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Mattis: US, Coalition 'Steadfast' With Iraq for ISIS Defeat - Department of Defense Tue, 22 Aug 2017 20:52:20 GMT

Department of Defense

Mattis: US, Coalition 'Steadfast' With Iraq for ISIS Defeat
Department of Defense
Army Spc. Richard Pena, a crew chief assigned to C Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Saber, conducts preflight inspections of an AH-64E Apache helicopter at Erbil, Iraq, July 11, 2017. The AH-64E Apache provides reconnaissance ...
Military chief says ISIS too weak to plot terror attacks from IraqMirror.co.uk
From Kabul to Baghdad, My Bird's-Eye ViewNew York Times
Iraq captures two districts from ISILHurriyet Daily News
ReliefWeb -UPI.com -Gulf Times
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Mattis: IS militants caught in Iraq-Syria military vise - wreg.com Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:48:53 GMT

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Mattis: IS militants caught in Iraq-Syria military vise
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WASHINGTON — Expelled from their main stronghold in northern Iraq, Islamic State militants are now trapped in a military vise that will squeeze them on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. Mattis arrived in the ...
Mattis: ISIS is on the runCNN International
Iraqi forces make gains against ISIL in Tal Afar pushAljazeera.com
US defense secretary arrives in Iraq on unannounced visit to meet Iraqi leadersReuters
Voice of America -TRT World
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Persecuted Christians in Iraq are being forgotten - Washington Examiner Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:22:00 GMT

Washington Examiner

Persecuted Christians in Iraq are being forgotten
Washington Examiner
Although religious liberty in the United States is challenged almost daily, its authority remains real and true (at least for now). But elsewhere there is little ...

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Iraq Must Ensure Islamic State's Victims of Sexual Violence See Justice: UN - U.S. News & World Report Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:36:00 GMT

Middle East Monitor

Iraq Must Ensure Islamic State's Victims of Sexual Violence See Justice: UN
U.S. News & World Report
Thousands of people, predominantly from Iraq's ethnic and religious minorities, have been subjected to sexual violence since Islamic State militants swept across vast swathes of Iraq in 2014. The report pays particular attention to members of the ...
UN urges Iraq to protect children of Daesh terroristsMiddle East Monitor
UN: Iraq must do more for ISIS sex abuse victimsAl-Arabiya
UN urges justice and support for women abused by Daesh in IraqDaily Sabah

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How the West whitewashes killing children in Iraq - TRT World Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:40:28 GMT

TRT World

How the West whitewashes killing children in Iraq
TRT World
These days, when people talk about Iraq, they tend to conjure up the same mental images that have been pressed home by a careless mainstream media. Iraq is not the country of thousands of years of history, culture and civilizational progress, it is the ...


UNHCR - Protection of civilians in spotlight as fighting intensifies ... - UNHCR Tue, 22 Aug 2017 09:11:15 GMT

Reliefweb

UNHCR - Protection of civilians in spotlight as fighting intensifies ...
UNHCR
In northern Iraq, with operations having commenced as of Sunday to retake the city of Telafar, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, remains concerned about the.
Iraq: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 30 June 2017) - Iraq | ReliefWebReliefweb

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Mattis Asks Iraqi Kurds to Put Off Vote on Independence - New York Times Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:14:27 GMT

Middle East Monitor

Mattis Asks Iraqi Kurds to Put Off Vote on Independence
New York Times
ERBIL, Iraq — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis asked the president of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region on Tuesday to postpone a referendum next month on Kurdish independence. Mr. Mattis's meeting with President Massoud Barzani was part of a broader ...
More talks likely on Kurdish independence vote, negotiator saysReuters
US backs Iraq's territorial integrity: Defense ministerMiddle East Monitor
Despite objections Iraq's Kurds plan to hold independence referendumTRT World
Anadolu Agency -Kurdistan24
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Iraq starts offensive to take back Tal Afar from Islamic State - CNBC Sun, 20 Aug 2017 09:21:00 GMT

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Iraq starts offensive to take back Tal Afar from Islamic State
CNBC
Islamic State's self-proclaimed "caliphate" effectively collapsed last month, when U.S.-backed Iraqi forces completed the takeover of the militants' capital in Iraq, Mosul, after a nine-month campaign. But parts of Iraq and Syria remain under its ...
Iraq launches operation to take back IS-held town near MosulThe Denver Post
IS conflict: Iraq launches ground offensive in Tal AfarBBC News
Iraq launches offensive to retake Tal Afar from ISILAljazeera.com

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In Breakaway Move From Saudis, Iraq May Change Oil Pricing - OilPrice.com Mon, 21 Aug 2017 23:46:03 GMT

In Breakaway Move From Saudis, Iraq May Change Oil Pricing
OilPrice.com
In a bid to increase oil revenues and possibly setting the stage for its own benchmark crude grade, Iraq has told customers it may change the way it prices Basra crude for the Asian market, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting a letter by Iraq's state ...

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How Saudi Arabia Is Stepping Up in Iraq - Foreign Affairs Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:07:54 GMT

Foreign Affairs

How Saudi Arabia Is Stepping Up in Iraq
Foreign Affairs
Some of the best news to come from the Middle East in a long time is the recent and long-overdue improvement in relations between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It started in February, when Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir visited Baghdad—the first such ...
Saudi Arabia renews Iraq ties in bid to distance IranHindustan Times
ANALYSIS: Is this the beginning of a new era for Iraq without Iran?Al-Arabiya
'Iran Not after Materialistic Interests in Iraq, Syria'IFP News

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