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People run in panic after a coalition airstrike hit ISIS positions in Tahrir neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Iraqi Controversy Fueled by Qaim Air Strikes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 9, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Ariel bombardment against Iraqi town Qaim, located in the Al Anbar Governorate near the Syrian border, had reportedly killed 60, most of which were civilians igniting a nationwide controversy. Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim al-Jabouri rushed into...

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Iraqi parliament session. (Photo: Reuters)

Iraqi Parliament Approves 2017 Budget

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 8, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad, London – Iraq’s parliament approved the 2017 budget on Wednesday, lawmakers said, with total of $68 billion basing an oil price of $42 per barrel and exports of 3.75 million barrels per day (bpd), including 250,000 bpd from oilfields in the Kurdish...

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Terrorist Cell in Aden Linked to ISIS in Iraq and Syria is Broken Up

by Bassam al-Qadi | Dec 7, 2016 | Middle East

Security authorities in Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen, announced that they had apprehended a terrorist cell made up of eight people who were involved in assassinating security personnel in different parts of the city that is located in the south of the country....

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Iraqi army fires towards Islamic State militant positions in Mosul from the village of Adhbah, south of Mosul, Iraq, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraqi Forces Advance towards Central Mosul, Civilians Return to Liberated Areas

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 7, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad, London – Iraqi army units advanced toward the center of Mosul on Tuesday in an attack from the city’s southeastern edges following days of slow advancements. Iraqi television reported campaign commander Lieutenant General Abdul Ameer Rasheed...

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Violence, Randomness…New Marks of Extremists’ Terrorism

by Nidaa Abou Ali | Dec 6, 2016 | Features

Riyadh- Randomness and destruction have become the language adopted by terrorist groups which target innocent people with random violence that lack planning. Their main goal is to raise fear and exterminate people who oppose the organization’s intellect. Brutality has...