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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

Hawija

Iraqi forces are seen in November 4, 2017, in the center of the Iraqi city of Qaim, after retaking it from Islamic State jihadists a day earlier. (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
November 9, 2017, 4:09 pm
The caliphate’s collapse: A look at Islamic State losses
Jihadist group’s control now limited to rural areas after ouster from its major urban strongholds, but its ability to inspire attacks remains
By AP
Members of the Iraqi armed forces backed by paramilitary fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces pose for a photograph in Hawija on October 5, 2017, after retaking the city from the Islamic State terror group. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
October 5, 2017, 3:52 pm
Iraq forces retake Islamic State bastion Hawija
Iraqi PM calls latest victory one ‘for the whole world’ while spokesman for US coalition says terror group ‘close’ to defeat in country
By Ahmad Al-Rubaye and Sarah Benhaida
Iraqi Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, left, a veteran sniper from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units), who boasted about killing at least 320 Islamic State group fighters, seen during the fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul, April 26, 2017. (AFP/HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI)
October 1, 2017, 8:57 am
Iraq’s ‘sheikh sniper,’ who fought IDF in ’73, killed in battle
Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, 63, who began combat career on the Golan Heights in Yom Kippur War, says he killed 320 Islamic State members
By AFP
An image from a video purportedly showing a joint US-Kurdish raid on an Islamic State prison in the town of Hawija, Iraq on October 22, 2015. (screen shot: YouTube)
October 25, 2015, 6:25 pm
WATCH: US-Kurdish raid frees dozens of Islamic State hostages
New footage said to show rescue operation of 70 captives held by terrorist group; 1 US soldier killed during operation
By AP and ToI Staff
A woman inspects the site of a deadly car bomb attack that killed her sister, in Baghdad, Iraq, October 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hadi Mizban)
October 21, 2013, 2:14 am
Suicide bombing in Iraq kills 35 in busy cafe
Forty five people killed in violence across country on Sunday
By Sameer N. Yacoub
Security forces at the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in Baghdad, Iraq, escort the coffins of five soldiers slain in sectarian violence, Sunday, April 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hadi Mizban)
April 28, 2013, 11:43 pm
Iraq suspends al-Jazeera and 9 Iraqi TV channels
Government led by Shi’ite PM al-Maliki targets primarily Sunni stations amidst sectarian violence
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during Convergence of religions conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Karim Kadim)
April 28, 2013, 3:01 pm
Iraq steps deeper into a sectarian quagmire
Iran’s supreme leader speaks of the next president’s characteristics and Algeria’s president suffers a stroke
By Elhanan Miller
The body of Maad Hammad is taken for burial in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Hammad was killed when Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, April 23, 2013, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (Photo credit: AP/Emad Matti)
April 25, 2013, 2:43 pm
Iraqi violence: ‘A rolling flame ball’
Government crackdown on Sunni protesters leads to severe clashes, hundreds dead; Kurdish-Iraqi conflict plays out on Arab Idol
By Michael Bassin
April 24, 2013, 10:03 pm
Iraq: 51 dead in clashes, bombing as tensions rise
Gunfight between army and Sunni tribesman leaves 38 dead
Iraqi army soldiers leaving Hawija, 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 23, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hadi Mizban)
April 24, 2013, 3:28 pm
For Iraq, civil war looms nearer
‘We Muslims are not terrorists; we even help apprehend them,’ says gas station attendant who led cops to Tsarnaev brothers
By Elhanan Miller
April 23, 2013, 1:32 pm
At least 14 dead at Iraqi demonstration
Clashes between Sunnis and police in town of Hawija leave dozens more wounded
By Adam Schreck and Sinan Salaheddin
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