RFE/RL IRAQ REPORT
10.12.2014
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iraq |
 Russia's Chief Of Staff: U.S. Provided Financial, Technical Aid To IS Russia's chief of General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, said on December 10 that the United States had provided financial and technical assistance to the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria in the past. More  Humanitarian Situation 'Critical' As IS Launches Waves Of Attacks On Ramadi The humanitarian situation in Iraq's beleaguered Anbar Province has reached the most critical level since the local government declared bankruptcy in November, an RFE/RL correspondent in Iraq has reported. More  Iraq Yazidi MP Calls For Help Iraq's only ethnic Yazidi member of parliament has called on the United States to step up efforts to help her community against acts of violence by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.More  Anbar Tribe: We Only Have Ammo To Fight IS For Five More Days A leader of the powerful Sunni Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq's Anbar Province has warned that a severe ammunition shortage means it will be unable to continue fighting Islamic State (IS) militants. More  IRGC Adviser Says Quds Force Commander Soleimani Is 'No Rambo Or Rocky' Qassem Soleimani is no "Rambo" or "Rocky" from Hollywood movies, says a senior media adviser to the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Force (IRGC). More  IS Releases 'Aid To Anbar' Propaganda Photos Islamic State (IS) militants have stepped up propaganda efforts in Iraq's western Anbar Province, releasing a set of images that purport to show the group giving out aid to local people in the town of Hit. IS militants captured Hit in October. More  Obama Nominates Carter At Pentagon U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated a former weapons purchaser at the Pentagon, Ashton Carter, to become the next U.S. Secretary of Defense. More  Report: IS Publicly Flogs Man For 'Insulting Baghdadi' The Sotaliraq news site quoted anonymous eyewitnesses in Al-Zab, west of Kirkuk and north of Tikrit, as saying that a young local man had been given 40 lashes for insulting the group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. More |
