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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Islamists in Iraq

Yazidi woman Fawzia Amin Sido (R), who was kidnapped by ISIS in Iraq in 2014 and then transferred to Gaza, Oct. 3, 2024, seen back in Iraq after being rescued recently by Israeli security forces. Iraq made no official mention of Israel's role. (Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
October 3, 2024, 4:16 pm
Israel rescues Yazidi woman from Gaza after her kidnapping by ISIS at age 11
Fawzia Amin Sido was sold by the terror group to a Gazan man in 2014; now 21, she has been reunited with her family in Iraq
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US soldiers stand at a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq on January 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra)
March 3, 2021, 1:10 pm
Civilian dies of heart attack in rocket assault on Iraq base hosting US troops
Incident comes amid escalating tensions with jihadists, just 2 days ahead of first-ever visit to the country by the pope
By Maya Gebeily
Known only as Mosul Eye, an anonymous blogger documenting Islamic State’s atrocities, Iraq's Omar Mohammed reveals his identity in Europe on December 5, 2017. (AP Photo)
September 11, 2020, 4:09 pm
The man who risked everything to report from IS-controlled Mosul
Under alias ‘Mosul Eye,’ historian Omar Mohammed used Twitter and blogs to document beheadings, torture in his Iraqi hometown before fleeing in 2017. His work continues from Paris
By Shaul Adar
An impact crater in the aftermath of US military air strikes at a militarized zone in the Jurf al-Sakhr area in Iraq's Babylon province (south of the capital) controlled by Hezbollah Biridages, a hardline faction of the Popular Mobilization Forces paramilitaries, March 13, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
September 9, 2020, 7:46 am
Iraq reforms stymied by shadowy Iran-backed groups’ wave of attacks
PM’s bid to rein in rogue militias in effort to fight corruption and carry out restructuring has been met with increased instability and violence
By Ammar Karim
In this photo from August 12, 2019, plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)
August 15, 2019, 11:12 pm
Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts blamed on Israel
Unauthorized flights banned, munitions depots moved outside major cities after deadly massive explosion Monday in Baghdad
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A picture taken on July 26, 2018, near Kibbutz Ein Zivan in the Israeli Golan Heights, shows smoke rising across the border in Syria following air strikes during a Syrian-government-led offensive in the southern province of Quneitra. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
August 1, 2019, 3:56 pm
Syrian state media: Israel launches missile at Quneitra, causing damage
No injuries reported in purported IDF raid, said to come after movement of Hezbollah members in area; alleged strike day after report Israel expanded operations to Iraq
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert, on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/ AFP/ File)
July 30, 2019, 9:20 am
Israel said to hit Iranian sites in Iraq, expanding strikes on missile shipments
IAF F-35 jets said to be behind 2 strikes on Iran-linked targets near Baghdad in 10 days; no comment from IDF
By Michael Bachner
In this Tuesday, September 4, 2018 file photo, protesters try to storm the governor's building during protests demanding better public services and jobs, in Basra, Iraq. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
September 23, 2018, 11:35 am
Iran-backed militias accused of reign of fear in Iraqi Basra
Beatings and arbitrary arrests reported amid growing public protests over Iranian influence and crumbling public services
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Illustrative: Russian women, who have been sentenced to life in prison on grounds of joining the Islamic State terror group, standing with their children in a hallway, in Baghdad's Central Criminal Court, on April 29, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ammar Karim)
June 29, 2018, 12:30 pm
Iraq executes 13 death row jihadists in response to Islamic State killings
Haider al-Abadi begins carrying out threat to execute 300 convicts, include many Western nationals, in response to execution of captive hostages by terror group
By Agencies
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) speaks as he presents candidates running on his list during an electoral campaign rally in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on May 4, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Sawaf)
June 29, 2018, 8:02 am
Iraqi PM orders ‘immediate’ execution of hundreds of death row terrorists
Haider al-Abadi announces measure in response to execution of captives by IS; convicts facing death include many Western nationals
By AFP and ToI Staff
This file photo taken on February 19, 2018, shows French Jihadist Melina Boughedir carrying her son as she arrives to court in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
June 3, 2018, 4:13 pm
Iraqi court sentences French woman to life for IS membership
Judge rules that Melina Boughedir knowingly enlisted in terror group, despite her claiming her husband tricked her into joining
By Ammar Karim
In this May 3, 2018 photo, campaign posters for parliamentary elections line a street in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
May 8, 2018, 8:09 pm
Iraqis vote to chart post-IS future, highlighting US-Iran battle for influence
After war against terror group leaves many Sunni areas in ruins, rift in Iraqi society eases and nearly 7,000 candidates hope to leave their mark
By Agencies
Michael Rakowitz unveils his artwork, entitled 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' in Trafalgar Square, London on March 28, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 28, 2018, 6:02 pm
Jewish artist recreates in London an Iraqi monument destroyed by Islamic State
Artwork by Michael Rakowitz made with 10,500 empty date syrup cans to stand in Trafalgar Square for two years
By Robin MILLARD
Al-Nojaba militia chief Akram al-Kaabi (c-r) in 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 7, 2017, 1:33 pm
Iraq militia threatens US forces after Trump Jerusalem move
Head of Islamic State-aligned, Iran-backed Al-Nojaba says it is now ‘legitimate to strike the American forces in Iraq’
By AFP
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces fire their arms during a battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists to retake the central hospital of Raqqa on the western frontline of the city on September 28, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)
September 29, 2017, 11:54 am
Fierce fighting in Syria and Iraq as besieged IS defends its last bastions
58 Assad regime fighters said killed in jihadist attacks, as Iraqi forces advance on one of two last enclaves controlled by the terror group
By AFP and ToI Staff
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