Navy warships helped take down Iran’s attack on Israel, Pentagon says
Pentagon : Two Navy destroyers launched around a dozen interceptors to help defend Israel against a massive attack by Iran on Tuesday, the Pentagon said. Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder declined to say what kind of ordnance was used by the warships Cole and Bulkeley, or whether their intercept were successful, but he said the operations took place while both ships were in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Iran’s direct and widespread missile attack on Israel Tuesday was the second of the year, and once again threatened to spark a…
Killed 1,000 ISIS Fighters In Mosul: Iraqi Forces
IRAQ: Iraqi special forces battling to clear ISIS from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has slowed as troops face a mobile enemy hidden among thousands of civilians in the city, a top commander said. Six weeks into a major offensive, Iraqi forces have captured nearly half of eastern Mosul, moving from district to district against jihadist snipers, suicide attackers and car bombs. Elite Iraqi troops, known as the "Golden Division", are the only brigades to have entered Mosul from the east, …
Christianity in Iraq is Bleeding
After four months of exile there are no signs of hope that the situation here in Iraq will be resolved peacefully. Unable to think or make decisions, everything is vague and we feel as if we have been living a nightmare. Christianity in Iraq is bleeding; so many families have left, and many are leaving to Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey , preparing themselves for second immigration and an uncertain future. We do not know how long these families will be able to tolerate the burden and survive financially. The conditions remain the same for …
ISIS may possesss nuclear material stolen from Iraq
LONDON: Islamic State terror group may have developed a nuclear device by using radioactive uranium stolen from Iraq 's Mosul University after seizing control of the city last June, a British media report says. Militants boasted of the device on social media, with one even commenting on the destruction such a bomb would wreak in London, four months after the chemical went missing from Mosul University, Mirror newspaper reported. One of the extremists making online threats to the west is British explosives expert Hamayun T…
France has deployed 3 Mirage fighter in Jordan
France has deployed three Mirage fighter jets in Jordan to help in the battle against ISIL Takfiri militants. The warplanes arrived on Friday as part of the “operational strategy to confront threats in the region,” said Jordanian Army spokesman, Colonel Mamduh al-Amiri, on Saturday. Earlier in the month, France, which takes part in airstrikes in Iraq by the so-called US-led coalition, said it would send six jet fighters to Jordan. Al-Amiri refrained from giving the location of the jets' deployment or when the remaining thr…
The great IRAQ pullout : Navy, IAF and Air India on stand-by to evacuate Indian nationals
India is preparing the ground for the evacuation of its nationals from Iraq, with the Navy, Air Force and Air India on standby to execute the operation. The foreign ministry said on Monday that it would facilitate the departure of over 600 Indians from the war-torn country this week. INS Mysore, the Navy's Delhi-class destroyer, is in the Persian Gulf. Sources said it had crossed Kuwait and was stationed in the region and awaiting instructions. The warship has been sent to the region as part of a contingency plan and it can mov…
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