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Iraq sentences ISIS foreign fighter to death - CNN International Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:17:12 GMT

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Iraq sentences ISIS foreign fighter to death CNN International The man was arrested by Iraqi forces during an operation to retake the eastern bank of Mosul -- the country's second largest city -- from ISIS earlier this year. In July, Iraq's Prime Minister announced that all of Mosul had been recaptured from the ... Iraq parliament rejects Kurdish independence referendumAljazeera.com Iraq's Kurds Have Earned Their Right to IndependenceBloomberg Iraq lawmakers vote against Kurdish independence referendumFRANCE 24 WFMZ Allentown -Reuters all 238 news articles »

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ISIS wants militants to avoid Syria and Iraq, instead focusing on the Philippines - The Week Magazine Tue, 12 Sep 2017 23:13:12 GMT

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ISIS wants militants to avoid Syria and Iraq, instead focusing on the Philippines The Week Magazine The Islamic State, after losing ground in Syria and Iraq, is switching its attention to a different battleground: the Philippines. The ISIS media wing has released a seven-minute video in English that uses militants already in the southern part of the ... Officials Release Details of Latest Strikes Against ISIS Terrorists in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense 13000 ISIS fighters still in Syria, Iraq, 2500 of them EuropeansAMN Al-Masdar News (registration) all 61 news articles »

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Jewish Naval officer shares stories of maintaining her faith in Iraq, Afghanistan - Chicago Tribune Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:09:26 GMT

Chicago Tribune

Jewish Naval officer shares stories of maintaining her faith in Iraq, Afghanistan Chicago Tribune Some were joyous, such as meeting a man during a 2005 Yom Kippur service in Iraq who would later become her husband. While in Iraq she also spearheaded an effort to raise a giant menorah in one of Saddam Hussein's palaces for Hanukkah. During her ...

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Exclusive: Shell to withdraw from Iraq's Majnoon oilfield - Iraqi oil officials - Reuters Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:37:34 GMT

Reuters

Exclusive: Shell to withdraw from Iraq's Majnoon oilfield - Iraqi oil officials Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell is seeking to sell Iraq's Majnoon oilfield and the oil ministry has started preparations to finalize its exit, according to an oil ministry letter and oil officials. A letter signed by Iraqi oil minister Jabar al ... Reuters: Shell to exit Iraq's giant Majnoon oil fieldSeeking Alpha all 3 news articles »

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Barzani vows to press on with Kurdish referendum, defying Iraq parliament - Reuters Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:32:05 GMT

Reuters

Barzani vows to press on with Kurdish referendum, defying Iraq parliament Reuters BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani vowed on Tuesday to press ahead with a referendum on Kurdish independence on Sept. 25 despite a vote by Iraq's parliament to reject the move. Earlier the parliament in Baghdad ... Iraq: A Kurdish Breakthrough and a Long Ways To GoSTRATFOR Kurds' sacrifices rewarded with oppression, denial of rights by Iraq: KRG Rep.Kurdistan24 Iraq votes against Kurdish independence referendumJURIST all 54 news articles »

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Poppies of Iraq review – the ruins of a lost childhood - The Guardian Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:00:32 GMT

The Guardian

Poppies of Iraq review – the ruins of a lost childhood The Guardian Brigitte Findakly begins her wise, touching and wonderfully vivid graphic memoir, Poppies of Iraq, in the archaeological ruins of Nimrud, which lie outside Mosul where she grew up. Founded by the Assyrians more than 3,000 years ago, Nimrud holds a ...

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ISIS still stealing, spilling and smuggling oil throughout Iraq | Fox News - Fox News Tue, 12 Sep 2017 02:19:44 GMT

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ISIS still stealing, spilling and smuggling oil throughout Iraq | Fox News Fox News Despite being recently defeated from their major strongholds of Mosul and Tel Afar in Iraq, and it being more than two years since Iraqi forces specifically sought ... Photos: Iraq's displaced Sunnis stranded amid Kurd and Shiite interestsHindustan Times all 4 news articles »

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Helping refugees: Livonia woman works to assist those in native Iraq - Hometownlife.com Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:06:24 GMT

Hometownlife.com

Helping refugees: Livonia woman works to assist those in native Iraq Hometownlife.com She and her family lived in northern Iraq at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War in the early 1980s. When her father began receiving more information about Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party and pressuring him to join, he decided it was time to leave their ...

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Congress sits idle in the face of genocide - Washington Post Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:41:19 GMT

Washington Post

Congress sits idle in the face of genocide Washington Post In the wake of the Islamic State's genocidal practices in Iraq, the plight of religious minorities on the plain of Nineveh continues unabated. But instead of sitting on its hands or issuing well-meaning but toothless resolutions, Congress is now only ... and more »

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For Iraq's Long-Suffering Kurds, Independence Beckons - New York Times Sat, 09 Sep 2017 09:00:19 GMT

New York Times

For Iraq's Long-Suffering Kurds, Independence Beckons New York Times Numbering about 30 million people spread across four countries – Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran – the Kurds are often described as the world's largest ethnic group without their own homeland. Iraqi Kurdistan, an oil-rich enclave in northern Iraq, may be ... Would Kurdish Independence From Iraq Cause More Regional Instability?Sputnik International all 107 news articles »