Al-Jaafari said the war in Iraq was not a conflict of countries or religions, since the IS was threatening all peoples and all religions. ISIS, he said, was "attacking humanity." Iraq, he said, was traditionally a home to multiple religions and ethnic groups, and its various peoples had ...
"We will continue our work with the Global Coalition to deny ISIS safe haven anywhere in the world," Shanahan said in a statement. Declaring victory over the IS, Trump announced in December the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, leading to the resignation of then Secretary of Defense J...
Last August, Iraq made a formal request to the Security Council to help collect evidence to prosecute ISIS militants for possible war crimes.
Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan on Saturday called the liberation of the territory once held by IS in Iraq and Syria "a critical milestone," adding that the work "is far from complete." "We will continue our work with the Global Coalition to deny ISIS safe haven anywher...