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Official: Investigation Into Iraq Rocket Attack That Killed Contractor Still in "Early Stages" By Rachel Tillman and Associated Press Nationwide PUBLISHED 2:54 PM ET Feb. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:54 PM EST Feb. 16, 2021 SHARE WASHINGTON — The United States is supporting the ongoing investigation into a series of rocket strikes in Iraq that left at least one person dead an...
It may be recalled that in January 2021, Iraq’s Cabinet Members voted unanimously to postpone this year’s general elections from June 6 until October 10, 2021 A rocket attack in northern Iraq on February 16, 2021, killed a contractor for the U.S.-led coalition and injured at least nine other people, drawing international condemnation. Coalition Spokesman…
Americans, Russians compete for Kurdish support in northeast Syrian border area Coalition patrol outside Hemze Beg village, northeast Syria, February 17, 2021 (Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24). ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – An area currently under the control of US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeasternmost parts of Syria has become a point of serious contention between Russian and American troops. Dêrika Hemko (also known as Derik and in Arabic al-Malikiyah) is a district in Hasakah province that includes the unofficial Fishkhabor border crossing with the Kurdistan Regi...
Coalition: Civilians paid the price for militia attacks on Erbil 2021/02/19 21:59 Coalition Public Affairs Officer Major Robert Allen speaks to Kurdistan 24 at one of the sites of this week's rocket attack in Erbil. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - Major General Kevin Copsey, Deputy Commander of the US-led anti-ISIS Coalition in Iraq and Syria, told Kurdistan 24 that civilians have paid the price for the militia attack on Erbil this week, along with those on Coalition sites in Iraq. "It's horrible and my heart goes out to the family of the Filipino contractor t...
The State Department vowed on Wednesday that there will be consequences for those behind the deadly rocket attack in northern Iraq.