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Iraqi army declares completion of Hawija operation
October 12, 2017
Iraqi army declares completion of Hawija operation
Military operations to regain control of Hawija have ended, Iraq’s military announced, declaring all tasks completed. Military operations to regain control of Hawija have ended, Iraq’s military announced, declaring all tasks completed. Iraqi army and Hashd al-Shaabi forces “completed…
Abadi: “Daesh to be completely defeated in Iraq this year”
October 12, 2017
Abadi: “Daesh to be completely defeated in Iraq this year”
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the DaeshTakfiri terrorists group will be totally defeated in the Arab country until the end of the current year. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the DaeshTakfiri terrorists group will be totally defeated…
Visa to be issued for Arbaeen pilgrims at Iraqi airports, border crossings
October 12, 2017
Visa to be issued for Arbaeen pilgrims at Iraqi airports, border crossings
Iraq’s interior ministry has ordered related bodies to facilitate issuing visas for pilgrims traveling to the Arab country for Arbaeen. Iraq’s interior ministry has ordered related bodies to facilitate issuing visas for pilgrims traveling to the Arab country for…
Red Cross to scale down humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan
October 10, 2017
Red Cross to scale down humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan
The International Committee of the Red Cross has decided to “drastically” reduce the number of its relief workers in Afghanistan after seven of its employees were killed in attacks earlier this year. The International Committee of the Red Cross…
Cholera claims unborn Yemeni children amid Saudi aggression
October 10, 2017
Cholera claims unborn Yemeni children amid Saudi aggression
A cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen, continues to claim unborn children amid the ongoing Saudi military campaign against the impoverished nation. A cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen,…
Iraqi army forces find Daesh mass grave west of Ramadi
October 10, 2017
Iraqi army forces find Daesh mass grave west of Ramadi
Iraqi forces have found a mass grave in the country’s troubled western province of Anbar containing the remains of nearly two dozen Daesh Takfiri militants killed during heavy clashes with government forces and their allies during the campaign for the…
Map update: Syrian Army reopens Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway, seizes half of ISIS capital city
October 10, 2017
Map update: Syrian Army reopens Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway, seizes half of ISIS capital city
The Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitaries – backed up by Russian airpower – have regained the strategic initiative in eastern Syria, fully reversing all ISIS gains made along the as-Sukhnah to Deir Ezzor highway since the end of September…
Gunmen kill five in attack on Shias in southwestern Pakistan
October 10, 2017
Gunmen kill five in attack on Shias in southwestern Pakistan
Pakistani police say gunmen have ambushed a car carrying minority Shia Muslims in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing four of them and a passer-by. Pakistani police say gunmen have ambushed a car carrying minority Shia Muslims in the…
Iraqi PMUs uncover 10 mass graves near Hawijah
October 9, 2017
Iraqi PMUs uncover 10 mass graves near Hawijah
Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have found nearly a dozen mass graves containing bodies of security forces and civilians, who are believed to have been executed by DaeshTakfiri terrorists, on the outskirts of the recently-liberated town of…
Dozen civilians killed as Saudi jets target residential building in Yemen
October 9, 2017
Dozen civilians killed as Saudi jets target residential building in Yemen
A dozen civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when Saudi fighter jets targeted a residential area in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious bombardment campaign against its southern…