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Iraqis mark 4th anniversary of Daesh massacre in Tikrit

Hundreds of Iraqis on Tuesday marked the anniversary of a Daesh massacre on Camp Speicher in Tikrit in 2014.  In June 2014, Daesh terrorists -- after overrunning much of northern and western of Iraq -- reportedly killed more than 2,000 cadets and personnel at Saladin’s Speicher...

KRG hands over 853 suspected Daesh members to Baghdad

The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq has handed over 853 Daesh suspects to Iraqi authorities in the past eight months, a KRG official said Monday. Dindar Zebari, the KRG coordinator for international advocacy, said at a news conference in Erbil that the suspects were...

‘Turkish army to remain in N. Iraq until mission ends’

Turkish armed forces will remain in northern Iraq until the terrorists are cleared from the region, Turkey’s defense minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk in the capital Ankara, Nurettin Canikli said: “Turkish armed forces will remain in [northern...

Israel settlers, police clash ahead of outpost eviction

Hundreds of Jewish settlers clashed on Tuesday with Israeli police ahead of the evacuation of an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank. Angry settlers barricaded themselves inside a number of buildings to be demolished at the Netiv Ha’avot outpost in Gush Etzion near Hebron in the...