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Airstrikes kills 30 IS terrorists, destroys explosives workshop west of Anbar Anbar (IraqiNews.com) The Ministry of Defense's War Media Cell announced, on Sunday, that 30 members of the Islamic State group were killed,... The post Airstrikes kills 30 IS terrorists, destroys explosives workshop west of Anbar appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news by Iraqi News.....

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Mosul celebrates first Eid without Islamic State in years | Reuters By Alaa Marjani | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq People in the Iraqi city of Mosul celebrated their first Muslim Eid holiday without Islamic State in years on Sunday after the militants were ejected from much of the city, and hoped the battle to recapture the remaining area would soon be over.Childre....

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Islamic State slaughters 7 civilians after Eid prayer near Kirkuk Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) A local source in Kirkuk Province revealed that the Islamic State militants slaughtered seven civilians after Islam's Eid al-Fitr prayer,... The post Islamic State slaughters 7 civilians after Eid prayer near Kirkuk appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news by Iraqi N....

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Iran mocks reports its Syria missile strikes fell short Tehran says part that fell in desert in Iraq is engine of the two-stage missile that separates during flight....

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US to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers' list US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is planning to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a list denouncing the world's worst offenders in the use of child soldiers. — Reuters....

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Mosul celebrates first Eid without Islamic State in years By Alaa MarjaniMOSUL, Iraq, June 25 (Reuters) - People in the Iraqi city of Mosul celebrated their first Muslim Eid holiday without Islamic State in years.......

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Iraqi forces seize two-thirds of Mosul's Old City, police says victory not far Iraqi forces have captured two-thirds of the Old City of Mosul, which was the main stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq, the commander of the federal police said on Sunday. The post Iraqi forces seize two-thirds of Mosul’s Old City, police says victory not far appeared first on Firstpost.....

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Kurdish designers bring fight with IS to Paris catwalk Paris (AFP) June 23, 2017 Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when they were children. Would they be fighting against Islamic State like their cousins back in Kirkuk? What is almost certain they would not be sh....

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Israeli man indicted for attempting to join Islamic State Shin Bet says Mohammad Ahmad Azzam was making ‘concrete plans’ to join jihadist group in Iraq or Syria....

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Malaysian militant may have escaped Marawi KUALA LUMPUR: Former Universiti Malaya lecturer turned militant Dr Mahmud Ahmad is believed to have escaped from Marawi, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar. "I would not confirm this now but authorities there reported that Isnilon Hapilon managed to escape and we believe Ma....

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Refugee Admissions In The US Drop By Almost Half Under Trump The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just released the public figures for refugee admissions in the country, providing an insight into the state of legal immigration under Trump’s administration. According to the statistics published on Friday, the number of refugees entering the U....

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How the US and Russia can avoid getting sucked into a war Samuel King Jr./US Air ForceIn the last month, for the first time since the civil war in Syria began in 2011, the United States has directly attacked Syrian government forces or proxies — not just once, but at least four times. The urgent question now is less about Syria than Russia. In respon....

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Why America loses wars it starts ReutersSince the end of World War II, why has America lost the wars it started? And why has America failed in the military interventions it made without just cause or legitimate reason? Vietnam, the invasion of Grenada, the Beirut bombings in Lebanon that killed over 240 American servicemen in Octob....

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The haunting private pictures of a baby-faced ISIS fighter found dead with bloody memory card hidden in his pocket During the sweep of a jihadi hideout held by members of a militant group in Mosul, Iraq, a BBC journalist discovered three militants by the River Tigris ....

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Muslim world readies for Eid al-Fitr but shadow hangs over festival in places Iraq has high hopes ahead of Eid al-Fitr, but in Philippines Muslim festival is sombre affair this year....

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James Mattis irks leftist media, saying of ISIS, 'We're going to kill them all' ANALYSIS/OPINION: U.S. retired general and Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, has said the policy of the American military now in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq is moving from one of attrition to one of annihilation. The Leftist media doesn’t like this so much. The Washingt....

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Islamic State burns child of Cubs of Caliphate in Mutaibaija Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) A local source in Salahuddin Province revealed that the Islamic State group burned a member of the so-called Cubs of... The post Islamic State burns child of Cubs of Caliphate in Mutaibaija appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news by Iraqi News.....

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Iraqi forces free hundreds of civilians in Mosul Old City battles as death toll mounts | Reuters By Marius Bosch | MOSUL, Iraq MOSUL, Iraq Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the quarter from Islamic State militants mounting a last stand in what was the de facto capital of their self-declared calipha....

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Airstrike kills 3 elite Islamic State members in Tal Afar Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A local source in Nineveh Province informed that three elite leaders of the Islamic State were killed in an air... The post Airstrike kills 3 elite Islamic State members in Tal Afar appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news by Iraqi News.....

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Exclusive: Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers' list (Reuters) In a highly unusual intervention, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a U.S. list of... The post Exclusive: Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers’ list appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news by Iraqi News.....

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Iraqi forces free hundreds of civilians in Mosul Old City battles By Marius BoschMOSUL, Iraq, June 24 (Reuters) - Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they.......

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Second French journalist dies of Mosul mine blast injuries PARIS (AP) - A French journalist has died of injuries suffered from a mine blast earlier this week in Iraq while covering a military operation to root out.......

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Kurdish designers bring fight with IS to Paris catwalk Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when they were children.Would they be.......

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Journalist dies of wounds from blast in Iraq's Mosul BAGHDAD (AP) — The French Embassy in Baghdad says a Swiss journalist has died from wounds sustained in a Mosul mine blast earlier this week while reporting on the fight against the Islamic State group. Sophie Pommier, a French Embassy spokeswoman, says Veronique Robert died in a Paris hospital Sa....

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Iraqi Christians Detained by ICE Shouldn't Be Deported Legend has it that Abgar V, "the Black," ruler of the small Mesopotamian kingdom of Osroene, was incurably ill when a wanderer anointed by the miracle-worker, Jesus, appeared. The stranger's name was Addai, or Thaddeus, numbered among the Seventy and sent by the Apostle Thomas, the twin, the doubter....

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President Donald Trump Is Telling Lies at an Astonishing and Historical Rate "Sometimes, Trump can't even keep his untruths straight," the NYT reports. Is there anything President Trump hasn't lied about since taking office?This has become a serious question. The world is in an unaccustomed position, as longtime New Yorker writer Mark Singer put it in his 201....

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Champagne for final World War II survivor found SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - In 2005, home from a combat tour in Iraq, Nathan Hall spotted a familiar pin while looking through his grandfather's memorabilia. It was the crest of the 147th Field Artillery Regiment. Hall, a combat medic, had been in Iraq with the 147th. "I kind of .......

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Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq and Myanmar from list of nations using child soldiers In a highly unusual intervention, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a U.S. list of the world’s worst offenders .......

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Syria regime penetrates IS-held eastern province: monitor BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces on Friday broke into the eastern Deir Ezzor province for the first time since 2014, a monitor said, after seizing territory from Islamic State group jihadists. Government forces control part of Deir Ezzor city and the adjacent military airport, but IS holds the vast ....

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Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers' list By Jason Szep and Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - In a highly unusual intervention, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq.......

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Hezbollah Leader Blasts Israelis, 'Weak' Saudis on Al-Quds Day Nasrallah noted that any Israeli attack on Syria or Lebanon would be greeted by a response from fighters in Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.....

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Life story Three young IS militants lay dead on the banks of the river Tigris. Who were they and what were they doing in Iraq?....

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ISIS mounts bloody last stand in Mosul In Iraq, government forces backed by the U.S. are on the verge of retaking the city of Mosul. But ISIS has mounted a bloody last stand in the few neighborhoods it still controls. Charlie D'Agata reports from the Old City.....

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Australia sends spy planes to Mindanao SYDNEY, Australia – Australian military spy planes will start flying missions over the southern Philippines to help in the fight against Islamic militants terrorizing the area, the government said Friday, June 23. Fighters linked to the Islamic State group (IS, formerly known as ISIS or the Is....

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Exclusive – U.S. list to drop Iraq, Myanmar as worst offenders on child soldiers | Reuters By Matt Spetalnick and Jason Szep | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a U.S. The post Exclusive – U.S. list to drop Iraq, Myanmar as worst offenders on child soldiers | Reuters appeared first on Firstpost.....

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U.S. list to drop Iraq, Myanmar as worst offenders on child soldiers By Matt Spetalnick and Jason SzepWASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a U.S. list of the.......

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Hezbollah chief: 'Thousands' of fighters will respond if Israel attacks Nasrallah says any future conflict ‘would open the door for fighters from Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan....

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Iraq's PM concludes tightrope regional tour Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's tour — which spanned Saudi Arabia, Iran and Kuwait — aimed to maintain regional balances amid discussions on post-IS preparations and regional aid to Iraq.....

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Mulcair questions mission after sniper's record kill NDP leader Tom Mulcair is forgoing the celebration and raising red flags after reports a Canadian sniper in Iraq broke the world record for the longest confirmed kill.....

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Sniper credited with record after reportedly hitting IS fighter from over two miles A Canadian sniper has broken a world record after reportedly shooting dead an Islamic State fighter in Iraq from more than two miles away.....

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Tom Mulcair questions Canada's role in Iraq after sniper breaks record The Liberals have long said Canadian soldiers in Iraq are not in combat, even though their so-called "advise and assist" mission allows them to shoot and kill ISIL fighters.....

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Mulcair raises red flags after Canadian sniper breaks record in Iraq OTTAWA – NDP leader Tom Mulcair is forgoing the celebration and raising red flags after reports a Canadian sniper in Iraq broke the world record for the longest confirmed kill. National Defence says the sniper is a member of the ultra-secret Joint Task Force 2 unit deployed as part of Canada&#....

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Fourteen Things that Caught My Eye Today (June 23, 2017) 1. Two brave women write in the New York Times. 2. Christianity Today: Evangelicals Tell Trump: Don't Deport Christians to Face Genocide in Iraq Catholic bishops ask the same. 3. Melinda Henneberger on D.C. lobbying for a genocidal regime. 4. Sohrab Ahmari on targeting conscience. 5. Ryan Anderson o....

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Hezbollah says future war with Israel could draw fighters from across region | Reuters BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that a future war waged by Israel against Syria or Lebanon could draw thousands of fighters from countries including Iran, Iraq and Yemen. "The Israeli enemy must know that if an Israeli war is launched on Syria or Lebanon, it is not kn....

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Bronx Man Accused Of Joining ISIS Arrested At JFK Airport: Report A Bronx-based home health aide was arrested Wednesday at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York following an alleged attempt to flee the country to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to a press release by U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim. Saddam "Adam" Mohamed Raishani, 30, was repo....

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Hezbollah says future Israel war could draw fighters from Iran, Iraq, elsewhere | Reuters BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that a future war waged by Israel against Syria or Lebanon could draw thousands of fighters from countries including Iran, Iraq and Yemen.His comments indicated that the same array of Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias currently fighting i....

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Iraqi forces battle towards heart of Mosul's Old City | Reuters By Maher Chmaytelli | ERBIL, Iraq ERBIL, Iraq Iraqi forces battled their way along two streets that meet in the heart of Mosul's Old City on Friday, and said they aimed to open routes for civilians to flee Islamic State's last stand there.U.S.-trained urban warfare units are leading the fight ....

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If ISIS' 'caliph' really is dead, here's who is likely to replace him as leader Thomson Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were army officers under late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Experts on Islamist groups see no clear successor but regard....

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WSJ, a propaganda outlet and willing vehicle for Malaysian government's political opponents: Annuar KUALA LUMPUR: For many decades the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has been attacking and trying to topple the Umno-led government and now even United States figures say the WSJ sells fake news, said Umno Information chief Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pix). Annuar, in a statement, today said Malaysia has long ....

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Associated Press announces 2017 staff awards NEW YORK (AP) - Coverage of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, the demise of Venezuelan society and fighting in Mosul, Iraq, won top honors in the 2017.......

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50 civilians casualties in Mosul shelling, 200 rescued Mosul (IraqiNews.com) At least 50 civilians were killed and wounded when a missile fell on a marketplace in western Mosul, news reports... The post 50 civilians casualties in Mosul shelling, 200 rescued appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news by Iraqi News.....

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