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October 19, 2016

5,000 flee Mosul in 10 days

Some 5,000 Iraqis fled Mosul into Syria in the last 10 days ahead of the start of the current offensive to rid the city of Daesh fighters. Of those...

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October 19, 2016

Iraqi forces stumble in bid for Mosul

As the Iraqi operation to recapture Mosul from Daesh enters its third day, there are signs that the offensive has slowed down despite promising indications on the first day...

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October 19, 2016

The world must act now to save Mosul from being another Aleppo

The past week in Iraq has been marred by the spat between the government in Baghdad and its counterpart in Ankara. With Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi insisting that Turkey...

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October 19, 2016

Iraqi forces ‘liberated’ 80% of area south of Mosul

Iraqi forces have “liberated” 352 square kilometres of territory south of Mosul from Daesh forces since a wide-ranging military operation began earlier this week, an Iraqi police commander said...

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October 19, 2016

Algeria welcomes heads of Spanish, Italian and French armies

The Algerian Army Chief of Staff and Deputy Minister of National Defence Ahmed Gaid Salah will be hosting the chiefs of staffs of the armies of Italy, Spain and...

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October 19, 2016

Shia militias say they will support Iraqi army offensive on Mosul

A Shia paramilitary force said it would support the Iraqi army’s offensive on Mosul, Daesh’s last major stronghold in Iraq, raising the risk of sectarian strife in the mainly...

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October 19, 2016

Waterborne diseases on the rise in Aden

There has been a rise in the number of cases of cholera in Yemen’s de facto capital city, Aden, medical sources have said. In the past week alone, six...

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October 19, 2016

Reports: Lebanon’s Hariri backs Aoun for presidency

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri intends to endorse Michel Aoun for the country’s vacant presidency, political sources said, though a leading member of Al-Hariri’s party was quoted as...

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October 19, 2016

Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman in Nablus

Israeli forces have today shot and killed a young Palestinian woman at the Zaatara military checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus after she allegedly attempted...

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October 19, 2016

Turkey re-issues travel warning on Iraq

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry yesterday re-issued a travel warning on Iraq which it first made in December 2015 as an operation to oust Daesh from Mosul continues. In a statement,...

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