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Iraq to end presence of US military coalition by September
Mehr News Agency
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August 18, 2025
An aide to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, Hussein Allawi told the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) on Sunday that the US-led troops, purportedly formed to fight the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, will withdraw by next month under an...
Government signs deal with Iraq to return illegal migrants in latest bid to deter small boats
The Independent
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August 19, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Iraq toughens stance against pro-Iran faction after Baghdad clash
Space War
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Iraq toughens stance against pro-Iran faction after Baghdad clash by AFP Staff Writers Baghdad (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 The Iraqi government toughened its position towards pro-Iran faction the Hezbollah Brigades on Saturday, announcing some members would...
Va. sues Department of Veterans Affairs over education benefits
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
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August 19, 2025
Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Aug. 14 that his office filed suit against the Department of Veterans Affairs over the VA’s compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court‘s decision in Rudisill v. McDonough. The 7-2 decision, handed down in 2024,...
Trump tries to Make Art Great Again
GZERO Media
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August 22, 2025
Our motto at GZERO is, “Everything is political.” Sports? You bet. See our piece earlier this year on Barcelona creating football academies in the Kurdish part of Iraq and Syria. Food? Sure. Check out our 2022 report on the battle over where...
Iraq to end presence of US-led military coalition by September: Prime minister’s aide
Press TV
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The Iraqi government plans to end the presence of the US-led military forces in the capital Baghdad and at the Ain al-Asad airbase in the western al-Anbar province by the end of September, according to an aide to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’...
One of Lebanon's biggest Captagon factories destroyed after Iraqi tip
Naharnet
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by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 August 2025, 15:01 One of Lebanon's largest factories making the highly addictive amphetamine Captagon has been discovered and destroyed as part of rare security cooperation between intelligence agencies in Iraq and...
Iraq starts work on IS mass grave thought to hold thousands of bodies
South China Morning Post
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August 17, 2025
Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of Islamic State (IS) near Mosul city, the project’s director said on Sunday. The first phase, launched on August 10, includes surface-level...
The CIA, Mossad, and Epstein: Unraveling the Intelligence Ties of The Maxwell Family
MintPress News
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August 22, 2025
With speculation mounting that Trump could pardon her, MintPress profiles the family of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. From her media baron father, who acted as a high-level spy for Israel, her sister, working to push Tel Aviv’s...
Iraq uncovers suspected IS burial site near Mosul
Daily Star
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August 17, 2025
Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State (IS) group near Mosul city, the project's director told AFP yesterday. The first phase, which was launched on August 10,...
The oil behind the ethnic cleansing
The Armenian Weekly - Massachusetts
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August 19, 2025
Since 2020, Azerbaijan has pocketed over $35 billion in oil and gas profits. That money did not just fund roads or schools but fueled war—literally. In 2023, Azerbaijan used Israeli drones, Turkish weapons and Western-backed firepower to force...
Florida's second immigrant detention center is worrying neighbors
WFSU Public Media - Florida
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August 19, 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...
Iraq starts excavation of mass grave left by Islamic State
Awaz The Voice
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August 18, 2025
Irbil (Iraq) Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago. Local authorities are working with the judiciary,...
Iraq starts excavation of mass grave
Korea Herald
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August 18, 2025
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago. Local authorities are working with the...
Quotas without a cause: Iraqi Women counted, rights discounted
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Iraq’s Parliament counts more women than ever before, yet their presence has not translated into stronger protections for women’s rights. Quotas guarantee seats, but real gains remain elusive. Women’s Seats Through the Quota Era Women...
African Teachers Gather in South Africa for Holocaust Education Training Amid Rising Antisemitism
Algemeiner Journal
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August 19, 2025
A weeklong training program in South Africa brought together teachers from across the African continent to learn how to teach World War II and the Holocaust, an initiative aimed at promoting understanding amid rising antisemitism and anti-Israel...
Jailed Kurdish journalist given more prison time in Iraq, says lawyer
Punch
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August 19, 2025
Authorities in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region handed down a new prison term on Tuesday to jailed investigative journalist Sherwan Sherwani, his lawyer said, just before he was due to complete a previous sentence. At the court in the regional...
Iraq excavating large mass grave left by Islamic State
The Inverell Times
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August 18, 2025
Authorities are working with the judiciary, forensic investigations, Iraq's Martyrs' Foundation, and the directorate of mass graves to carry out the excavation of the site of a sink hole in al-Khafsa, south of the northern city of Mosul, the...
Iraq starts excavation of large mass grave left by rampaging Islamic State
Global News
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August 17, 2025
IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago. Local authorities are working with the judiciary,...
Iraq starts excavation of suspected ISIS mass grave
CBS News
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Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by ISIS during its rampage across the country a decade ago. Local authorities are working with the judiciary, forensic investigations, Iraq's Martyrs'...