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Explosive packages claimed by ‘IRA’: UK Police
A group calling themselves members of the IRA has claimed responsibility for four small parcel bombs mailed to London and Glasgow, British police said ... World News -
ISIS claims attack on northern Iraqi city Tal Afar
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, the group said on its news agency Amaq on Tuesday. The ... Middle East -
Candidate in upcoming Iraq elections claims ‘to be a prophet’
Baghdad - In a peculiar case, a candidate for parliamentary elections in the province of Dhi Qar claimed to be a prophet in order to win in the ... Variety -
Kurdistan’s lost opportunity
It seems the protests which erupted last week in the Kurdistan region have missed a golden opportunity for reform. Protests erupted in Sulaymaniyah ... Middle East -
UN says it is struggling to cope with massive Mosul exodus
The exodus of civilians from the battleground city of Mosul has reached an unprecedented level, leaving aid agencies struggling to cope, the UN ... Middle East -
Deadly car bombing rocks Iraq’s Baghdad
A car bomb exploded in Baghdad for the third day running Thursday, killing at least 55 people in a southern neighborhood, an interior ministry ... Middle East -
Iraq gains ground from ISIS in northern town
Iraqi forces bypassed Sharqat to retake a key military base to its north as well as the neighboring town of Qayyarah Middle East -
How anti-ISIS strikes have redrawn Iraq’s map
US-led coalition estimates that ISIS lost more than 40 percent of territory the group once held in Iraq since the strikes began on Aug. 8, 2014 Features -
US rejects claim that ISIS downed plane in Iraq
A US-led coalition is carrying out strikes against ISIS in Iraq, and also providing training and other assistance to the country’s forces Middle East -
13-year-old Iraqi girl’s home burned ‘after she criticized governor’
Rawan was part of an Iraqi delegation to an international cultural festival in France and is an activist for children’s and orphans’ rights Features -
ISIS offers a mix of brutality, charity during Ramadan
The double approach reflects the policy that the extremist group has followed ever since it overran large parts of the two countries Features -
ISIS claims massive prison break in Iraq
Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of Baghdad Middle East -
Pentagon: Oil is no longer ISIS’ main source of income
ISIS’ loss of income is compounded by its losses on the battlefield, a Pentagon official said Middle East -
Kurds dream of independence as they defend perilous border
The Kurds have enjoyed de facto self-rule since the first Gulf War in 1991 Analysis -
World losing capacity to prevent conflict: U.N. refugee chief
of Turkey’s ambassadors stationed abroad. Over the last year, more than 13 million people have been displaced by the conflicts in Syria and Iraq Middle East -
ISIS’s sex slaves pushed to suicide: Amnesty
Since June, ISIS militants have controlled swathes of Iraq and Syria declaring a cross-border 'caliphate' Middle East -
How Beyonce inspired an Iraqi peace movement
Co-founder of the group: Beyonce’s lyrics “were so powerful, so life-changing” Variety -
UAE official warns of potential for ISIS-Shabab link
ISIS and al-Shabab both had links to al-Qaeda and use similar tactics such as suicide bombs and attacks on civilians Middle East -
Iraqi army starts to ‘act like one’: U.S.
The army had undergone sectarian division and broken leadership among other issues World News -
Sectarianism in the Middle East is not at all coincidental
One would not dwell on the sectarian formation of the U.S.-ruled Iraq if such vulgar sectarianism were embedded in the collective psyche of Iraqi society Middle East -
Oil cargo from Iraqi Kurdistan has arrived in Croatia
Reuters reported on Friday that Iraqi Kurdistan had delivered its third major cargo of crude oil from a Turkish port and that a fourth was sailing to Croatia. Energy -
Iraqi helicopters strike militant-held Tikrit
The Iraqi military and witnesses say government helicopter gunships have conducted airstrikes in the northern city of Tikrit. Middle East -
An era of new regional mandates in the Arab world
As an observer, it seems clear to me that there is a desire among international powers, specifically in the West, to view Iraq under its current ... Middle East -
Jordan sends reinforcements to its border with Iraq
The Jordanian army has deployed tanks and armored vehicles near Treaibeel border crossing with Iraq, after it fell to the hands of Islamist militants ... Reports -
Convoy of Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki gets demolished
A video uploaded to YouTube on Friday shows a completely destroyed convoy - allegedly belonging to Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. ... Reports -
Cat got your gun? Iraq, Syria jihadist pictures go viral
Many militants fighting with ISIS or the Nusra Front are reportedly believed to be of foreign origins Variety -
ISIS burns pile of ‘haram’ cigarettes in Iraq
A picture posted to Twitter last week shows a pile of cigarette packs and boxes going up in flames Variety -
Blair: 2003 Iraq invasion not to blame for crisis
Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said last week that violence in Iraq show ‘failure’ of the U.S. invasion in 2003 World News -
Al-Qaeda's apology: we slaughtered you, but we didn't mean it!
On the 5th of December al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) combatants attacked the Ministry of Defense complex in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. ... Middle East
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