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Who's tracking casualties in Iraq? A California high school teacher - Los Angeles Times Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:15:15 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Who's tracking casualties in Iraq? A California high school teacher Los Angeles Times Joel Wing, a high school social studies teacher in Oakland, was at home working on his MacBook Air one recent afternoon when he saw troubling news out of Baghdad. The United Nations had just released its estimate for the number of soldiers and other ...

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650-mile trench stakes out claim for bigger Kurdish territory in Iraq - The Guardian Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:11:23 GMT

Reuters

650-mile trench stakes out claim for bigger Kurdish territory in Iraq The Guardian Mounds of earth have been heaped above a trench gouged out of the ground along about 650 miles (1,050km) of northern Iraq, which before the war with Islamic State was in Arab hands. The berm runs from Sinjar, in the north-west, to Khanaqin, near the ... Iraq counts on US advisers, mostly out of sight, in war on Islamic StateReuters Iraq military: Troops have 'full control' of eastern MosulUSA TODAY Photos show 'weaponised commercial drones' in IraqBBC News Business Insider -Yahoo News -Mirror.co.uk all 241 news articles »

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'I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq, but main security incident I experienced was in Belfast' - Irish Times Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:00:18 GMT

Irish Times

'I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq, but main security incident I experienced was in Belfast' Irish Times “In 2013, I visited Iraq. We toured the northern Kurdish part including Erbil, Duhok, Mosul and Sulaymaniyah. In Sulaymaniyah, I was able to visit Iraq's first museum, housed at Amna Suraka – a complex notorious for being a killing zone and 'house of ...

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Losing in Iraq, Islamic State seeks to shore up Syria presence - Reuters Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:01:08 GMT

Reuters

Losing in Iraq, Islamic State seeks to shore up Syria presence Reuters It underlines the residual strength of Islamic State even after its loss of a cluster of cities in Iraq and half of Mosul, and points up the challenges facing U.S. President Donald Trump in the war he has vowed to wage against the group. The jihadists ... Isis may be losing in Iraq – but it is fighting back in SyriaYahoo News all 155 news articles »

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Iraq slowly untangles Islamic State's bureaucratic legacy - Reuters Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:01:48 GMT

Reuters

Iraq slowly untangles Islamic State's bureaucratic legacy Reuters As Iraqi forces retake territory from the militants, the state is working to reverse the bureaucratic legacy of Islamic State, which subjected millions to its rule after seizing large parts of Iraq during the summer of 2014. At a makeshift court housed ... Carter says more US troops will not fix Iraq or SyriaAlbert Lea Tribune Decision on US remaining in Iraq faces TrumpHerald-Whig Iraq: Islamic State Oil Fires Causing Illness, Environmental HazardBreitbart News Tehran Times -Prince George Citizen all 56 news articles »

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Obama's legacy in Iraq - The Hill (blog) Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:46:04 GMT

The Hill (blog)

Obama's legacy in Iraq The Hill (blog) 20, he will have both ended and launched a war in Iraq. Critics of his Iraq policy have blamed the country's slide toward political repression and internecine war after 2011 on the headlong rush to withdraw combat troops from Iraq beginning in 2009 ... and more »

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After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya - ReliefWeb Sat, 21 Jan 2017 01:36:44 GMT

ReliefWeb

After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya ReliefWeb Under a military onslaught from the United States-led Global Coalition against ISIS and its local allies, ISIS lost vast territory and thousands of fighters in Iraq, Libya and Syria. This is welcome news, but, as ISIS's grip on territory loosens, the ...

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Iraq recalls ambassador to Portugal after failed immunity for sons - Rudaw Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:40:44 GMT

Rudaw

Iraq recalls ambassador to Portugal after failed immunity for sons Rudaw Iraq's Ambassador Saad Mohammed Ridha to Portugal (left) meets with then-Porteguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva in 2015. Photo: Presidency of Portugal. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Iraqi ambassador to Portugal, Saad Mohammed Ridha, has ...

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Nemam Ghafouri: Victims of War and Conflict in Iraq and Kurdistan Face Double Genocide - The Majalla Magazine Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:37:26 GMT

The Majalla Magazine

Nemam Ghafouri: Victims of War and Conflict in Iraq and Kurdistan Face Double Genocide The Majalla Magazine In an interview with Al-Majalla, Ghafouri talks about her experience in Iraq and Kurdistan, providing insight into what it is like to be on the ground in this war-torn country and elucidating the dire situation and challenges that the victims currently ...

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Yezidi NGO resumes activities in northern Iraq after talks with Kurdish officials - ARA News Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:09:21 GMT

Yezidi NGO resumes activities in northern Iraq after talks with Kurdish officials ARA News Erbil – The Yezidi NGO 'Yazda' announced that it was allowed to resume its activities after its facilities and projects were shutdown by Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq in the beginning of January. “Following a series of meetings with concerned ... and more »