By John Lee. US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that in the 18 months since terrorist group Daesh (Islamic State, IS, ISIS, ISIL) began to seize territory in Syria and Iraq, coalition airstrikes have helped to liberate Kobani, Tikrit, Ramadi, and other key cities and towns. He added: "We have pushed the terrorists […]
By John Lee. Approximately 5,700 structures in and around Ramadi have incurred some level of damage since mid-2014, and almost 2,000 buildings have been destroyed, according to a study published by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Using satellite imagery collected on 29 January 2016 by the GeoEye-1 satellite, and compared with […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq has completely retaken Ramadi from the Islamic State group, but now faces the enormous challenges of removing bombs, reestablishing basic services and rebuilding the shattered city, officials said Tuesday:
As Iraqi military forces clear the key city of Ramadi after retaking it from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control, thousands of terrorist explosives left behind have complicated the process, a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve told Pentagon reporters today. Delivering an operational update by live satellite feed from […]
Hundreds of thousands are living under harsh conditions in the makeshift camps of Anbar, Baghdad and other provinces after fleeing fighting in and around Ramadi. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently delivered badly-needed food, blankets, soap and other basic necessities to over 900 people who had just fled from Ramadi to Habbaniya […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi forces were evacuating Monday civilians from the Sufiya village on the eastern outskirts of Ramadi, as they continued to clear the city two weeks after declaring victory against the Islamic State group.
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The year 2015 saw the liberation of several areas of Salahuddin (Tikrit) and Anbar (Ramadi - pictured) provinces from the grasp of the Islamic State with operations toward that end ongoing. Yet, to date […]
The Islamic State group (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) has lost 40 percent of the territory it once controlled in Iraq, a spokesman for the US-led coalition has said. BBC News quotes Col Steve Warren (pictured) as saying that IS was "on the defensive", and had "not gained one inch in Iraq since May". But despite […]
From Iran's PressTV. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi forces took control of Ramadi a week ago and they’re now fighting small pockets of terrorists in an effort to fully liberate the capital of Anbar province. Government troops have repelled last-ditch […]
By John Lee. Anbar officials estimate that the reconstruction of Ramadi, recently liberated from the Islamic State group (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), will cost $10 billion (12 trillion Iraqi dinars), as the government says that about 80 percent of the city has been destroyed. According to the report from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Iraqi politicians […]
By Simon Kent. Iraqi PM Haider al Abadi (pictured) has thanked the role that the British Royal Air Force played in supporting Iraqi troops during the battle of Ramadi. Iraq's western city of almost half a million people fell to ISIS, also known as Daesh, in May this year. The defeat for Iraqi forces was a […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi soldiers are combing the city of Ramadi for bombs after declaring it liberated from the Islamic State group in a landmark victory against the jihadists.
