Pope Francis made a rousing call for peace on the first day of his historic visit to war-battered Iraq today, pleading with his hosts for an ‘end to acts of violence and extremism, factions and intolerance’. The 84-year-old, who defied security fears and the pandemic to become the first pontiff to travel to Iraq, urged … Read more
The Pope departs from Rome for historic first-ever visit by a pontiff to Iraq – and his most dangerous foreign journey since his election By Reuters and Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 07:11 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 07:11 GMT, 5 March 2021 Pope Francis left Rome on Friday to start a four-day trip … Read more
At least 10 rockets slam into US airbase in Iraq days before Pope Francis visits the country By Reuters Published: 07:10 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 07:39 GMT, 3 March 2021 At least 10 rockets struck a US airbase in Iraq late Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks on American forces in … Read more
The Duke of Wellington’s youngest son Lord Frederick Wellesley is set to marry a bomb disposal expert who served in Iraq with the Royal Engineers. Lord Frederick, 28, who is the godson of Prince Charles and a direct descendant of the ‘Iron Duke’ who masterminded victory over Napoleon at Waterloo, is engaged to fellow soldier Katie … Read more
Death of Hercules: Entire fleet of transporter plane favoured by the SAS is to be grounded – and its Airbus replacement ‘could put our troops at risk’ The ‘Super Hercules’ C-130J fleet has been used on Special Forces operations against IS in Iraq and Syria The aircraft is loved by soldiers for being easy to … Read more
Rockets are fired at US embassy in Baghdad Rockets have been fired at the US embassy in Iraq’s capital, sources say One of them fell within the perimeter of the Green Zone The attack is the third in a week to target Western installations in the country By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline Published: 16:53 GMT, … Read more
UK troops surge as Iraq simmers: Hundreds of British soldiers will be sent to Iraq as part of new NATO mission Britain to send hundreds of troops to Iraq in biggest increase since the Gulf War Defence sources say Nato plans to increase numbers in Iraq from 400 to 5,000 179 British troops lost their … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Rocket attack by ‘group with links to Iran’ kills a military contractor and wounds an American service member at a US coalition base in northern Iraq The rocket was targeting a US-led base in the Kurdish regional capital of Erbil Security sources said at least three rockets landed near Erbil Int. Airport A … Read more
They’re bearing down on us! Bears are released into the wild… and immediately turn on their rescuers The chaotic scene was spotted at a wildlife conservation project in the Kurdistan of northern Iraq yesterday Six Syrian brown bears were being freed into the wild after they were saved from captivity in people’s homes But as … Read more
After adventurer, author and former soldier Jordan Wylie rowed solo, unsupported and unarmed across the most dangerous body of water on the planet – the pirate-infested Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (aka the Gate of Tears) – he described the 13-hour 42-minute voyage, from Djibouti to Yemen and back, as ‘the toughest thing I’ve ever done’. And at … Read more