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Turkish Drone Strike Kills 3 Civilians In Iraq Refugee Camp
Three civilians were killed Saturday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area Turkish President recently threatened to "clean up", a Kurdish lawmaker said.
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In Iraq's Mosul, Ghostly Civilians Emerge From Old City Hell
They all say they are back from "hell". Quivering and emaciated, the civilians emerging from Mosul's Old City have survived famine but often lost relatives and sometimes their sanity.
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Mosul's Old City Waits For Salvation Amid 'Death, Death, Death'
As many as 150,000 residents are crammed into Mosul's Old City, as Islamic State fighters fortify their positions in the warren of narrow streets and alleyways.
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UN Warns Of Increasing Civilian Deaths In Battle For Iraqi City Of Mosul
Children trying to flee western Mosul have been shot dead by ISIS terrorists, the U.N. human rights office said on Thursday, saying it had reports of a "significant escalation" in civilians deaths in the battle for the Iraqi city.
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Iraq Presses Mosul Assault, UN Warns Of Danger To Civilians
Iraqi forces pressed forward with an offensive against terrorist-held areas of Mosul as the United Nations warned of grave danger to civilians in the final stages of the battle.
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Pentagon Confirms Airstrike Killed More Than 100 Civilians In Mosul, Blames ISIS Explosives
A U.S.-led airstrike carried out on a building in Mosul in March detonated a cache of Islamic State explosives, killing more than 100 Iraqi civilians, the Pentagon said Thursday.
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US-Led Strikes 'Likely' Caused 229 Civilian Deaths Since 2014: Pentagon
Air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group have likely "unintentionally" killed 229 civilians since the offensive began in 2014, according to US Central Command.
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Iraqi Forces Say 1,000 ISIS Fighters Killed In Mosul
Iraqi special forces battling to clear ISIS from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has slowed as troops face a mobile enemy hidden among thousands of civilians in the city, a top commander said.
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Civilians Flee As Shia Groups Close In On Flashpoint Town West Of Mosul
Thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shia paramilitary groups close in around the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group's self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
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ISIS Reportedly Using Thousands Of Civilians As 'Human Shields' In Iraq: United Nations
The United Nations' human rights office says ISIS appears to be using tens of thousands of civilians in and around the Iraqi city of Mosul as "human shields."
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ISIS Is Kidnapping Thousands To Use As Human Shields
Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls.
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Civilians Pay Price Of ISIS's 'Smoke War' Around Mosul
The smoke from fires lit by ISIS jihadists to provide cover from air strikes has painted the northern Iraqi sky black, providing a dramatic backdrop for the Mosul offensive.
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Hundreds Sickened As ISIS Set Sulfur Mine Ablaze To Slow Troops' Advance On Mosul
A fire set by Islamic State militants at a sulfur mine near the city of Mosul in recent days sent plumes of noxious gases over the battlefield, sickening hundreds of civilians and forcing Iraqi and U.S. troops to wear protective masks, health and military officials said on Saturday.
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ISIS Said To Use Mosul Residents As Human Shields As Coalition Closes In
Residents of Mosul said ISIS was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the terrorists' stronghold.
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UN 'Extremely Concerned' For 1.5 Million Civilians In Mosul
The UN deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief voiced grave concern on Sunday at risks faced by civilians as operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul began.
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Turkish Drone Strike Kills 3 Civilians In Iraq Refugee Camp
Three civilians were killed Saturday in a Turkish drone attack on a refugee camp in northern Iraq in an area Turkish President recently threatened to "clean up", a Kurdish lawmaker said.
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In Iraq's Mosul, Ghostly Civilians Emerge From Old City Hell
They all say they are back from "hell". Quivering and emaciated, the civilians emerging from Mosul's Old City have survived famine but often lost relatives and sometimes their sanity.
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Mosul's Old City Waits For Salvation Amid 'Death, Death, Death'
As many as 150,000 residents are crammed into Mosul's Old City, as Islamic State fighters fortify their positions in the warren of narrow streets and alleyways.
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UN Warns Of Increasing Civilian Deaths In Battle For Iraqi City Of Mosul
Children trying to flee western Mosul have been shot dead by ISIS terrorists, the U.N. human rights office said on Thursday, saying it had reports of a "significant escalation" in civilians deaths in the battle for the Iraqi city.
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Iraq Presses Mosul Assault, UN Warns Of Danger To Civilians
Iraqi forces pressed forward with an offensive against terrorist-held areas of Mosul as the United Nations warned of grave danger to civilians in the final stages of the battle.
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Pentagon Confirms Airstrike Killed More Than 100 Civilians In Mosul, Blames ISIS Explosives
A U.S.-led airstrike carried out on a building in Mosul in March detonated a cache of Islamic State explosives, killing more than 100 Iraqi civilians, the Pentagon said Thursday.
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US-Led Strikes 'Likely' Caused 229 Civilian Deaths Since 2014: Pentagon
Air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group have likely "unintentionally" killed 229 civilians since the offensive began in 2014, according to US Central Command.
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Iraqi Forces Say 1,000 ISIS Fighters Killed In Mosul
Iraqi special forces battling to clear ISIS from eastern Mosul have killed nearly 1,000 militants but fighting has slowed as troops face a mobile enemy hidden among thousands of civilians in the city, a top commander said.
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Civilians Flee As Shia Groups Close In On Flashpoint Town West Of Mosul
Thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shia paramilitary groups close in around the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group's self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
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ISIS Reportedly Using Thousands Of Civilians As 'Human Shields' In Iraq: United Nations
The United Nations' human rights office says ISIS appears to be using tens of thousands of civilians in and around the Iraqi city of Mosul as "human shields."
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ISIS Is Kidnapping Thousands To Use As Human Shields
Islamic State militants have rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields as they retreat toward their stronghold of Mosul, the latest brutal war tactic inflicted on civilians in areas the group controls.
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Civilians Pay Price Of ISIS's 'Smoke War' Around Mosul
The smoke from fires lit by ISIS jihadists to provide cover from air strikes has painted the northern Iraqi sky black, providing a dramatic backdrop for the Mosul offensive.
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Hundreds Sickened As ISIS Set Sulfur Mine Ablaze To Slow Troops' Advance On Mosul
A fire set by Islamic State militants at a sulfur mine near the city of Mosul in recent days sent plumes of noxious gases over the battlefield, sickening hundreds of civilians and forcing Iraqi and U.S. troops to wear protective masks, health and military officials said on Saturday.
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ISIS Said To Use Mosul Residents As Human Shields As Coalition Closes In
Residents of Mosul said ISIS was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the terrorists' stronghold.
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UN 'Extremely Concerned' For 1.5 Million Civilians In Mosul
The UN deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief voiced grave concern on Sunday at risks faced by civilians as operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul began.
