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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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Iraqi security forces gather near Fallujah, Iraq, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Kurdish Security Official: Iran Seeks a Land Route to Syria through Nineveh

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2016 | Middle East

Sulaymaniyah-An Iraqi Kurdistan security official revealed that Iran Revolutionary Guard forces have been located at the city outskirts. “The battalions are preparing to partake in the Mosul offensive,” the official said. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had...

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ISIS militants stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

ISIS’s Children…Mosul Facing more Troubles after Liberation

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 13, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-Nineveh’s Governor Nofal al-Akoub is facing a wide political and popular outraged campaign due to his statements that were considered offensive for Mosul’s women. Al-Akoub stated that “sexual jihad” in Mosul, which was occupied by ISIS, led to the birth of...

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

Nineveh’s Nujaifi: Iran Seeks to Provoke Arab-Kurdish Strife

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

Irbil-Former Governor of Nineveh Atheel al-Nujaifi reiterated that Iran’s nonstop determination to incorporate paramilitary militias such as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq proves its expansionist intentions. Iran, via proxy militias, wishes to extend...

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Iraqi security forces and Popular Mobilisation units, pictured in the Makhoul mountains during a military operation against Islamic State (IS) fighters in October 2015 AFP /Ahmad Al-Rubaye

Iraqi PM Settles Participation of PMF in Mosul Liberation Battle

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 30, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – Despite an ongoing debate and the disapproval of the Mosul Council, Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander of Armed Forces Haidar al-Abadi announced incorporating 15,000 citizens of Mosul with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Mosul’s liberation...