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Paramilitary fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces and members of the Iraqi armed forces advance through Hawija on October 5, 2017, after retaking the city from the Islamic State terror group. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
July 7, 2019, 3:39 pm
Iraq moves to secure desert near Syria border from jihadist sleeper cells
Move comes after vestiges of Islamic State carried out attacks in remote province despite terror group’s defeat
By AFP
In this image made from video posted on a social media account affiliated with the Islamic State group on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, militants destroy winged-bull Assyrian protective deity in the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq. (Photo credit: (AP via militant social media account, File)
June 8, 2017, 12:49 pm
Jewish-American artist to exhibit ancient statue in London
Sculptor Michael Rakowitz, grandson of Iraqi Jewish emigres, to show replica of Assyrian sculpture destroyed by Islamic State group
By Tracy Brown
Smoke billows in west Mosul's al-Saha neighbourhood on May 29, 2017 during ongoing battles between Iraqi forces to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. (AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB)
May 30, 2017, 6:21 am
In the belly of the beast: On Mosul sidelines, Iran gains Nineveh foothold
Conquests in Iraq will give Tehran-backed Shiite paramilitary forces considerable leverage after IS is beaten
By SUSANNAH GEORGE and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
People inspect the destroyed Mosque of the Prophet Younis, or Jonah, in Mosul, Iraq, on Thursday, July 24, 2014. (photo credit/AP)
February 28, 2017, 12:29 pm
Islamic State looting uncovers ancient palace beneath Jonah’s Tomb
Archaeologists in Iraq find residence of biblical kings Sennacherib and Esarhaddon in IS-dug tunnels beneath ruined shrine, according to report
By TOI staff and AFP
An Iraqi policeman unloads ammunition at the Qayyarah military base, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul, on October 16, 2016, as they prepare for an offensive to retake Mosul, the last IS-held city in the country, after regaining much of the territory the jihadists seized in 2014 and 2015. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
October 17, 2016, 2:27 am
Iraqi PM signals start of operations to drive IS from Mosul
Army, national police to take part in campaign, but ‘not others,’ Abadi says in announcing offensive, two years after city’s capture
By Adam Schreck
Iraqi security forces enter central Fallujah after fight against Islamic State fighters, Friday, June 17, 2016. (AP Photo)
June 18, 2016, 12:48 pm
Iraq forces eye Mosul after Fallujah breakthrough
City is last major urban center in country that is still under islamic State control
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Islamic State militants, with an IS fighter waving the group flag in Fallujah, Iraq, west of Baghdad, June 28, 2015. (Militant website of IS, via AP)
January 30, 2016, 11:55 pm
French-speaking jihadist executes ‘apostates’ in IS video
Footage posted on jihadist websites shows young men testifying to have acted against group before being shot dead
By AFP
Islamic State jihadists lower five men into a pool to drown, in a video released June 23, 2015. (Screen capture)
June 23, 2015, 5:40 pm
IS drowns, decapitates ‘spies’ in brutal new video
Jihadists film themselves killing several men accused of espionage in grotesque, sickening ways
By AFP
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