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ISIL claims attack on pro-government militia in Iraq - Aljazeera.com Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:14:45 GMT

ISIL claims attack on pro-government militia in Iraq
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The PMF, an Iran-backed paramilitary group aligned with the Iraqi government in its battle against ISIL, said the attackers had been wearing Iraqi army fatigues and were manning a fake checkpoint. PMF soldiers were conducting security operations around ...
Isis widow sentenced to death by hanging in IraqThe Independent
IS ambush kills 27 pro-government fighters in IraqJakarta Post
Runaway German schoolgirl Linda Wenzel jailed in IraqThe Week UK
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Munich Security Conference: Iraq prime minister promises ... - CNBC Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:53:31 GMT

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Munich Security Conference: Iraq prime minister promises ...
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More than six months after Iraq's leadership proclaimed the defeat of ISIS on Iraqi territory, the country is on a path to rebuild.

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Iraq: Bi-weekly Protection Update (22 January - 4 February 2018) - ReliefWeb Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:15:11 GMT

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Iraq: Bi-weekly Protection Update (22 January - 4 February 2018)
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IDPs continue to return to their areas of origin but between 22 January and 4 February, 808 families (3,850 individuals) were also displaced to camps across Iraq. New arrivals to camps continue to be predominantly families from recently retaken areas ...

Finland turns away asylum seeker — who gets killed upon return to Iraq - euronews Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:48:45 GMT

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Finland turns away asylum seeker — who gets killed upon return to Iraq
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A man who was denied asylum by Finland's immigration service has been shot dead just weeks after his return to Iraq, according to Finnish public broadcaster YLE. Ali had said he sought refuge in Finland for being an “incorruptible” researcher on human ...

ISIS claims attack on Shiite militia in Iraq; 27 dead - CNN Tue, 20 Feb 2018 01:02:00 GMT

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ISIS claims attack on Shiite militia in Iraq; 27 dead
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(CNN) ISIS claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Shiite militia group near the Iraqi city of Hawija over the weekend, an ambush that left more than two dozen slain. It was the deadliest attack against Iraq's Shiite-led Popular Mobilization ...

Iraq's stability still a concern as U.S. plans drawdown - Arkansas Online Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:34:33 GMT

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Iraq's stability still a concern as U.S. plans drawdown
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QAIM, Iraq -- From their outpost on Iraq's westernmost edge, U.S. 1st Lt. Kyle Hagerty and his troops watched civilians trickle into the area after American and Iraqi forces drove out the Islamic State group. They were, he believed, families returning ...

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Turkey and the US could step up cooperation in Iraq - Hurriyet Daily News Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:15:37 GMT

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Turkey and the US could step up cooperation in Iraq
Hurriyet Daily News
The Middle East has increasingly become a region where there are issue-based alliances and issue-based confrontations between both state and non-state actors. That is one of the reasons why Turkey and the United States have come to the brink of a hot ...
4 PKK terrorists neutralized in SE Turkey, N IraqAnadolu Agency
Turkish army kills four PKK militants in E. Turkey, N. IraqKuwait News Agency

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T-90 MBTs delivered to Iraq - IHS Jane's 360 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:58:03 GMT

T-90 MBTs delivered to Iraq
IHS Jane's 360
Images published online on 15 February appear to show the first deliveries of Russian-manufactured T-90 main battle tanks (MBTs) to Iraq. Photographs published on Twitter show three T-90s on transporters leaving the southern port of Umm Qasr en route ...

Chevron Restarts Drilling In Kurdistan Region Of Iraq - Rigzone Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:10:25 GMT

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Chevron Restarts Drilling In Kurdistan Region Of Iraq
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Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. oil company Chevron Corp on Monday said it had resumed drilling operations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KRI). "Chevron can confirm that it has resumed its activities in the KRI and we have restarted drilling operations at ...

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Artist Michael Rakowitz Reveals the Iraq War's Many Wounds - Hyperallergic Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:50:04 GMT

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Artist Michael Rakowitz Reveals the Iraq War's Many Wounds
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CHICAGO — In 2006, the artist Michael Rakowitz took on a complicated, seemingly impossible task. He opened a store in Brooklyn to sell dates, with the chief goal of importing the sweet fruit directly from Iraq, and packaged in boxes that advertised ...