https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 100 Danish soldiers arrived in Kuwait on Thursday after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that they were to temporarily relocate from the al-Asad base in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200110/danish-soldiers-leave-iraq-amid-middle-east-tensions Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:28:30 +0100 danish-soldiers-leave-iraq-amid-middle-east-tensions Increasing tensions in the Middle East region are to be discussed by the Danish parliament’s foreign policy committee, following the US drone strike that killed Iranian major general Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200108/is-denmark-going-to-withdraw-its-soldiers-from-iraq Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:21:20 +0100 is-denmark-going-to-withdraw-its-soldiers-from-iraq The new Danish government will not be re-opening an official inquiry into the country’s 2003 decision to participate in the US-led military coalition in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191002/no-re-opening-of-iraq-war-commission-danish-government Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:58:36 +0200 no-re-opening-of-iraq-war-commission-danish-government A Danish court ordered the government on Friday to compensate 18 civilians who were tortured during the Iraq war in an operation carried out by Iraqi security forces along with a Danish battalion. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180616/court-orders-denmark-to-pay-iraq-torture-victims Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:05:12 +0200 court-orders-denmark-to-pay-iraq-torture-victims NATO-member Denmark said Thursday its special forces taking part in the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (Isis) group in Iraq would be withdrawn. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180517/denmark-to-pull-special-forces-out-of-iraq Thu, 17 May 2018 16:18:23 +0200 denmark-to-pull-special-forces-out-of-iraq Danish special troops currently stationed in Iraq have been given the green light to cross into Syria to combat Isis extremists. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170120/denmark-to-send-special-troops-into-syria Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:14:54 +0100 denmark-to-send-special-troops-into-syria A former head of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) has been tapped to dry up the finances of terror group Isis. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160923/denmark-to-lead-effort-to-stop-money-flow-to-isis Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:54:17 +0200 denmark-to-lead-effort-to-stop-money-flow-to-isis The Danish government is trying to build the political support needed to send as many as 50 special operations forces into Syria and Iraq, Politiken has reported. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160111/denmark-could-send-special-forces-into-syria Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:00:27 +0100 denmark-could-send-special-forces-into-syria Denmark's ruling Venstre government has come under serious criticism from the UN committee against torture, particularly for the decision to close the Iraq Commission earlier this year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151210/denmark-slammed-by-un-torture-committee Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:43:13 +0100 denmark-slammed-by-un-torture-committee The Justice Ministry on Thursday announced plans to punish Danish foreign fighters as traitors, allowing for life imprisonment. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151029/denmark-wants-foreign-fighters-jailed-for-life Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:23:28 +0100 denmark-wants-foreign-fighters-jailed-for-life A 22-year-old Danish-Kurdish woman who fought against the terror group Isis in Iraq has had her passport confiscated by Danish authorities. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151026/danish-woman-who-fought-isis-has-passport-taken Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:59:20 +0100 danish-woman-who-fought-isis-has-passport-taken At least 125 Danish citizens have left the country to fight abroad and those who have returned could carry out attacks, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151023/at-least-27-danish-jihadists-have-died-in-syria-or-iraq Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:49:28 +0200 at-least-27-danish-jihadists-have-died-in-syria-or-iraq The Danish Defence Command said "there is a risk" that a recent mission in northern Iraq "contributed to civilian deaths". https://www.thelocal.dk/20150903/danish-f-16s-may-have-killed-civilians-in-iraq Thu, 03 Sep 2015 23:33:10 +0200 danish-f-16s-may-have-killed-civilians-in-iraq The Danish F-16s that have dropped some 425 bombs on Isis targets in Iraq are coming home, but Denmark vows to remain an active player in the fight against the terror group. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150824/denmark-to-pull-fighter-jets-home-from-iraq Mon, 24 Aug 2015 03:15:09 +0200 denmark-to-pull-fighter-jets-home-from-iraq UPDATED: Military officials announced on Friday that they will investigate the handling of prisoners of war following "unpleasant" revelations that showed Denmark may have been in breach of the Geneva Convention. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150717/denmark-violated-geneva-convention-in-iraq Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:11:26 +0200 denmark-violated-geneva-convention-in-iraq Nearly eight years after the last Danish land soldiers left Iraq, and just days after the new PM put an end to a commission investigating the war, a series of revelations have led to new questions about Denmark’s participation in the US-led invasion. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150706/denmarks-involvement-in-iraq-war-faces-new-questions Mon, 06 Jul 2015 17:09:54 +0200 denmarks-involvement-in-iraq-war-faces-new-questions Defence Minister Nicolai Wammen committed over 100 military trainers as US President Barack Obama doubles US troops in Iraq in an expansion of the war on Isis. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141108/denmark-to-train-iraq-to-go-on-offence-against-isis Sat, 08 Nov 2014 10:07:21 +0100 denmark-to-train-iraq-to-go-on-offence-against-isis Former PM and Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen conceded that not enough thought was given to who would fill the void after Saddam Hussein was toppled in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141030/ex-nato-head-iraq-war-could-have-been-planned-better Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:45:00 +0100 ex-nato-head-iraq-war-could-have-been-planned-better Danish F-16 jets have dropped their first bombs on Isis targets, military officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141020/denmark-drops-its-first-bombs-on-isis-targets Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:38:28 +0200 denmark-drops-its-first-bombs-on-isis-targets For the first time since parliament approved Denmark's military involvement in northern Iraq, Danish jets took to the air to support an American-led mission. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141016/danish-f-16s-carry-out-first-mission-against-isis Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:36:09 +0200 danish-f-16s-carry-out-first-mission-against-isis