Joseph Biden III affectionately known as Beau,” the son of the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and Delaware’s former Attorney General, died from brain cancer, it was announced by the White House today. Beau was 46. Beau is the second child lost to the vice president. In 1972, VP Biden lost his wife, Neilia, and one-year-old […]
CAIRO—After 12 years on the run as Iraq’s most wanted man, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam Hussein’s former deputy, was killed, according to top Iraqi officials. Al-Douri is the last top-ranking former Ba’athist leader on the U.S. deck of cards who had not been captured. The veteran Saddam Hussein loyalist, known for his bitter and biting […]
Just five years ago, the United States was involved in nearly every aspect of Iraq’s life, from economic reconstruction to political development to military cooperation. Now, analysts say, regional power broker Iran dominates the Iraqi landscape. On the battlefield, Iran is helping Iraq push out Sunni-dominated Islamic State extremists from key northern cities. Trade between […]
Iraqi officials said Friday government forces have driven out Islamic State militants from the oil refinery town of Beiji, north of Baghdad. The Islamic jihadists had captured Beiji during their blitz across northern and western Iraq earlier this year. The town of Beiji is located on a highway leading to the key northern city of […]