Iraq War

Decades of poorly regulated arms flows into Iraq as well as lax controls on the ground have provided the Islamic State (IS) group with a vast arsenal that is being used to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity in Iraq and Syria, Amnesty International said in a new report on Tuesday.

IS terrorists are using weapons that were some ten years ago exported from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to Britain, and later arrived in Syria and Iraq.

U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton played defense over her 2003 vote backing the U.S. invasion of Iraq and inched away from President Barack Obama on Syria and the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants during a contentious debate on Nov. 14. 

Years ago pundits warned Western inciters of the so-called Arab Spring, that if the fire of that "spring" was carried to Syria, not only would Syria catch on fire but the consequences of such a development would be felt all over the world. There were even some people who warned that Syria was neither a Libya, nor an Iraq or Tunisia.

Iraqi Defense Ministry has sent back two aircrafts carrying weapons to Iraq's Kurdistan region to Turkey and Kuwait after detaining them for a few days, the Do?an News Agency (DHA) reported.

A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit the country, UNICEF's Iraq director said.

Major wars, along with scientific and technological inventions, have shaped the course of history. The world has witnessed two major wars within a generation and several small ones in the twentieth century, which has been the most destructive era so far. Despite the pain and suffering they cause, armed conflicts continue to ravage the world.

Britain's ex-leader Tony Blair again apologised Oct. 25 for certain aspects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, adding there were "elements of truth" to the view it was connected to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

Hundreds of Islamic extremists are ready for terrorist attacks in Europe after returning from Syria and Iran, Spanish officials have warned.

This allegedly concerns jihadists "trained by Islamic State or groups affiliated to the al-Qaeda that are preparing to launch attacks in Europe," according to British media reports.

Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, warned on Aug. 20 that the country faces dire consequences including possible "partition" if real reform is not carried out.