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Iraq: Leading Cleric Urges Release of Kidnapped Qatari Hunters - New York Times Sat, 26 Dec 2015 01:42:27 GMT

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Iraq: Leading Cleric Urges Release of Kidnapped Qatari Hunters
New York Times
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most important Shiite cleric, on Friday called for the immediate release of a group of at least 26 Qatari hunters who were abducted while on a government-approved safari in southern Iraq more than a week ago ...
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Critics Say US Needs 'Failed State' Policy for Syria, Iraq - Voice of America Sat, 26 Dec 2015 00:39:15 GMT

Voice of America

Critics Say US Needs 'Failed State' Policy for Syria, Iraq
Voice of America
“There is no Syria or Iraq,” said Kurdistan Regional Government Intelligence Director Lahur Talabani, who argued in an interview with VOA that the emergence of the Islamic State terror group, or IS, delivered the decisive blow to both nations. “With ...

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Coalition Forces Continue Attacks on ISIL Targets in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:26:43 GMT

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Coalition Forces Continue Attacks on ISIL Targets in Syria, Iraq
Department of Defense
SOUTHWEST ASIA, December 25, 2015 — U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ...
US reports 31 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and SyriaReuters
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Iraqi Forces Close In on Final Islamic State Post in Ramadi - Wall Street Journal Fri, 25 Dec 2015 20:45:00 GMT

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Iraqi Forces Close In on Final Islamic State Post in Ramadi
Wall Street Journal
BAGHDAD—Iraq's military said it was closing in Friday on a former government compound in Ramadi that remains the only area of the city still under Islamic State control. Iraqi forces were less than a mile from the compound where about 100 militants ...
Iraq's next target after Ramadi is MosulBusiness Insider
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Iraq 'nets 40 ISIS operatives' in major swoop - Al-Arabiya Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:52:38 GMT

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Iraq 'nets 40 ISIS operatives' in major swoop
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Iraq's intelligence service said Thursday it detained 40 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group as part of a major operation in Baghdad and Diyala provinces. "The Iraqi national intelligence service, in coordination with Baghdad ...

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ISIS Threatens To Kidnap Iraq's Beauty Queen Shayma Qasim - Newsweek Thu, 24 Dec 2015 17:50:00 GMT

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ISIS Threatens To Kidnap Iraq's Beauty Queen Shayma Qasim
Newsweek
A supporter of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) threatened to kidnap Miss Iraq, the first to be crowned since 1972, if she did not join the group's ranks, according to The Jerusalem Post. Shayma Qasim won the country's beauty pageant on Saturday ...
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Russian intel spots 12000 oil tankers & trucks on Turkey-Iraq border - General ... - RT Fri, 25 Dec 2015 09:56:45 GMT

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Russian intel spots 12000 oil tankers & trucks on Turkey-Iraq border - General ...
RT
Russian intelligence has spotted up to 12,000 tankers and trucks on the Turkish-Iraqi border, the General Staff of Russia's armed forces has reported. “The [aerial] imagery was made in the vicinity of Zakho (a city in Iraqi Kurdistan), there were 11 ...
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Turkish Troops In Iraq: Arab League Accuses Ankara Of Threatening Iraq's ... - International Business Times Fri, 25 Dec 2015 06:32:00 GMT

International Business Times

Turkish Troops In Iraq: Arab League Accuses Ankara Of Threatening Iraq's ...
International Business Times
Turkey Iraq The Arab League on Thursday accused Turkey of violating international laws by deploying military personnel in Iraq and of threatening Iraq's sovereignty. Pictured: A man waves a Kurdistan flag as a Turkish military truck escorts a convoy of ...
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Iran Moves its Troops into Iraq and Away from Syria - Asharq Alawsat Fri, 25 Dec 2015 17:10:17 GMT

Asharq Alawsat

Iran Moves its Troops into Iraq and Away from Syria
Asharq Alawsat
Well informed political sources revealed that Iran withdrew Revolutionary Guard units in Syria, moving them to Iraq after Russian- Iranian dispute escalated in Syria. An Iraqi political source, who requested anonymity, told Asharq Al-Awsat that Russia ...

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Cicilline Celebrates Christmas with Troops in Iraq - WLNE-TV (ABC6) Fri, 25 Dec 2015 19:48:43 GMT

WLNE-TV (ABC6)

Cicilline Celebrates Christmas with Troops in Iraq
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
“It was an incredibly humbling experience to spend Christmas in Iraq with the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces and to have the opportunity to thank them on behalf of all Rhode Islanders. Our troops and their families are making ...

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