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Less than 1,000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, coalition says - Reuters Wed, 27 Dec 2017 10:55:10 GMT

Less than 1,000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, coalition says
Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third of the estimated figure only three weeks ago.
US Coalition: ISIS Is Down to Fewer Than 1000 Fighters in Iraq, SyriaDaily Beast
Fewer Than 1000 ISIS Fighters Now Remain In Iraq And SyriaUPROXX
Less than 1000 ISIS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, coalition saysThe Jerusalem Post
The Times -Business Insider
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Iraq: 3RP Monthly Update - October 2017: Food - ReliefWeb Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:19:17 GMT

ReliefWeb
Iraq: 3RP Monthly Update - October 2017: Food
ReliefWeb
However, the political unrest in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq resulted in a suspension of most of the placements. WFP is looking at bringing some of these students as Computer Lab Coordinators in the Arbat Camp computer lab, which was refurbished by ...
Iraq: 3RP Monthly Update - october 2017: HealthReliefweb

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200 families return to refugee camps due to IS attacks in Iraq's Kirkuk - Xinhua Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:42:57 GMT

200 families return to refugee camps due to IS attacks in Iraq's Kirkuk
Xinhua
TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- About 200 families returned to refugee camps in central Iraq's Salahudin province on Wednesday as attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants increased recently in neighboring Kirkuk province, an official told Xinhua. "The ...

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How Sunnis' post-ISIS crisis is leading some to a new Iraqi nationalism - Christian Science Monitor Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:04:00 GMT

Christian Science Monitor
How Sunnis' post-ISIS crisis is leading some to a new Iraqi nationalism
Christian Science Monitor
December 27, 2017 Baghdad—While unbridled joy has greeted the defeat of the so-called Islamic State across Iraq, the wreckage left behind includes severe trauma to Iraq's Arab Sunnis – leaving the minority community facing what some say is an ...

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Iraq extends ban on international flights to Kurdistan Region - Rudaw Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:15:53 GMT

Rudaw
Iraq extends ban on international flights to Kurdistan Region
Rudaw
The Iraqi government initially imposed the flight ban on international flights to and from the Kurdistan Region on September 29, just four days after the Kurdish vote on Independence. Photo: EIA. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq has extended the ban on ...
How Abadi violates Iraq's constitutionWashington Times
Iraq's victory over IS overshadowed by growing crisis with Kurdish regionXinhua
The Iraq Report: Kurdistan in turmoilThe New Arab
Sputnik International -The National -Antiwar.com
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Chairman's USO Holiday Tour Entertains Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq ... - Department of Defense Tue, 26 Dec 2017 14:38:52 GMT

Department of Defense
Chairman's USO Holiday Tour Entertains Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq ...
Department of Defense
We could not bring you home for Christmas, so we decided to bring a little bit of home to you,” Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told service members stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. ,

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Iraq: 3RP Monthly Update - October 2017: Protection - ReliefWeb Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:44:20 GMT

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Iraq: 3RP Monthly Update - October 2017: Protection
ReliefWeb
2,153 Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR in the reporting period representing an increase of 57.5% from the previous month. Similarly, 739 new births were recorded and some 320 identified with specific needs representing an increase of approximately ...

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US basketball star rebounds from arrest with Iraq national team - Daily Nation Wed, 27 Dec 2017 18:38:35 GMT

Daily Nation
US basketball star rebounds from arrest with Iraq national team
Daily Nation
Baghdad's Oil Club guard DeMario Mayfield (second left) attempts a shot during a basketball match against Iraq's Airline Club, in Baghdad on December 7, 2017. DeMario Mayfield feared it was the end of his basketball career when he was arrested for ...

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Iraq: Yezidi Fighters Allegedly Execute Civilians | Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Watch Wed, 27 Dec 2017 05:13:46 GMT

Human Rights Watch
Iraq: Yezidi Fighters Allegedly Execute Civilians | Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Yezidi fighters in Iraq allegedly forcibly disappeared and killed 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe in June 2017, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Chicago Tribune: In Iraq, the danger of a dormant Islamic State - WatertownDailyTimes.com Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:19:00 GMT

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Chicago Tribune: In Iraq, the danger of a dormant Islamic State
WatertownDailyTimes.com
CHICAGO (Tribune News Service) — Islamic State swept into northern Iraq in 2014, but the door opened for it three years earlier, when the U.S. withdrew its troops from the Middle East country. Left on their own, Iraqi troops dropped their guns and ...
For Iraq's Christians, a bittersweet first Christmas home after Isis takeoverThe Guardian
In Hopeful Step Toward Reconstruction, Iraq's Mosul Celebrates First Christmas Since Fall of ISISGlobal Voices Online
Can Iraq's elite counter-terrorism unit recover from losses in Mosul?Rudaw
AMN Al-Masdar News -The Daily Caller
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