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Mosul Airport Reopens Years After ISIS Devastation
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani inaugurated Wednesday the city of Mosul's newly restored airport, years after it was destroyed in the battle to dislodge the Islamic State group.
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Iraq's "Hunchback" Of Mosul, Where ISIS Chief Declared A Caliphate, Rebuilt
The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate".
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5 ISIS Bombs Found Hidden In Iconic Iraq Mosque: UN Agency
A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern Iraqi city.
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Iraq's Mosul Finds Its Way Back To Life A Decade After It Fell To ISIS
It was the simple night-time act of watering flowers on his street in Mosul's Old City that made Saqr Zakaria stop and think about just how safe this last bastion of Islamic State militants had become since it was liberated in 2017.
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"Fled Wars To Die In An Earthquake": Iraqi Woman Mourns Family In Turkey
Six years ago, Rehab Talal and her family fled the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq seeking shelter in Turkey, but seven members of her family died, including a week-old baby, when her parents' house collapsed in the earthquake.
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France's Emmanuel Macron Visits ISIS Former Stronghold In Iraq's Mosul
French President Emmanuel Macron was to pay a visit Sunday to the ISIS's former Iraqi stronghold Mosul, a day after vowing to keep troops in the country.
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Turkish Drone Strike Kills 3 Civilians In Iraq Refugee Camp
Three civilians were killed Saturday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area Turkish President recently threatened to "clean up", a Kurdish lawmaker said.
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250 kg ISIS Cleric "Jabba The Jihadi" Arrested In Iraq, Was "Too Large" For Police Car
The SWAT team of Iraqi forces recently scored a "big" catch in the city of Mosul when they arrested an obese ISIS cleric who has been dubbed as "Jabba the Jihadi" on social media.
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Almost 100 Dead As Ferry Carrying Families Sinks On Holiday Trip In Iraq
Almost 100 people, mostly women and children, died Thursday as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former terrorist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq's worst accident in years.
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Iraq's Mosul Demolishes Iconic Building Used By ISIS To Kill "Gay" Men
Authorities in Mosul have begun demolishing a onetime icon of modern Iraqi architecture used by the ISIS to throw men accused of being gay to their deaths.
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"A Personal Freedom": With Terrorists Gone, Booze Is Back In Iraq's Mosul
Rows of yellow-labelled whiskey bottles sit alongside imported French wines, while cans of Korean beer chill in the fridge: with Iraq's Mosul free of terrorists, the booze is back.
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After ISIS Killed Her Sons, Iraqi Grandmother Fends For 22 Children
Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her 22 grandchildren after ISIS killed their fathers - her sons - a struggle in a cramped flat with little help from the state.
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Once A Tradition, Iraqis Say No Toy Guns In Bid To Celebrate Peaceful Eid
It has long been a tradition in Iraq's second city Mosul for young boys to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday by running riot with firecrackers or toy guys -- scaring their sisters and grandparents.
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39 Indians Travelled Illegally To Iraq, Government Had No Record: Minister VK Singh
Union Minister VK Singh, who on Monday brought back the bodies of 38 of 39 Indians killed in Iraq by a special aircraft, has said that the workers had travelled there illegally so the government had no record of them and couldn't help them.
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"Not Like Biscuits": VK Singh Criticised For Comment On 38 Indians
Union Minister VK Singh, who brought back today the bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq, was criticized for his sharp retort to reporters who questioned him about compensation for the grieving families: "This is not like distributing biscuits."
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Mosul Airport Reopens Years After ISIS Devastation
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani inaugurated Wednesday the city of Mosul's newly restored airport, years after it was destroyed in the battle to dislodge the Islamic State group.
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Iraq's "Hunchback" Of Mosul, Where ISIS Chief Declared A Caliphate, Rebuilt
The Al-Hadba or "hunchback" minaret is part of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque from where former IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in July 2014 declared his "caliphate".
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5 ISIS Bombs Found Hidden In Iconic Iraq Mosque: UN Agency
A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern Iraqi city.
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Iraq's Mosul Finds Its Way Back To Life A Decade After It Fell To ISIS
It was the simple night-time act of watering flowers on his street in Mosul's Old City that made Saqr Zakaria stop and think about just how safe this last bastion of Islamic State militants had become since it was liberated in 2017.
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"Fled Wars To Die In An Earthquake": Iraqi Woman Mourns Family In Turkey
Six years ago, Rehab Talal and her family fled the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq seeking shelter in Turkey, but seven members of her family died, including a week-old baby, when her parents' house collapsed in the earthquake.
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France's Emmanuel Macron Visits ISIS Former Stronghold In Iraq's Mosul
French President Emmanuel Macron was to pay a visit Sunday to the ISIS's former Iraqi stronghold Mosul, a day after vowing to keep troops in the country.
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Turkish Drone Strike Kills 3 Civilians In Iraq Refugee Camp
Three civilians were killed Saturday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area Turkish President recently threatened to "clean up", a Kurdish lawmaker said.
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250 kg ISIS Cleric "Jabba The Jihadi" Arrested In Iraq, Was "Too Large" For Police Car
The SWAT team of Iraqi forces recently scored a "big" catch in the city of Mosul when they arrested an obese ISIS cleric who has been dubbed as "Jabba the Jihadi" on social media.
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Almost 100 Dead As Ferry Carrying Families Sinks On Holiday Trip In Iraq
Almost 100 people, mostly women and children, died Thursday as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former terrorist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq's worst accident in years.
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Iraq's Mosul Demolishes Iconic Building Used By ISIS To Kill "Gay" Men
Authorities in Mosul have begun demolishing a onetime icon of modern Iraqi architecture used by the ISIS to throw men accused of being gay to their deaths.
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"A Personal Freedom": With Terrorists Gone, Booze Is Back In Iraq's Mosul
Rows of yellow-labelled whiskey bottles sit alongside imported French wines, while cans of Korean beer chill in the fridge: with Iraq's Mosul free of terrorists, the booze is back.
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After ISIS Killed Her Sons, Iraqi Grandmother Fends For 22 Children
Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her 22 grandchildren after ISIS killed their fathers - her sons - a struggle in a cramped flat with little help from the state.
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Once A Tradition, Iraqis Say No Toy Guns In Bid To Celebrate Peaceful Eid
It has long been a tradition in Iraq's second city Mosul for young boys to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday by running riot with firecrackers or toy guys -- scaring their sisters and grandparents.
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39 Indians Travelled Illegally To Iraq, Government Had No Record: Minister VK Singh
Union Minister VK Singh, who on Monday brought back the bodies of 38 of 39 Indians killed in Iraq by a special aircraft, has said that the workers had travelled there illegally so the government had no record of them and couldn't help them.
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"Not Like Biscuits": VK Singh Criticised For Comment On 38 Indians
Union Minister VK Singh, who brought back today the bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq, was criticized for his sharp retort to reporters who questioned him about compensation for the grieving families: "This is not like distributing biscuits."
