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Iraq: Thousands displaced as battle for Mosul rages on - Aljazeera.com Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:43:57 GMT

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Iraq: Thousands displaced as battle for Mosul rages on
Aljazeera.com
The aid community has been scrambling to build camps and bring equipment to areas on the edges of the Mosul battlefield, a vast area where Iraqi forces are closing in on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, also known as ISIS) from the ...
U.N. preparing for possible chemical attack in Iraq's MosulWashington Times
The “people of the cross” are taking back IraqCatholic News Agency (blog)
The Latest: UN prepares for chemical attacks in Iraq's MosulFox News
Press TV -New York Times
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Going home in Iraq: Tearful reunions and a touch of fear - Los Angeles Times Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:39:09 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Going home in Iraq: Tearful reunions and a touch of fear
Los Angeles Times
Ziad Farhan and his family waited in line with dozens of other families Thursday, panel trucks packed with their belongings, headed for a village named Hurriya: Freedom. Iraqi forces claimed to have driven Islamic State fighters out of the area in ...

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Can Iraq's Christians Finally Go Home? - Wall Street Journal Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:27:58 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Can Iraq's Christians Finally Go Home?
Wall Street Journal
Her family fled from the mostly Christian village of Batnaya in August 2014, when Islamic State militants captured territory throughout northern Iraq. She now lives in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. As coalition forces—Iraqi government forces ...
Chaldean Archbishop To Speak In San Diego On Rebuilding IraqKPBS
'There will always be Christians in Iraq,' prelate vowsCatholic Culture

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Erdogan reasserts Turkey's role in wars in Syria and Iraq - Washington Post Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:38:37 GMT

Washington Post

Erdogan reasserts Turkey's role in wars in Syria and Iraq
Washington Post
His remarks are a reminder of the strategic conundrum facing the United States, which is working to defeat the extremist Islamic State in Syria and Iraq with both cooperation from Turkey as well as from Syrian Kurdish militias being targeted by the Turks.
Turkey arrests European ISIS commanders en route to final battles in Iraq and SyriaExpress.co.uk
SitRep: JSOC Hunting ISIS; Turkey Threatening Combat in Iraq and SyriaForeign Policy (blog)

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Iraq Balks At Oil Production Cuts, Needs Funds To Fight ISIS - Forbes Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:36:26 GMT

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Iraq Balks At Oil Production Cuts, Needs Funds To Fight ISIS
Forbes
More disorder among OPEC ranks comes as Iraq says that it will not likely reduce oil output because it needs funds to keep up its battle against ISIS. Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi made the oil output disclosure over the weekend.“We are ...
Iraq Seeks Exemption from OPEC Production Deal on Islamic State WarWall Street Journal
Iraq Serves Sweet Tea and Raw Data to Avoid OPEC Production CutsBloomberg

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Satellite images reveal toxic clouds enveloping northern Iraq - Mashable Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:52:00 GMT

Mashable

Satellite images reveal toxic clouds enveloping northern Iraq
Mashable
As Iraqi forces fight to retake Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), clouds of toxic fumes are spreading across northern Iraq. The acrid smoke, which is so significant it is visible from space, is threatening to harm Iraqis' health just as ...
Sulfur Dioxide Plume Moving Across Iraq, Satellite Images ShowABC News
Winds carrying toxic sulfur dioxide clouds from Iraq to Turkey - Daily ...Daily Sabah
Toxic Smoke Spread by Daesh in Iraq Causes Anemia, Severe Blood DisordersSputnik International
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Coalition targets IS with 18 more airstrikes in Syria, Iraq - Kuwait News Agency Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:57:34 GMT

Coalition targets IS with 18 more airstrikes in Syria, Iraq
Kuwait News Agency
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (KUNA) -- The US-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State (IS) launched 18 airstrikes targeting the group in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in its ...

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How the 2016 election postpones the Republican reckoning on Iraq - The Week Magazine Thu, 27 Oct 2016 10:00:36 GMT

The Week Magazine

How the 2016 election postpones the Republican reckoning on Iraq
The Week Magazine
Because Donald Trump is so obviously a flawed candidate, he allows Republicans and conservatives to spend yet another election cycle learning nothing from the past 15 years. He allows Republicans to continue denying one of the great and ...

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Iraq, Syria, Philippines Have Highest Rates of Impunity in Journalist Murders - Newsweek Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:00:07 GMT

Newsweek

Iraq, Syria, Philippines Have Highest Rates of Impunity in Journalist Murders
Newsweek
The Philippines, Iraq and Syria are among the countries where journalists are most likely to be murdered with impunity, according to a new study from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The 2016 Impunity Index from New York-based CPJ calculates ...
Somalia, Iraq, Syria Top CPJ 'Impunity' ListMultichannel News

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Iraq is balking at OPEC's oil deal — and it'll probably get away with it - CNBC Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:13:00 GMT

CNBC

Iraq is balking at OPEC's oil deal — and it'll probably get away with it
CNBC
Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi dropped the bombshell on Sunday, doubling down after Iraq had already kicked up a fuss over how OPEC plans to set quotas when it meets next month in Vienna. He argued that his country can't cut production because ...
Iraq lures investors to boost its oil output as OPEC debates cutsReuters
Iraq Threatens To Sink OPEC DealOilPrice.com
Iraq Balks at Joining OPEC Cuts, Making Output Deal HarderBloomberg
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