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An American soldier is seen at the U.S. army base in Qayyara, south of Mosul October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Iraqi Sources: U.S. Role in Mosul Battle Diminishes

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 29, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Atheel al-Nujaifi, former Nineveh governor and head of the Nineveh Guards, revealed that “the U.S. role in supporting Iraq against ISIS is diminishing, especially after the Iraqi government’s rejection of the Defense Secretary Ashton Carter request to approve...

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Turkish soldiers stand guard as a funeral convoy, carrying coffins of drowned Syrian migrants including the three-year old boy Aylan Kurdi, drives to the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, bordering with the northern Syrian town of Kobani, Turkey, September 4, 2015. Two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother as they were trying to reach Greece were laid to rest in the Syrian town of Kobani on Friday, a Reuters witness said. A photograph of the body of one of the toddlers, 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi, washed up on the shore, appeared in newspapers around the world this week, prompting sympathy and outrage at the perceived inaction of developed nations in helping refugees. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar – RTX1R28Z

Baghdad Moves Forward with Diplomacy on Turkey Deployment of Troops

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 28, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Iraq’s political efforts continue to fluctuate between using diplomacy to influence Turkey to withdraw troops on Iraqi grounds, while insisting that the country is in need of military support in its fight against ISIS. Iraqi President Fuad Masum says that the...

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Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri. Reuters

Displacing Sunni Arabs in Iraq Expands Problems among Political Leaders

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 27, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- An official survey for the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration revealed on Wednesday that more than 9,000 civilians from Nineveh have been displaced since the beginning of military operations to liberate Mosul. Chairman of the Committee on...

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A displaced woman carries her child in a building that is used as a temporary shelter in Makhmour. Azad Lashkari/ Reuters

Mosul’s Offensive Drawing to an End amidst International Concern on Battle Aftermath

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 26, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-The Mosul offensive is drawing to an end and that the ISIS de facto capital in Iraq would soon be made ISIS-free, military sources said in a statement issued on Tuesday. A small distance of five to six kilometers keeps Iraqi forces away from center city. Elite...

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ISIS fighters celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces, at a street in city of Mosul, June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Mosul Battle: A War of Open Agendas, Vague Files

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 16, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- While Iraqis show willingness to liberate the second biggest city Mosul and Ninawa Province which means getting rid of ISIS direct occupation of Iraqi cities and territories since more than two years, other active parties in this battle (Americans, Turks and...