Iraq

U.S. And Iraqi Forces Set To Deploy New Tactics In Mosul

6:12pm April 05, 2017

The U.S. and Iraqi forces are changing tactics in the battle to force ISIS from the city of Mosul. Facing resistance and mounting casualties, they're slowing down while keeping ISIS surrounded.

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner landed in Iraq on Monday. He's seen here with his wife, Ivanka Trump, at a White House event last month.

President Trump's Son-In-Law Kushner Arrives In Iraq

10:41am April 03, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Jared Kushner's foray into international affairs comes less than a week after the president named him to a commission on battling opioid abuse.

World News

In West Mosul, American Medical Volunteers Try To Save Lives Near Frontlines

5:52pm March 31, 2017

by Jane Arraf

A New York-based group of medics is working near the frontlines in Mosul, giving emergency care to Iraqi troops fighting ISIS.

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Politics & Government

Iraq Agrees To Accept Its Citizens The U.S. Wants To Deport

5:52pm March 31, 2017

by Sarah Hulett

Hundreds of Iraqis have remained in the U.S. after committing crimes because Iraq wouldn't take them back. Many are being deported after Iraq agreed to repatriate them.

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Devastated Neighborhoods Left Behind As ISIS Is Forced From Mosul

5:10am March 31, 2017

by Jane Arraf

As the fight to push ISIS out of Mosul grinds on, civilians stream out of liberated areas that are unlivable, and Iraqi forces "clear" areas of holdouts and fire mortars at remaining ISIS areas.

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James Mattis speaks after his ceremonial swearing-in as secretary of defense on Jan. 17. In the Trump administration, Mattis and the Pentagon appear to have been given a freer hand.

The U.S. Is Ramping Up Military Engagement, Which Could Be A Risk For Trump

1:15pm March 30, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

President Trump seems to have given the U.S. military a freer hand — but without apparent diplomatic or political strategies to accompany the increased military engagement.

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Amnesty International Criticizes U.S.-Led Coalition For Mosul Civilian Deaths

11:38pm March 28, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Donatella Rovera, senior crisis response adviser for Amnesty International, about evidence of American airstrikes destroying houses with entire families inside in east Mosul, Iraq.

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Hossein Mahrammi with his wife and four young sons arrived at at Dulles International Airport in Virginia earlier this month with Special Immigrant Visas for the work Mahrammi had helped the U.S. with in Afghanistan.

Special Immigrant Visa Holders Still Face Questioning Upon Reaching U.S.

1:28pm March 27, 2017

by Joel Rose

Visa holders who worked with the U.S. overseas say they've been detained and threatened with deportation upon arrival in the country, but federal officials say there is broad discretion to deny entry.

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World News

Trapped Civilians Complicate U.S. Efforts in Northern Syria And Iraq

5:06am March 27, 2017

by Tom Bowman

NPR's Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman explains U.S. and coalition efforts to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa and the ongoing fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul. Recent airstrikes in Mosul may have led to the deaths of more than one hundred civilians, including women and children.

Residents carry the body of several people killed during fights between Iraq security forces and Islamic State on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, yesterday. Residents of the Iraqi city's neighborhood known as Mosul Jidideh at the scene say that scores of

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U.S. Says Its Mosul Airstrikes Hit Area Where Civilian Casualties Are Reported

3:19pm March 25, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

As many as 200 civilians were reported killed in western Mosul, where a US-led coalition is fighting ISIS. It's not clear whether the rules of engagement have changed.