Iraq
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This Is The Moment Iraqi Police Disarmed A Child Suicide Bomber The unidentified boy, believed to be 13 years old, was stopped in northern Iraq.
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Inside The World Of ISIS Investigations In Europe A small, well-organized ISIS cell has been at work in the heart of Europe for years, recruiting criminals, exploiting freedom of movement, and evading counterterrorism efforts. This spring and summer, as multiple attacks rocked Europe, Mitch Prothero spoke to the people shuttling between investigating the crimes that had already happened, while struggling to prevent new ones.
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We Went To Iraq And Learned About U.S. Combat With ISIS BuzzFeed News War Correspondent Mike Giglio was on the ground. For the full story, visit buzzfeed.com/news
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Inside The Real US Ground War On ISIS As the US and its allies prepare to launch a major offensive for Mosul, US service members are on the ground in growing numbers — and increasingly in harm’s way. Mike Giglio reports from the bases and front lines where they work around northern Iraq.
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Trump Cites Iraq Withdrawal He Passionately Supported To Say Obama “Founded ISIS” “First, I’d get out of Iraq right now.”
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Premature Babies Die In Hospital Fire In Baghdad The blaze was caused by an electrical fault, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Health.
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Pentagon Is Investigating Recent Airstrikes In Syria After Reports Of Civilian Casualties At least 56 civilians were killed in airstrikes in northern Syria earlier this month, according to Syrian rights group.
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This Guy Played Pokémon Go While Fighting ISIS Louis Park has been volunteering in Iraq for more than a year now and was as excited as anyone that the game was being released.
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Jeremy Corbyn Backs Motion To Find Tony Blair Guilty Of “Contempt” Over Iraq War “Parliament must hold to account, including Tony Blair, those who took us into this particular war,” the Labour leader said.
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At Least 35 Reported Dead In Attack On Iraqi Shiite Holy Site The suicide bombing and shooting attack reportedly took place at a Shiite mausoleum in Balad.
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Sunnis And Shiites Prayed Together In Baghdad At The Site Of A Deadly ISIS Bombing “Every time you bomb a place you make us more united.”
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Locked Doors And Poor Safety Standards Made Baghdad Bombing Particularly Deadly A top Baghdad security official and a leading Iraqi scholar say lax safety standards contributed to the high death toll in Sunday’s bombing in the Iraqi capital.
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Soldier Injured In Iraq War Says Intelligence Services Should Be “Held Accountable” Adam Douglas was later falsely accused of benefit fraud by the DWP.
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Tony Blair Branded “Terrorist” By Sister Of British Soldier Killed In Iraq The families of British service personnel killed in the Iraq war are now considering legal action against the former PM.
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Here Are All The Times Tony Blair Was Warned Postwar Iraq Would Be Chaos “We do not agree that hindsight is required,” Sir John Chilcot said.
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Countries That Throttle Access To Facebook Are Uncool, Says UN The U.N.’s Human Rights Council passed a resolution condemning countries that limit access to the internet, over the opposition of China and Russia and with the support of Turkey.
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Thousands Are Already Fleeing Their Homes Ahead Of Iraq’s Biggest Battle Against ISIS Yet As the Iraqi army tries to recapture villages surrounding the city of Mosul, residents have begun fleeing, joining thousands of other internally displaced people. BuzzFeed News’ Mike Giglio reports from Iraq.
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Death Toll In Baghdad Suicide Bombing Rises To Nearly 300 Iraq’s interior minister resigned after the attack — believed to be the deadliest bombing in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003.
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Refugees Were Dragged From A Church After Seeking Sanctuary From Deportation Two pastors had offered the men immunity according to the ancient practice of church sanctuary.
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250 ISIS Fighters Reportedly Killed In U.S. Airstrikes Near Fallujah The strike on a convoy came after U.S. and Iraqi leaders declared the city liberated from militants, who had taken over in early 2014.
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There Are More Than 60,000 People Camped Outside Of Fallujah Despite the Iraqi army’s supposed recapture of the city, a mass exodus has taken aid workers by surprise.
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This Is What The U.S. Is Really Doing In The Ground War Against ISIS It’s tough to break down what the 4,000 U.S. troops have been doing since the war against ISIS kicked off nearly two years ago.
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This Is Why Winning The Fight Against ISIS May Mean Losing The War Various countries and coalitions are fighting ISIS on three fronts — in Syria, Iraq, and Libya. But the piecemeal gains mask a lack of political progress, sharpening regional rivalries and expose a lack of a coherent strategy.