New Iraqi PM Haidar al-Abadi appointed to lead war on Islamic State August 11, 2014 Iraq’s President appointed Haidar al-Abadi as the country’s new Prime Minister, in a bid to revitalise the government’s floundering effort to fight the militants of Islamic State (IS), the extremist group formerly known as ISIS. However, the existing PM Nouri al-Maliki accused President Fuad Masum of a “dangerous violation” of the constitution in inviting Abadi to [...]
US launches an airstrike in Iraq to target Islamic militants August 8, 2014 The US department of defense has launched an airstrike against at Islamic militants in northern Iraq. It said that it had used American aircraft to target artillery that was being used by the Islamic State (IS) against Kurdish forces defending the city of Irbil. The move follows US President Barack Obama's authorisation of [...]