JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Approximately 20 Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing are deploying to Iraq at the end of September in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. According to the operation’s Web site, the mission of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve is to defeat the Islamic State group in […]
Rescuers continue to comb through the rubble in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that rocked the border area between Iraq and Iran on Sunday in an effort to locate additional survivors. Thousands of people near the epicenter were injured and well over 400 others perished as the buildings collapsed during the magnitude 7.3 quake […]
The Iraqi military says its forces have taken control of a key air base north of the disputed city of Kirkuk along with an airport, an oil company and other positions in areas around the city. The security forces retook control of the K1 air base from Kurdish fighters Monday following a call by Prime […]
BAGHDAD — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Baghdad on Monday on one of his periodic visits to assess the health of the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford brought Jared Kushner, the senior advisor to President Donald J. Trump, and Tom Bossert, […]