NBCNews.com | 140 or More Dead as 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Iraq-Iran Border NBCNews.com At least 140 people were killed and hundreds more were injured after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the Iran-Iraq border, the Iranian government said late Sunday. The state news agency IRNA said Sunday night that the official death toll of 141 ... Strong earthquake hits Iraq-Iran border area, six killed in Iran Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing at least 145 Earthquake Kills Over 100 at Iran-Iraq Border |
TIME | Mass Graves Found in Iraq Could Contain 400 Bodies TIME (KIRKUK, Iraq) — Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State group that could contain up to 400 bodies, an Iraqi official said Sunday. The bodies of civilians and security forces were found in an ... Mass graves 'of ISIL victims' found in Iraq's Hawijah Officials Locate Mass ISIS Grave in Iraq Mass graves discovered in former ISIS-controlled territory in Iraq could contain 400 bodies |
Journal Times | Local airman assisting operations in Iraq, Syria Journal Times A technical sergeant in the United States Air Force, Adams is stationed in Turkey, supporting combat search and rescue operations in Syria and Iraq. It is the 29-year-old's third deployment to the Middle East. Adams, who has been in the Air Force for ... |
Fox News | Marine who lost camera full of photos from Iraq is identified | Fox News Fox News Marine Ben Zellman (l) has been identified as the Marine who owned a camera with photos from Iraq that was found in Washington nine years ago. (Fox 5 DC). Hunt Is On To Reunite Marine with Iraq Photos |
Buffalo News | Iraq vet finally catches break after hard times in and out of service Buffalo News His father, a soldier serving in Germany, fell in love with a German woman and a year later Dehler was born. But Dehler's father, who was from Buffalo, returned to the United States before his birth in February 1985 and it seemed they would never know ... |
Wall Street Journal | Changing of the Guard Resets Cycle of Retribution in Iraq Wall Street Journal ZUMAR, Iraq—The victors in the latest reversal of fortunes here in this part of northern Iraq have wasted no time erasing the legacy of three years of Kurdish rule. Since routing the Kurds in October, Iraqi forces have scrubbed out their sun ... |
BBC News | Iraq begins fight for final IS-held town, Rawa BBC News Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to recapture Rawa, the last town controlled by so-called Islamic State. The town, and a few small parcels of land, are all that remains under the militants' control in Iraq, after the larger town of al-Qaim fell ... Islamic State has lost 90% of its territory in Iraq and Syria. Where in the world is Abu Bakr Baghdadi? Activists: IS gunmen regain control of Syrian town near Iraq |
Four dead after earthquake in Iraq's Kurdistan Region: Kurdish health minister Reuters ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - At least four people died and dozens were wounded after a major earthquake struck large parts of Iraq on Sunday, according to the Kurdistan Regional Government's Health Minister Rekawt Hama Rasheed. The most extensive damage ... |
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle | 101st Airborne soldier dies from injuries in Iraq Clarksville Leaf Chronicle A soldier with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell has died from injuries in a non-combat incident in Iraq,. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lee M. Smith, 35, of Arlington, Texas, died Saturday at Camp Taji, according to a news release Sunday from the ... 101st Airborne soldier dies in Iraq |
euronews | Girls in Iraq 'could be married at nine' if draft law is approved euronews Iraq has moved a step closer to allowing girls as young as nine to marry, human rights campaigners have claimed. The proposal is part of a draft law recently approved by 40 MPs that would see the restoration of religious courts, says Equality Now (EN). |