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Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq

Department of Defense - ‎13 hours ago‎
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 12, 2016 - U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported ...
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Baghdad proposes Ankara handover of Bashiqa camp to Iraq

Hurriyet Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
Baghdad has suggested that Turkey hand over control of the Bashiqa military camp in Mosul to Iraq's central government, rejecting Turkey's proposal to run the camp under the auspices of the coalition forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...

Iraq prodigy raring to upset adopted country

FIFA.com - ‎21 hours ago‎
In a sense, Iraq striking-prodigy Mohannad Abdulraheem is caught up in a dilemma. Joining Al Nasr Dubai only in October, the 23-year-old has quickly found his feet after scoring twice in three matches, performances which see him on course to become a ...

Bronze Age city found in Iraq close to ISIS territory - CNN.com

CNN - ‎Nov 11, 2016‎
(CNN) A Bronze Age city that flourished for more than 1,200 years has been discovered in northern Iraq, just 45 kilometers (28 miles) from ISIS territory.
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US military announces that civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria are more than double previous estimate

Washington Post - ‎Nov 9, 2016‎
The number of civilians killed by U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria is more than double the previous estimate, U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday, after reexamining its air campaign based on allegations from activist groups.

Islamic State victims suffer as evidence of Iraq chemical attacks grows

Middle East Eye - ‎12 hours ago‎
QAYYARA, Iraq - The skin on five-year-old Doaa's legs, arms and neck is blackened and hard even weeks after the attack.

Why Moscow won't recognize genocide against Yazidis in Iraq

Al-Monitor - ‎Nov 11, 2016‎
The newly established Yazidi Congress in Russia is the first political platform uniting all Yazidis in their quest to urge Russia to recognize genocide against ...

Iraq's Path To Reinvigoration Is Winding

www.breakbulk.com - ‎Nov 10, 2016‎
cover With a military occupation finally over and a democratically elected government in place, Iraq is limping back to normalcy and encouraging agencies like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to come forward with finance for mega ...
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Movies|Review: Oscar-Winner Ang Lee's Super-High-Definition Take on the Iraq War

New York Times - ‎Nov 10, 2016‎
In 2004, George W. Bush was in the White House, Beyoncé was in Destiny's Child and more than 100,000 American troops were in Iraq. Whether or not this could be called a more innocent time, innocence is the central idea - the premise, the moral, the ...
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Donald Trump's Victory Speech: The View From Iraq

TIME - ‎Nov 9, 2016‎
But one image in particular stands out: members of Iraq's armed forces, more than two weeks into a coordinated effort to unlock ISIS' grip on the city of Mosul, stare at a flat-screen TV as Trump speaks around 3 a.m.
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Iraq: Fleeing ISIS Forces Fired Toxic Chemicals

Human Rights Watch - ‎Nov 10, 2016‎
(Erbil) - Forces of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) launched at least three chemical attacks on the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.

Video: The journalists on the frontline in Iraq

FRANCE 24 - ‎Nov 11, 2016‎
In Iraq, the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group is not just being fought on the ground; it is also an information war.

This veteran survived Iraq but couldn't beat heroin

MyPalmBeachPost - ‎Nov 11, 2016‎
When he returned from Iraq, Gregory Chapman couldn't drive by roadside debris without shaking. At 19, he had been an Army Humvee driver during the time hundreds of Americans in Iraq were being killed and maimed by the roadside bombs called IEDs.

On Veterans Day, from World War II to Iraq, vets say: No regrets, despite their traumas

The Seattle Times - ‎Nov 11, 2016‎
Tommy Darnell, 63, of Lakewood. He spent 39-plus years in the Army, serving in Korea, Kosovo, Croatia, Germany, El Salvador and Iraq. Twenty-six of those years were in the infantry. He retired in 2010 on 90 percent medical disability due to various ...

Doomed diplomacy: Jeremy Greenstock's memoir of Iraq

Financial Times - ‎Nov 8, 2016‎
The first words of Sir Jeremy Greenstock's memoir of Iraq are among the most revealing: “For Anne [his wife], who suspected long before I did that Saddam had no WMD.
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Armed drones kill six PKK militants in northern Iraq

Hurriyet Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
12 in armed drone strikes in northern Iraq, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced. Two PKK militants were killed in Nirva Seytu mountain and another four were killed in Aşuş mountain in drone strikes in northern Iraq between 7:00 a.m. and 7:20 a.m ...

Canadians making a difference against ISIS in Iraq | Remembrance ...

Toronto Sun - ‎Nov 10, 2016‎
You don't have to go far back in history to remember a Canadian soldier fighting for freedom overseas. In fact, all you have to go back is 24 hours in Iraq.

Iraq: Freeing the captives and a growing crisis

Mission Network News - ‎Nov 10, 2016‎
Iraq (MNN) - As Syria and Iraq struggle to take back their countries from ISIS, they are running into the cruel hallmarks of the terrorist group.
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