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In Iraqi holy city, row over female violinist at soccer match shows social rift
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In Iraqi holy city, row over female violinist at soccer match shows social rift

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – The match should have been cause for young Iraqis to celebrate. Their national team beat Lebanon…
Iraqis choose refugee camps over ruined homes
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Iraqis choose refugee camps over ruined homes

HASSAN SHAM CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – Despairing of the corpses and debris littering the streets, many Iraqis have left their…
Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity
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Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Yazidi women and girls who were enslaved and raped by Islamic State militants have few choices.…
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
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Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide

“Germany must not be a safe haven for war criminals.” It is a sentence police inspector Klaus Zorn repeats several…
Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say
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Turkey starts filling huge Tigris river dam, activists say

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said,…
Turkey determined to destroy ‘terror corridor’ in Syria
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Turkey determined to destroy ‘terror corridor’ in Syria

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his country is determined to destroy what he called…
Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of IS militants
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Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of IS militants

TARMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi security forces were sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad on Tuesday as part of…
Iran reassures Iraq over freedom of maritime navigation: ministry
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Iran reassures Iraq over freedom of maritime navigation: ministry

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran has reassured Iraq that there will be freedom of international maritime navigation in the Strait of…
Fire at Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halts crude loading: Iraqi officials
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Fire at Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halts crude loading: Iraqi officials

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – A fire at Iraq’s southern Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halted crude loading operations on…
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
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Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home

Freed after years in jihadist captivity, Jihan faced an agonizing ultimatum: abandon her three small children fathered by an Islamic…
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