Tag Archives: Iraq
Turkey bombs Kurds, arrests dozens in crackdown after twin attack

Damaged police vehicles and cars are pictured on December 10, 2016 on the site where a car bomb exploded near the stadium of football club Besiktas in central Istanbul.(AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)
State media quotes military saying it hit PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, as death toll rises to 44 in Istanbul double bombing
Iraqi police say ready to join assault on east Mosul
A member of the Iraqi Army carries anti missiles during clashes with Islamic State militants at the south of Mosul, Iraq December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Iraqi forces attack IS, push deeper into east Mosul area

The Iraqi army fires a 155mm shell towards Islamic State militant positions in Mosul, from the village of Ali Rash, east of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. Iraq launched a major offensive last month to drive IS out of the northern city, the country’s second largest, which is still home to more than 1 million civilians. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Mosul battle rages as IS bombings elsewhere in Iraq kill 20

An Iraqi special forces soldier screams while being treated for injuries in Gogjali, on the eastern edges of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Iraq’s special forces worked Sunday to fully clear neighborhoods on Mosul’s eastern edge of Islamic State militants as IS claimed bombings killed at least 20 people elsewhere around the country. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Turkey reportedly amasses tanks, troops near border to Iraq, vows to tackle ‘threat’

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In charred church near Mosul, Iraqi Christians pray once more
Iraqi priests hold the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Iraqi official says IS executed hundreds of civilians in Mosul

Smoke billows from an area near the Iraqi town of Nawaran, some 10km north east of Mosul, as Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters march down a dirt road on October 20, 2016, during the ongoing operation to retake the city from the Islamic State group. (AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED)
According to unconfirmed claim, fighters rounded up 284 men and boys and shot them as Iraqi troops advanced on jihadist bastion
Two killed, hundreds hurt by fumes after IS torches sulfur plant

Smoke billows behind Iraqis as they arrive at refugee camp in the town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul, on October 22, 2016 (AFP/Bulent Kilic)
Toxic gas from factory near Mosul causes breathing and vision problems for residents, force US troops to wear masks
Iraqi forces seeking to deliver death blow to IS in Mosul

Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State group jihadists, on October 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
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