The US Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade crossed into Kuwait—supposedly the last “combat brigade” to leave Iraq. But private contractors will be boosting their presence in Iraq by nearly double.
Obama said the US can safely meet a deadline for removing combat troops from Iraq by year’s end—despite the fact that the country has still failed to form a new government.
A group of 72 Iraqis who allege they were tortured while imprisoned at detention facilities can continue with their lawsuit against military contractor L-3 Services, Inc., a judge ruled.
Police have raided electrical workers unions across Iraq, carrying out a Ministry of Electricity order that prohibits “all trade union activities at the ministry and its departments and sites.”
Former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz faces new charges for crimes committed during Saddam’s regime. Aziz’s lawyer says the Iraqi government is attempting to find a reason to execute him.
The US military is preparing to hand over control of its last remaining detention center in Iraq—with the government still divided and deadly sectarian violence grinding on.
Despite official Turkish tensions with Israel in the wake of the Gaza flotilla attack, the Turkish military is still using Israel-supplied drones against Kurdish rebels—both in Turkey and Iraq.
Hundreds of Turkish soldiers made an incursion into Iraqi territory in “hot pursuit” of Kurdish guerillas, as warplanes carried out a series of air-strikes against suspected rebel targets.
In a new report, Human Rights Watch documents the persistence of female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan, and calls upon the Kurdish Regional Government to ban the practice.
Schoolchildren marched in Erbil against Iranian shelling of Iraqi Kurdistan, while Kurdish journalists have launched a campaign to demand justice in the torture-slaying of a colleague.
Amnesty International urged European leaders to stop the upcoming deportation of asylum seekers to Iraq because their human rights may be violated in unsafe regions of the country.
The US Navy will appeal an appeals court ruling overturning the conviction of US Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania.
