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Iraq marks one year since 'victory' against Islamic State group
Iraq's premier on Monday marked a year since his country declared victory against the Islamic State group by pledging to fight corruption next, even as he faces a political crisis within his government. A year ago, his predecessor announced the conclusion of a three-year battle ...
One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize says the attention the prize has drawn to sexual violence against women in war zones must be followed by action against the abuses. Dr. Denis Mukwege spoke Sunday at a news conference together with Nadia ...
Rows of yellow-labeled whiskey bottles sit alongside imported French wines, while cans of Korean beer chill in the fridge: With Iraq's Mosul free of jihadis, the booze is back. The city spent three years under the iron-fisted rule of the Islamic State group, which punished ...
Over 400 hurt in M6.3 earthquake in western Iran as residents rush to the streets
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Iran near its border with Iraq on Sunday night, injuring more than 400 people and sending fearful residents running into the streets, authorities said. The Sunday temblor hit near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's Kermanshah province, which was the epicenter ...
It was spring 2007 in northern Iraq when 6-year-old Saja Saleem raced home from school with the good news about her excellent grades, hoping to receive the gift her father had promised her. "All of a sudden, I found myself spinning into the air with ...
Islamic State suspected as car bomb in Iraq's Tikrit kills five
Iraqi officials said five people were killed in a car bomb blast in the city of Tikrit on Sunday, the latest security breach to rattle the country in recent weeks. Sixteen others were wounded in the blast that set fires on both sides of a ...
U.S. 'war on terror' has killed 500,000 people, study estimates
About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the U.S. "war on terror" that was launched following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, according to a study released Thursday. The report, by Brown University's Watson Institute for International ...
France to accept 100 Yazidi female survivors of Islamic State stranded in Iraqi Kurdistan
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to bring to France 100 Yazidi women who were victims of assault by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq beginning in 2014, his office said Thursday. Macron's offer came after a meeting in Paris with Nadia Murad, who was ...
Refugee families find themselves split up due to stricter screening procedures to enter U.S.
Death threats drove Hadi Mohammed out of Iraq and to a small apartment in Nebraska, where he and his two young sons managed to settle as refugees. But the danger hasn't been enough to allow his wife to join them. Mohammed, who worked as a ...
Turkey legislature extends mandate for troop deployment in Syria and Iraq
The Turkish parliament on Wednesday approved a motion to extend the deployment of troops in neighboring Syria and Iraq for another year, the official Anadolu news agency reported. The mandate, first approved by parliament in October 2014, has been renewed every year since then. It allows ...
U.S. pulls diplomats from Basra in Iraq, citing threats from Iran
The United States announced on Friday it will effectively close its consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra and relocate its diplomatic personnel following increasing threats from Iran and Iran-backed militias, including rocket fire. The decision adds to mounting tension between the United States and ...
In warning to Iran and Russia, U.S. Marines conduct big drills with rebels in south Syria
A Syrian rebel commander said on Thursday rare military exercises with U.S. Marines in southern Syria sent a strong message to Russia and Iran that the Americans and the rebels intend to stay and confront any threats to their presence. Col. Muhanad al Talaa, commander ...
