on Wednesday to fund ammunition and maintenance of fighter jets, tanks and other military equipment for use in the war against Islamic State. The deal will help Iraq service its F-16 fighter jets, M1A1 tanks, armored vehicles and attack helicopters as well as maintain navy ships and systems to protect the Umm Qasr port and southern oil platforms, the embassy added. Declining global oil prices and the costs of fighting Islamic State militants who seized a third of Iraq's territory in 2014 have hit government revenues, which rely almost completely on oil exports.

Iraqi forces say press towards key air base south of Mosul

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 03:16 AM PDT

Iraq's military said it advanced through northern villages held by Islamic State on Wednesday, on its way to an airfield which could serve as the staging ground for a future offensive on Mosul, the biggest city held by the militants. The troops are now around 45 km from the airbase at Qayara, less than two weeks after they set out from the refinery town of Baiji, military officials said. Retaking another refinery near Qayara with a production capacity of 16,000 barrels per day could also hit Islamic State's finances.

Pushed Around and Left Out. The Frightening US Parallels to Brexit

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 02:30 AM PDT

Pushed Around and Left Out. The Frightening US Parallels to BrexitHillary Clinton looks across the pond, and must loathe what she sees. UK's leaders were punished for neglecting middle class wages and hopes and instead pursuing grander ambitions – tighter bonds with Europe. Hillary must wonder, will we be next?


What Trump's First Intelligence Briefing Will Look Like

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 01:00 AM PDT

What Trump's First Intelligence Briefing Will Look LikeWhy an intelligence briefing could feel like a cold shower for Trump.


Is This the Next Major Refugee Crisis?

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 01:00 AM PDT

Is This the Next Major Refugee Crisis?Colombia has become a stopover for migrants - and, authorities worry, extremists.


Malaysian police probe grenade attack, checking credibility of IS claim

Posted: 29 Jun 2016 12:23 AM PDT

The Movida bar is pictured after a grenade attack in Puchong, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMalaysian police remained doubtful that militants were behind a grenade attack on a nightspot that wounded seven people, but were forced to reassess the possibility on Wednesday after an Islamic State claim of responsibility was posted on Facebook. Investigators had previously ruled out terrorism as the motive for Tuesday's attack on the bar in Puchong, a town outside the capital Kuala Lumpur, which wounded eight people, including a woman from China. The owner of the Movida bar also used Facebook to air suspicions that there was some personal grudge against two of his customers.


Jordan widens IS crackdown; signs of home-grown extremism

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 11:31 PM PDT

In this Sunday, June 19, 2016 photo, a man outside the al-Maktoum mosque in Zarqa, Jordan squats over the body of Nasser Idreis, who died of complications of a liver infection while serving a three-year prison term for supporting the extremist group Islamic State. Hundreds of suspected backers of the Islamic State group in Jordan have been sentenced to prison, are awaiting trial or are being held for questioning in a heavy crackdown by the kingdom under toughened anti-terror laws that punish even liking or sharing IS material on social media. (Layla Quran/AP Photo)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Two dozen men charged with supporting the Islamic State group squeezed into a cage in Jordan's state security court. After brief questioning from a judge, they filed back out, and guards ushered in the next group of accused militants.


U.S.-backed Syrian rebels clash with IS fighters in border town: rebel commander

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 10:36 PM PDT

U.S.-backed Syrian rebel forces were fighting street battles with Islamic State militants after entering their strategic stronghold along the border with Iraq, a rebel commander said on Wednesday. A rebel commander confirmed the rapid advances by the New Syria Army alliance of Arab rebel groups who had announced on Tuesday they had begun an attack to "liberate" the town along the Euphrates river in the oil rich Deir Zor province of Syria. "The clashes are in the town itself but the situation has not been decided yet," said the rebel commander from Asala wa-al-Tanmiya Front, a main group within the New Syria Army, told Reuters, asking not to be named.

Firebomb attack outside Australian mosque

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 10:31 PM PDT

Police in Perth say vehicles outside a mosque in a suburb of the city were firebombed while worshippers were at prayerA firebomb attack outside an Australian mosque while worshippers were at prayer was condemned Wednesday by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, with one Islamic leader calling it a "hate crime". No one was injured in Tuesday night's blast which destroyed a car parked outside a mosque and Islamic college in the Perth suburb of Thornlie. "It is believed an accelerant was used to start the fire," Western Australian police said in a statement, adding that three other vehicles were damaged in the incident.


5,000-year-old ‘document’ shows workers were paid in beer

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 08:00 PM PDT

Being paid in beer might be a dream for some people, but it was a reality for many workers in ancient times. And there's living proof that beer was an accepted pay for labor: A 5,000-year-old document that recorded these transactions. DON'T MISS: Galaxy Note 7: How does 6GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage sound? Discovered in the city of Uruk, Iraq, the clay tablet above is a pay stub that contains records for beer due. "We can see a human head eating from a bowl, meaning 'ration,' and a conical vessel, meaning 'beer.' Scattered around are scratches recording the amount of beer for a particular worker," Alison George wrote in New Scientist . As Ars Technica points out, Uruk was quite a place to live in ancient Mesopotamia. The city enjoyed impressive architectural marvels and people were trading goods for money. They even had tablets, like the one above, which they used to jot down thoughts in letters or keep track of beer owed, using a writing system called cuneiform. The document above is an important finding because it proves the concept of employees and employers existed during those times. We have no idea why workers would agree to be paid in beer in the first place rather than money, but employers must have had large amounts of beer to afford to pay their employees in alcohol. And the irony doesn't escape us: somewhere around Uruk, some clever person might have been paying people to make large quantities beer with – you guessed it – beer. Paying people in alcohol isn't a new practice and it's not restricted to the Mesopotamian region. Some of the people who build the pyramids received some four to five liters of beer per day for their work, Ars says. With all that alcohol flowing, it's amazing they did such a good job.

Turkey terror: the militant groups behind attacks

Posted: 28 Jun 2016 05:10 PM PDT

A mother of victims grieves on June 29, 2016 outside a forensic medicine building close to Istanbul's airport, targeted in a suicide bombing and gun attackTurkey has been hit by a wave of attacks over the past year that have claimed the lives of more than 260 people, mainly in the capital Ankara and the country's biggest city Istanbul. IS jihadists have been blamed for some of the bloodiest assaults in Turkey, including an October 2015 attack on a pro-Kurdish peace rally in Ankara that killed 103 people in the worst attack in Turkey's modern history. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Wednesday that the group, also known as Daesh, was likely to have been behind the carnage at Istanbul airport which killed 41 people including foreigners and wounded more than 200.


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