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US Shoots Down Drones In Iraq, Allied Forces Injured
American forces shot down two drones and damaged a third in Iraq over the past 24 hours, with allied troops suffering "minor injuries" in one incident, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday.
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Iraq Sentenced More Than 600 Foreigners For ISIS Links In 2018
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners including many women and dozens of minors in 2018 for belonging to the ISIS group, the judiciary said on Monday.
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Here's How Women In Saudi Arabia Reacted To News That They'll Finally Be Allowed To Drive
In 1990, Madeha al Ajroush and 46 other women did something revolutionary. The group dismissed their drivers and got behind the wheels of cars in downtown Riyadh. "We just drove the car," she told NPR years later. "It was exhilarating. It was great."
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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Iraq Parliament In Surprise Vote To Ban Alcohol
Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, in a surprise move likely to anger some minorities but also to please influential religious parties.
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ISIS Continue To Commit Genocide Against Yazidis: United Nations
ISIS terrorists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said on Thursday.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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John Kerry To Miss Deadline On ISIS Genocide Question
Secretary of State John Kerry will miss this week's congressional deadline for deciding whether atrocities by the ISIS against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria should be designated genocide, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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What Christmas Looks Like In Baghdad This Year
In a bid to show solidarity with Iraq's embattled Christian minority, local authorities in Baghdad have put on an official Christmas celebration this year.
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Rival Protesters Clash As Australia Marks Race Riots
Minor scuffles broke out between anti-Islam and anti-racism protesters as hundreds of people and police congregated at a Sydney beach Saturday to mark the 10th anniversary of modern Australia's worst race riots.
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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French Lawmakers Adopt Bill to Block Minors From Leaving for Jihad
French lawmakers adopted a draft law Thursday that will require minors to have permission from their parents or legal guardians before leaving the country in a bid to curb departures for jihad in Iraq or Syria.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
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Turkish Nationalists Reject Minority Government in Blow to Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey's nationalist opposition made clear on Friday it would not roll over and back a minority government, making President Tayyip Erdogan's aim of taking the country to a snap election with the ruling party in control look increasingly difficult.
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Yazidi Militia Killed 21 in Iraq Revenge Attack: Amnesty International
Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist atrocities, killed 21 Sunni Arab villagers in a January revenge attack, Amnesty International said today.
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US Shoots Down Drones In Iraq, Allied Forces Injured
American forces shot down two drones and damaged a third in Iraq over the past 24 hours, with allied troops suffering "minor injuries" in one incident, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Wednesday.
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Iraq Sentenced More Than 600 Foreigners For ISIS Links In 2018
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners including many women and dozens of minors in 2018 for belonging to the ISIS group, the judiciary said on Monday.
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Here's How Women In Saudi Arabia Reacted To News That They'll Finally Be Allowed To Drive
In 1990, Madeha al Ajroush and 46 other women did something revolutionary. The group dismissed their drivers and got behind the wheels of cars in downtown Riyadh. "We just drove the car," she told NPR years later. "It was exhilarating. It was great."
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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Iraq Parliament In Surprise Vote To Ban Alcohol
Iraq's parliament on Saturday voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, in a surprise move likely to anger some minorities but also to please influential religious parties.
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ISIS Continue To Commit Genocide Against Yazidis: United Nations
ISIS terrorists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said on Thursday.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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John Kerry To Miss Deadline On ISIS Genocide Question
Secretary of State John Kerry will miss this week's congressional deadline for deciding whether atrocities by the ISIS against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria should be designated genocide, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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What Christmas Looks Like In Baghdad This Year
In a bid to show solidarity with Iraq's embattled Christian minority, local authorities in Baghdad have put on an official Christmas celebration this year.
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Rival Protesters Clash As Australia Marks Race Riots
Minor scuffles broke out between anti-Islam and anti-racism protesters as hundreds of people and police congregated at a Sydney beach Saturday to mark the 10th anniversary of modern Australia's worst race riots.
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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French Lawmakers Adopt Bill to Block Minors From Leaving for Jihad
French lawmakers adopted a draft law Thursday that will require minors to have permission from their parents or legal guardians before leaving the country in a bid to curb departures for jihad in Iraq or Syria.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
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Turkish Nationalists Reject Minority Government in Blow to Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey's nationalist opposition made clear on Friday it would not roll over and back a minority government, making President Tayyip Erdogan's aim of taking the country to a snap election with the ruling party in control look increasingly difficult.
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Yazidi Militia Killed 21 in Iraq Revenge Attack: Amnesty International
Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist atrocities, killed 21 Sunni Arab villagers in a January revenge attack, Amnesty International said today.
