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Armed members of Shi’ite militia Hashid Shaabi ride a motorbike near Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Mines Drive out PMF Units from Tal Afar Airbase

by Manaf al Obeidi | Nov 20, 2016 | Middle East

Mosul- The Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have given up their position at the Tal Afar airbase after a short stay, reported Iraqi security sources. Tal Afar is a town that lies some 60 kilometers west of Mosul on the main road to Syria. Its former seizure...

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Iraqi army soldiers fire a mortar during clashes with ISIS militants in the Karma district of Anbar province March 22, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

ISIS Militants Flee Tal Afar, Mobilize in Anbar

by Hamza Mostafa and mounaf obeidi | Nov 19, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad, Mosul- Based on intelligence information on Iraq’s western gonvernorate, Anbar local authorities announced that ultra-hardline group ISIS, currently being fought in Mosul, has plotted a series of terror attacks against the area. A curfew has been put in place...

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A newly displaced woman carries her child at a checkpoint in Qayyara, east of Mosul, Iraq October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

International Organizations Condemn PMF Violations in Mosul

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

London – At a time when the international community is concerned about the violations of Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces in Mosul, Human Rights Watch (HRW) asked the Iraqi government to control its forces and hold those responsible of crimes accountable. “The...

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People who are fleeing the fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi army in Mosul are pictured in Samah district, eastern Mosul, Iraq November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra – Bensemra

Mosul Civilians Flee ISIS in East, PMF in West

by Monaf al-Oubaidi | Nov 16, 2016 | Middle East

Mosul – Thousands of Mosul families decided to escape the town in opposite directions, running away from ISIS terrorists and the Popular Mobilization Forces. Civilians choose to either head towards Iraqi security forces in southeast the city or Syria. On the northwest...

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Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division soldiers come under fire from ISIS while running across an intersection as they try to push forward in the Karkukli neighbourhood of Mosul on November 13, 2016. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Advisor to Kurdistan President: Maliki Wants Mosul Battle to Fail

by Fahed al-Thiyabee | Nov 14, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh– Kefah Mahmoud Senjari, the advisor to President of Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, said that the liberation of Mosul city will be a strike to former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He accused Maliki of negligence which led to ISIS’ thrust into Nineveh...