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Will Tortured Women in See Justice in Iraq? - HuffPost Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:10:00 GMT

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Will Tortured Women in See Justice in Iraq?
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She and her attorney, the British barrister Amal Clooney, attended a meeting of the UN Security Council, which adopted a resolution authorizing the United Nations to collect evidence in Iraq for acts that may be war crimes, crimes against humanity or ...
UN To Help Iraq Build War Crimes Cases Against IS ExtremistsRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
UN team to collect evidence of Islamic State crimes in IraqReuters
UN votes to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic StateCanton Daily Ledger
The Times of Israel -UN News Centre -AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
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Iraq's minorities fear for their future - BBC News Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:31:48 GMT

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Iraq's minorities fear for their future
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A slight octogenarian dressed in loose white garments, Sheikh Mirza looks an unlikely warrior against the fighters of so-called Islamic State (IS). Nevertheless, the Yazidi leader says that when they approached his ancestral village two years ago he ...

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Advances Bill Aimed at Helping Christians in Iraq and Syria - Townhall Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:14:26 GMT

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Advances Bill Aimed at Helping Christians in Iraq and Syria
Townhall
The bill clarifies that it is U.S. policy to” ensure that humanitarian, stabilization, and recovery assistance for nationals and residents of Iraq or Syria, and of communities from those countries, is directed toward ethnic and minority individuals and ...
Committee OKs bill on aid for persecuted religious groups in Iraq, SyriaCatholicPhilly.com
Coalition Begins Attacks on Last ISIS Pockets in IraqThe Epoch Times

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Turkey wants Iraq's Kurdish region to drop referendum, avoid sanctions - Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 2017 21:42:52 GMT

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Turkey wants Iraq's Kurdish region to drop referendum, avoid sanctions
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ANKARA (Reuters) - The planned independence referendum for Kurdish northern Iraq represents a direct threat to Turkey's security, and Ankara hopes it will be canceled so it can avoid implementing sanctions, Turkey's government spokesman said.
Barzani on the Kurdish referendum: 'We refuse to be subordinates ...The Guardian
Turkey calls on Barzani to cancel northern Iraq referendumAl-Arabiya
Kurdish independence referendum: Turkey, Iran and Iraq unite in opposition to 'Kexit' voteThe Independent
UN News Centre -Rudaw -NPR
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Russia supports Iraq's territorial integrity: Lavrov - Reuters Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:58:30 GMT

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Russia supports Iraq's territorial integrity: Lavrov
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REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari that Moscow supported Iraq's territorial integrity and sovereignty, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Iraqi Kurds ...

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Saudi Arabia to test Tehran's influence in Iraq - Financial Times - Financial Times Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:05:00 GMT

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Saudi Arabia to test Tehran's influence in Iraq - Financial Times
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Riyadh's diplomatic push challenges Iran's plans to strengthen role with Baghdad.

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Iraq crisis update – September 2017 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:25:50 GMT

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Iraq crisis update – September 2017
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The battle for Mosul has taken a staggering toll on the people of Iraq's second largest city, particularly on those who recently escaped from inside western Mosul, where extremely intense fighting inflicted high number of casualties and deprived the ...

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Turkey, Iran, Iraq consider counter-measures over Kurdish referendum - Reuters Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:39:09 GMT

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Turkey, Iran, Iraq consider counter-measures over Kurdish referendum
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey, Iran and Iraq have agreed to consider counter-measures against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned independence referendum, Turkey's foreign ministry said on Thursday. In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of the three ...
Paul Manafort hired to help promote Kurdish independence vote in Iraq that the US opposesBusiness Insider
How Iraq's Kurdish Independence Referendum Could Impact Oil MarketsBloomberg
Turkey Warns of Global Conflict if Iraq or Syria Break UpU.S. News & World Report
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -Haaretz -Voice of America
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The Iraqi militia helping Iran carve a road to Damascus - Reuters UK Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:44:10 GMT

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The Iraqi militia helping Iran carve a road to Damascus
Reuters UK
The Nujaba group, which has about 10,000 fighters, is now one of the most important militias in Iraq. Though made up of Iraqis, it is loyal to Iran and is helping Tehran create a supply route through Iraq to Damascus, according to Iraqi lawmaker ...

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Kuwait to Host Iraq Reconstruction Conference in Early 2018 - Voice of America Fri, 22 Sep 2017 21:04:13 GMT

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Kuwait to Host Iraq Reconstruction Conference in Early 2018
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Kuwait will host a conference early next year focused on reconstruction efforts in Iraq following “unprecedented” advances made recently by the country's military, Brett McGurk, the special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS ...

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