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French President Macron arrives in Iraq’s Mosul, former ISIS stronghold
French President Emmanuel Macron was to pay a visit Sunday to the ISIS group's former Iraqi stronghold Mosul, a day after vowing to keep troops in the ... Middle East -
ISIS tried to destroy this church, now Muslims and Christians join hands to rebuild
As many churches around the world face dire financial straits and struggle to survive due to the coronavirus pandemic, one church is rising from the ... Features -
Replicas of Assyrian statues smashed by ISIS unveiled in Mosul
Two high-tech replicas of iconic Assyrian statues destroyed by ISIS in northern Iraq were unveiled on Thursday at the University of Mosul.The real ... Variety -
‘We can be the good guys too’: Arab heroes fight ISIS in Hollywood film ‘Mosul’
Mosul is the city from which ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi pronounced the establishment of his so-called caliphate in 2014. The Iraqi city became ... Features -
Iraq says ex-governor embezzled $10 mln in aid for displaced
Around $10 million in aid for the displaced in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province, where ISIS was based, has been embezzled by its fugitive ... Middle East -
Owners of Mosul ferry arrested after deadly disaster: Iraq judiciary
The owners of a ferry that capsized in Mosul killing 100 people have been arrested along with engineers who had allegedly certified the vessel, ... Middle East -
Iraq’s parliament sacks governor over deadly ferry capsize
Iraq’s parliament on Sunday sacked the governor of a northern province where 100 people died in a ferry disaster that sparked a wave of grief ... Middle East -
Iraqi PM seeks sacking of governor after Mosul boat capsize
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has formally requested that parliament sack Nineveh Governor Nawfal Hammadi al-Sultan after a river ferry ... Middle East -
Protesters block Iraq president’s pathway over ferry sinking
Iraqi residents of the northern city of Mosul, angry over the sinking of a ferry in the Tigris River that killed 95 people, blocked a road where ... Middle East -
72 killed as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq’s Tigris river
A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year sank in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, killing at least 72 ... Middle East -
Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
The wrecks of vehicles used by ISIS militants as car bombs and other metal debris left by the war in Iraq are now helping fund their Iran-backed ... Features -
Australia admits ‘may have killed’ as many as 18 civilians in Mosul raid
Australia on Friday acknowledged it may have killed as many as 18 civilians in an air strike on Mosul two years ago, during a massive and ultimately ... Middle East -
Days after her appointment, Iraqi education minister quits over links with ISIS
A scandal and slew of accusations directed at Iraq’s Minister of Education Shaima al-Hayali caused her to quit her post, after the head of the ... Middle East -
Two dead, 11 wounded in car bomb in northern Iraqi city Tal Afar
At least two people were killed and 11 wounded on Tuesday by a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, a former ISIS stronghold, the military ... Middle East -
Iraqis begin rebuilding iconic Mosul mosque with $50.4 mln UAE-financed project
As part of a five-year project financed by a $50.4 million donation from the United Arab Emirates, Iraqis on Sunday laid the cornerstone in rebuilding ... Features -
Iraq’s Muqtada al-Sadr: Mosul is in danger
The head of the Iraqi Sadrist movement, and a leading player in Iraq's political scene Muqtada al-Sadr has stated that “Mosul is in danger&rdquo ... Middle East -
Two hospitals reopen in war-damaged Iraqi city Mosul
Two hospitals reopened on Sunday in the heavily damaged western sector of Mosul, over a year since Iraqi security forces seized the city back from ... Middle East -
WATCH: ISIS leaves Iraqi grandma raising 22 orphaned grandchildren
The war on ISIS has left plenty of families mourning over their loved ones. 63-year-old, Sanaa Ibrahim, is looking after her twenty-two grandchildren ... Features -
Popular Mobilization forces withdraw from Nineveh
Iraqi security sources announced the withdrawal of the Popular Mobilization forces, also known as Hashed al-Shaabi, from Nineveh and other positions ... Middle East -
The incomplete pride of liberating Mosul
Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi always speaks more effectively than he acts. His latest statement was issued to mark the occasion of the first ... Middle East -
Bombs wound 11 people in Iraqi city of Kirkuk
Several roadside bombs and mortar rounds wounded 11 people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, witnesses said. A police official ... Middle East -
Ruins of Iraq’s Mosul under the spell of Cellist Karim Wasfi’s music
Iraqi cellist and conductor Karim Wasfi has played a concert for “peace and co-existence” amid the ruins of Mosul, almost a year after ... Art and culture -
Corruption in Iraq erodes its core
Commenting on the scandal over the leaked questions of the Islamic studies exam for the secondary level in Iraq, my friend Kamran Karadaghi said: ... Middle East -
UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie visits West Mosul
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visited West Mosul on Saturday, less than a year after the city’s liberation from the Islamic State group. ... Variety -
Mosul’s traumatized children: ‘I am like my old self. What I was before ISIS came’
Rasha and her father Halif live in a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq. They are originally from Mosul but fled the city when Rasha’s ... Features -
ISIS claims assassination of Iraq election candidate
ISIS group claimed responsibility for the assassination on Monday of a candidate in Iraq's parliamentary election just days ahead of the polls. Faruq ... Middle East -
More than 300 sentenced to death in Iraq for ISIS links
Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to ISIS, judicial sources said ... Middle East -
Al Jazeera pro-ISIS report resurfaces as critics call out Qatar-owned channel
A live report from inside Iraq’s Mosul after it was recaptured by ISIS militants in 2014 is resurfacing once again after social media users ... Gulf -
Death of 39 Indians in Iraq belies claims of progress, exposes poverty, apathy
Announcement of the death of 39 Indians in the Mosul region of Iraq has opened a Pandora’s Box exposing the harsh reality that exists in India ... Features -
How a friar saved religious manuscripts from ISIS wrath in Iraq
As ISIS militants swept across Iraq three years ago, he rescued a treasure trove of ancient religious manuscripts from near-certain destruction. ... Features