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Iraq targets ‘Islamic State’ remnants amid emerging threat
Middle East

Iraq targets ‘Islamic State’ remnants amid emerging threat

The Iraqi Armed Forces on Wednesday announced a major operation aimed at uprooting the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group from…
Iraqi army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran
Middle East

Iraqi army moves to secure planned oil route to Iran

Iraqi forces launched a security operation along a planned oil transit route to Iran on Wednesday, saying it was clearing…
Battle over bodies rages quietly in Iraq’s Mosul long after Islamic State defeat
Middle East

Battle over bodies rages quietly in Iraq’s Mosul long after Islamic State defeat

The Iraqis who have come home to Mosul’s Old City knew it would be hard living in the rubble left…
Senior Egyptian officials arrive in Baghdad for high-level meetings
Egypt

Senior Egyptian officials arrive in Baghdad for high-level meetings

Presidential Assistant for National and Strategic Projects Ibrahim Mahlab arrived in Baghdad on a multiple-day visit as head of a…
‘Islamic State’ sleeper cells spread fear in Iraq’s Hawija
Middle East

‘Islamic State’ sleeper cells spread fear in Iraq’s Hawija

Last October, after weeks of bitter combat, some 1,400 “Islamic State” (IS) fighters turned themselves in, expediting Hawija’s liberation. In a…
Iraq’s political landscape in disarray
Middle East

Iraq’s political landscape in disarray

Iraq officially declared victory over the so-called Islamic State (IS) – but was this a little hasty? Many Iraqis are concerned that…
Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’
Middle East

Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’

A German woman of Moroccan origin was sentenced to death by hanging by a court in Iraq on Sunday after…
1.3 million children displaced by Iraq’s war with Islamic State: UNICEF
World

1.3 million children displaced by Iraq’s war with Islamic State: UNICEF

While the Baghdad government last month declared victory over Islamic State after wresting back almost all the territory IS seized…
Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars
Middle East

Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars

When Iraqi forces drove Islamic State militants out of eastern Mosul a year ago, Nashwan Shakir Mahmoud raced back to…
The legacy of the ‘Islamic State’
Middle East

The legacy of the ‘Islamic State’

The terrorist “Islamic State” (IS) militia is mostly defeated in Syria and Iraq. According to the US military, the jihadis have…
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