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Retrospective: Fifteen Years in Iraq
A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad, April 9, 2003.
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12 ISIL widows sentenced to death, life by Iraqi court
A Turkish woman was sentenced to death and 11 other foreign widows to life in jail by an Iraqi court, for their involvement with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). The 12 women - 11 Turks and an Azeri, some of whom appeared at the court in Baghdad nursing infants - were convicted on Sunday, despite pleas they had been duped or forced by their husbands to join them in Iraq.
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ET Phone Home
Mohammed Dawood,13,doing a stunt on his bicycle in Baghdad,Iraq.
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Less than 1,000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, coalition says
Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third of the estimated figure only three weeks ago.
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Iraq declares war with IS is over
Iraq has announced that its war against so-called Islamic State (IS) is over. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a conference in Baghdad that Iraqi troops were now in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border. The border zone contained the last few areas IS held, following its loss of the town of Rawa in November.
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There’s no such thing as precise air strikes in modern warfare
In one sample of a residential area called Qaiyara, near Mosul city, in about a third of fatal strikes Isis had been in close proximity to the civilians, but in half of the cases there had been no discernible Isis presence. By Patrick Cockburn.
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A new mass grave containing the bodies of more than 340 members of Izadi minority found in Iraq
Iraqi army troops have found a mass grave in the province of Nineveh containing the bodies of more than 340 members of Izadi minority, who are believed to have been executed by ISIS terrorists. “The mass grave contains the bodies of 340 people and is located in al-Ba’aj town, which was under control of ISIS terrorists” said Brigadier General Mohamed al-Shemari. Back in August 2014, Daesh terrorists overran the town of Sinjar, killing, raping, and enslaving large numbers of Izadi Kurds.
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ISIS has been militarily defeated in Iraq and Syria
Iraqi Prime Minister Hadir Al-Abadi declared military victory over the Islamic State in Iraq on Tuesday, just hours after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that Iranian-backed forces had driven the terror group out of Syria. ISIS's last Iraqi town of Rawa fell on Friday, and Abadi only awaits the clearing of a patch of desert along Iraq's border with Syria to declare final victory.
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After the liberation of Mosul, an orgy of killing
In the dying days of the battle of Mosul, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad followed Iraqi soldiers during the last push against Isis. But following their victory, a new wave of savagery was unleashed.
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Gordon Brown Claims US Deliberately Misled UK Over Iraq's WMDs
Gordon Brown has claimed the UK was “misled” over Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction and the Iraq War was unjustified. The former prime minister, who was chancellor when the decision to go to war in 2003 was made, has revealed top-secret US intelligence casting serious doubt over the dictator’s destructive capabilities was not shared with Britain.
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Dark Victory in Raqqa
Kurdish revolutionaries helped the U.S. expel the Islamic State from its capital city. Will we soon abandon them? By Luke Mogelson.
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Iraq, the Kurds, and the mess America has made
America's confused Middle East strategy has also had a hand in the latest round of violence between Iraqi and Kurdish forces.
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Underground in Raqqa
Developments in Iraq and Syria often mirror each other: the Syrian army captured East Aleppo in December 2016 and the Iraqi army took Mosul seven months later. By Patrick Cockburn.
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1,000 ISIS militants surrender as Iraq retakes key town of Hawija
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces announced Thursday they have retaken one of the Islamic State's remaining strongholds after about 1,000 militants surrendered amid fresh signs the terror group is collapsing and unable to defend its territory. “They’re giving up,” said Lt. Gen. Paul Funk, who commands the coalition task force fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. “Their leaders are abandoning them.”
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Captured Isis fighters are insisting 'we were only cooks'
Thousands of civilians fleeing the Iraqi military’s push to evict Isis from its last major urban stronghold in Iraq now include hundreds of suspected fighters for the extremist group, dirty and dishevelled, who arrive at checkpoints claiming innocence and begging for mercy. While civilians from the stronghold, the city of Hawija, have sought safety in Kirkuk and elsewhere in Iraq’s Kurdish region, this weekend was the first time they came in large numbers with men of fighting age.
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2 suicide bombers shot dead in southern Iraq
Iraqi forces shot dead two suicide bombers in the southern city of Babel on Sunday, according to a local police officer. Security forces engaged the two bombers who were planning to carry out attacks on civilians gathered to commemorate the Day of Ashura, which marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of the prophet’s grandson Al-Hussein, Police First Lieutenant Ihsan Khaled said.
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Iraq carries out biggest mass execution of prisoners this year
Iraq has put to death 42 people convicted of terrorist acts in the biggest mass execution carried out by Baghdad authorities this year. The alleged Sunni militants were hanged at a prison in Nasiriyah, charged with carrying out car bombings on civilian areas and killing servicemen, the justice ministry said. The hangings took place close to an area where the Islamic State group launched a series of bloody bomb attacks in September.
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Why International Powers Fear Kurdish Independence Vote Could Derail Fight Against ISIS
Even if the referendum was born out of political manoeuvring within Iraqi Kurdistan, it has now built up its own momentum as Kurds rally around their red, white and green flag. By Patrick Cockburn.
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German girl, 16, who fled to join ISIS 'could yet face death penalty'
A German teenager who ran away to join ISIS may yet face the death penalty, Iraq's Prime Minister has warned. Linda Wenzel was dragged from the rubble in Mosul as Iraqi forces liberated the city in July and is now being held in Baghdad where her fate rests in the hands of the country's court system.
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Castle of the Sealand kings: Discovering ancient Iraq’s rebel rulers
British and Iraqi archaeologists identify the first known settlement built under the enigmatic Sealand kings. By Mary Shepperson.
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