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EditorialA huge excavation in Iraq gives hope for ISIS victims, if the state can deliver
The National News
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Before ISIS took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, the Al Khasfa sinkhole just south of the city was estimated to be around 400 metres deep. Today, it is far shallower – the result of at least 4,000 bodies thrown by the group into the...
Iraq Begins Excavation of Mass Grave Near Mosul
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Iraqi authorities have started excavating a mass grave site near Mosul believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State (IS) group. The work began on August 10 at the Khasfa site,...
‘A crime that shocks the mind’: Iraq exhumes mass grave site left by ISIS
Straight Arrow News
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August 18, 2025
Iraqi officials have exhumed human remains from what they believe is a mass grave that the Islamic State (ISIS) left behind in the Middle Eastern country, The Associated Press reported. The Iraqi Martyrs Foundation confirmed to the state-run Iraqi...
Opinion: Can Democrats Turn Golden Oldies Into the Midterms’ Shiny New Thing?
The Daily Beast
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August 22, 2025
The midterm elections are the Democrats’ best chance to take back power in Washington, and to stop the slide to autocracy that President Trump has set in motion. If historical patterns hold, with the party in power losing seats, control of the...
Iraq conducts airstrikes on 2 IS hideouts
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces have carried out two airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) hideouts, killing a group of terrorists inside, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said on Saturday. Acting on intelligence information,...
Iran Update, August 22, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
Why Democrats Can’t — and Won’t — Replicate MAGA
The American Spectator - Virginia
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Democrats are in dire straits, uncertain of what they believe, unsure of where to turn. Behind closed doors, some whisper about reinvention. The chatter points in one direction: their own version of a populist, anti-establishment, MAGA-like...
A Fresh Start for Libya?
Qantara.de
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With his turban, scarf and floor-length robe, he looked like a tourist disguised as a Bedouin. His cheeks and nose were red from the Sahara sun. The patrol that stopped him in the middle of the night on a desert track recognised him immediately:...
Dad who 'tried to strangle daughter' in Muslim 'honor killing' is jailed for 32 months after shock verdict
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
A father accused of trying to strangle his teenage daughter in a Muslim 'honor killing' has been jailed for almost three years. Ihsan Ali, 44, stood trial for second-degree attempted murder alongside his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, over the...
The Only Major Actors Still Alive From The A-Team Series
/FILM - Indiana
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August 22, 2025
It's been nearly 40 years since NBC canceled "The A-Team" in the middle of a season, but people still remember the action adventure series. Whether it's the theme song, the cartoonish violence, or the catchphrases, it's still part of the pop...
Iraq repatriates 25,000 from northeast Syria camps: CENTCOM
The New Arab
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August 16, 2025
The Al-Amal Camp south of Mosul houses thousands of Iraqi's repatriated from al-Hol by the government [ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images] Iraq has repatriated 25,000 people from the al-Hol and al-Roj camps in northeast Syria, according to a...
Florida’s new immigrant detention center stirs fears among neighbors
WLRN - Florida
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August 18, 2025
SANDERSON, Fla. – Lucy Johnson didn’t know a shuttered prison down the road would soon hold as many as 2,000 immigrant detainees until a reporter told her. Standing under her carport as ribs sizzled on the grill and her four children played in the...
U23 camp shifted from Abbottabad to Islamabad
The Nation
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August 18, 2025
The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has announced that the ongoing training camp of the national U23 team in Abbottabad has been shifted to Islamabad due to expected adverse weather conditions. The remainder of the camp will now take place at...
Iraqi airstrikes destroy terrorist hideouts in Salahuddin, Kirkuk
Al Mayadeen
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August 16, 2025
Iraq’s judiciary has foiled an ISIS-linked plot to attack Arbaeen pilgrims, days before airstrikes hit the terrorist hideouts. The Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced on Saturday that two airstrikes were carried out targeting terrorist...
The Case Against a Military Intervention to Stop the Gaza Genocide
OpEdNews
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August 23, 2025
Have you read The Case for Military Intervention to Stop the Gaza Genocide? I dont mind promoting it to you, since I agree with most of it (and also consider most of it to do absolutely nothing to advance any case for military intervention to stop...
'Why here?': Florida’s new ‘Deportation Depot’ immigrant detention center stirs fears among neighbors
Orlando Weekly - Florida
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August 18, 2025
click to enlarge Photo via Kaley Mantz/Fresh Take Florida Baker Correctional Institution, set to become Florida's second immigration detention center in Sanderson, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. Lucy Johnson didn’t know a shuttered prison down the...
Florida’s new ‘Deportation Depot’ immigrant detention center stirs fears among neighbors
Florida Politics
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August 18, 2025
Lucy Johnson didn’t know a shuttered prison down the road would soon hold as many as 2,000 immigrant detainees until a reporter told her. Standing under her carport as ribs sizzled on the grill and her four children played in the yard, she said...
Army veteran’s ‘Hill to Die On’ artwork sheds light on health risks from burn pits
KSAT - Texas
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August 22, 2025
SAN ANTONIO – For one U.S. Army veteran, art is a way to give back. His paintbrush and vision are his new weapons after serving his country during the global war on terrorism. Abraham “Ghost” Cazares served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2008-2016....
Virginia Sues Trump's VA over Education Benefits
Military.com
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August 18, 2025
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Thursday sued President Donald Trump's Department of Veterans Affairs, asking a federal appeals court to force the VA to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that guarantees veterans full education...
Iran’s Strategic Shift to Iraq and the Crisis for Religious Minorities
Providence
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August 18, 2025
Iran poses an existential threat to Iraq’s sovereignty and the survival of Christians and other religious minorities in the region. Decades of war, unrest and widespread persecution have devastated Iraqi Christian communities, now comprising just...