Bakhdida

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Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State

The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to...

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Iraqi Girl Reunited With Family 3 Years After IS Abduction

The Ashti camp in Iraq's northern city of Arbil on Saturday celebrated the return of a girl whose abduction by...

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In Ruins of Iraq Christian Town, Fires A Sign of Rebirth

Several plumes of smoke rise above Iraq's main Christian town Qaraqosh, but this time it isn't the Islamic State...

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Iraqi Christians Mark First Post-IS Easter In Recaptured Town

Qaraqosh is quiet except for a church bell ringing as Iraqi Christians gather for the first Easter mass since the town...

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First Palm Sunday Since IS In Iraq’s Main Christian Town

Members of Iraq's Christian minority celebrated Palm Sunday in the country's main Christian town of Qaraqosh for the...

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Freed From IS, But Iraq’s Qaraqosh Is Now A Ghost Town

In the Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, time stands still. The Islamic State group was expelled in October 2016, but...

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Mosul Church Turned Into IS Religious Police Base

The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists'...

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Key Dates In Battle For Mosul

Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on...

International

Turkey Insists Its Forces ‘cannot Remain Idle’

Turkey has insisted that its forces cannot remain idle during the fight to drive so-called Islamic State militants from...

International

Recapturing City ‘will Take 2 Months’

The fight in Mosul is projected to last 60 days The battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS could take two months, a...