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CIA director warns Iranian general on Iraq - Washington Post Sun, 03 Dec 2017 01:37:48 GMT

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CIA director warns Iranian general on Iraq
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he sent a letter to a top Iranian military official warning him the United States would hold Tehran accountable for any attacks on American interests in Iraq by forces under Iranian control. Pompeo said Iran ...
CIA Chief Pompeo Says He Warned Iran's Soleimani Over Iraq AggressionU.S. News & World Report
CIA Chief Sends Letter To Iranian General Over Threats To US Forces In IraqRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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Iraq after ISIL: 'It was like a ghost town' - Aljazeera.com Sat, 02 Dec 2017 07:13:38 GMT

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Iraq after ISIL: 'It was like a ghost town'
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Telskof, northern Iraq - Linda Adib Younis' house in the Iraqi town of Telskof has high ceilings, with shelves all the way to the top stacked with trinkets - cuddly toys, ornate porcelain figures, vases. There were even more before she was displaced by ...


France's Macron calls on Iraq to dismantle all militias - Reuters - Reuters Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:50:22 GMT

Reuters

France's Macron calls on Iraq to dismantle all militias - Reuters
Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called on Iraq to dismantle all militias, including the government-sanctioned, Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a rare public call to do so by a major Western leader.
French President Emmanuel Macron backs Iraq talks after Kurdish concessionsDeutsche Welle
France's Macron calls on Iraq to dismantle all militiasGeo News, Pakistan
Iraq deploys army near Peshmerga front, threatens to seize areas southeast SulaimaniKurdistan24
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Two mass graves found in Yazidi district of Iraq - Economic Times Sat, 02 Dec 2017 13:55:00 GMT

Economic Times

Two mass graves found in Yazidi district of Iraq
Economic Times
BAGHDAD: Iraqi paramilitary forces have uncovered two more mass graves containing the bodies of 140 civilians, including women and children, in an area home to the Yazidi religious minority, they said today. In 2014, IS killed thousands of Yazidis in ...
Dozens of Yazidi women and children's bodies found in Iraq mass gravesThe New Arab

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In search of cardinal virtues in Iraq - Open Democracy Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:02:34 GMT

Open Democracy

In search of cardinal virtues in Iraq
Open Democracy
Bullets on the ground in Mosul, Iraq, 01 June 2017. Picture by Noe Falk Nielsen/NurPhoto/SIPA USA/PA Images. All right reserved. I arrived in Baghdad in November 2013. It was part of my doctoral research on the afterlives of the Iraqi Baʿth state's al ...


Anti-ISIS coalition looks to stabilize Iraq and eastern Syria as war winds down - The Jerusalem Post Fri, 01 Dec 2017 17:31:47 GMT

The Jerusalem Post

Anti-ISIS coalition looks to stabilize Iraq and eastern Syria as war winds down
The Jerusalem Post
Retaking Mosul from ISIS (credit: SETH J. FRANTZMAN). “We are approaching a military shift,” says Maj.-Gen. Felix Gedney, the deputy-commander for strategy and support of the US-led coalition. “We are coming to an end of the liberation of Iraq and ...

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How ISIL changed the oil map of Iraq | Kurds | Al Jazeera - Aljazeera.com Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:52:54 GMT

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How ISIL changed the oil map of Iraq | Kurds | Al Jazeera
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The last three years dramatically reshaped the oil map in Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer. The dust from the military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) will take weeks if not months to settle, and ...
After Islamic State, Baghdad cannot govern Iraq from centreThe New Arab

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Iraq's Nov. Oil Exports From South Up at 3.5 Million bpd - Financial Tribune Sat, 02 Dec 2017 20:36:08 GMT

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Iraq's Nov. Oil Exports From South Up at 3.5 Million bpd
Financial Tribune
Oil exports from Iraq's southern ports rose to an average of 3.5 million barrels per day in November from 3.35 million bpd in October, Basra Oil Company Director General Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said on Friday. Southern exports are on the rise, as Iraq looks ...
How ISIL changed the oil map of IraqThe Nation

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Why Israel ignores Iraq - Israel News - Jerusalem Post - The Jerusalem Post Fri, 01 Dec 2017 19:10:42 GMT

The Jerusalem Post

Why Israel ignores Iraq - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
Israeli decision-makers' as well as commentators' lack of interest in the political developments in Iraq, leads them to exaggerate in Iranian influence in Iraq and lose track of alternative trends.

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Theresa May makes secret visit to Iraq - The Guardian Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:01:28 GMT

The Guardian

Theresa May makes secret visit to Iraq
The Guardian
The UK has about 600 troops in Iraq, almost all involved in training Iraqi forces. At the Taji base, May said this was vital to ensure the forces “are able to conduct the operations they need to” against Islamic State. May told Sky News: “We need to ...
UK's May Warns of Islamic State Threat During Visit to IraqBloomberg

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