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Smoke rises after a rocket landed in the middle of the Iraqi rapid response forces’ position during a battle against Islamic State militants in the south of Mosul, Iraq February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Iraq Launches Operation to Liberate Right Side of Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of an offensive in the northern city, asking the armed forces to “respect human rights” during the battle and to take care of those displaced by the fighting. Following his return from Munich...

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Iraqi special forces soldiers drive in a desert near Mosul, Iraq October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dozens of ISIS Leaders Escape from Iraq to Syria

by Dalshad Abdullah | Feb 16, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil – Several ISIS commanders and their families are escaping from Mosul through Tal Afar and al-Baaj to Syria after managing to break the siege imposed by militias of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) around Tal Afar. Sheikh of al-Shammar Tribe had confirmed that...

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Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim al-Jabouri. Reuters

PMF Accused of Carrying Out Kidnappings in Baghdad

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 30, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Iraqi Forces Coalition, largest Sunni bloc in Iraq’s Parliament, accused Sunday factions affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces of kidnappings and raids in Baghdad. The bloc held Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Dr. Haider al-Abadi and...

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The Prime Minister of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Nechirvan Barzani, September 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Kurdistan PM: Baghdad Treats Kurdistan Region as a District

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 30, 2017 | World

Erbil – Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani accused the federal government in Baghdad of not committing to any of its constitutional obligations towards the region. Speaking to Voice of America (VOA), Barzani said that Kurds expect a lot...

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Members of Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fire towards Islamic State militant positions in west of Mosul, Iraq, December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Signs of Skirmishes between Iraqi PMF Militants, Kurdish Peshmerga

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad, Irbil- Intense fighting broke out between the mostly Shi’ite Popular Mobilization forces (PMF) and Kurdish Peshmerga militants based in west Sinjar, a city in Mosul in northern Iraq. This comes off as the first registered encounter between the two groups...