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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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Iraq Sees Surge In Syrian Refugees Amid Anti-Kurds Turkish Offensive: UN
The number of Syrian refugees crossing the border into Iraq has increased significantly in recent days after the anti-Kurds Turkish offensive in the area, the UN said in a statement.
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Hundreds Suffer Food Poisoning At Iraqi Camp East Of Mosul
About 800 people fell ill in a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a camp for displaced people east of the Iraqi city of Mosul, officials and aid groups said on Tuesday.
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Without School, Children Of Mosul Feared Lost To Poverty And Conflict
Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when ISIS swept into Mosul and declared a "caliphate" in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the terrorists, his parents took him out of school. Three years later, he sells ice cream at a refugee camp for internally displaced Iraqis.
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Fearing Rape Again By ISIS, She Burnt Herself To Become 'Undesirable'
The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent.
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Australia to Take More Syrian Refugees, Wants 'Security Response'
Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and "is open" to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a "strong security response" was needed for the region.
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Islamic State Lost 25 to 30 Per Cent of Iraq Territory: Pentagon
The Islamic State group has lost control of '25 to 30' percent of the territory it holds in Iraq after coalition air strikes and an Iraqi offensive, the Pentagon said Monday.
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Pope Offers Christmas Phone Greetings to Iraqi Refugees
Pope Francis spoke by telephone to Iraqis living in a displaced people's camp near the main Kurdish city Arbil on Wednesday, assuring them they were in his Christmas thoughts.
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Thousands flee Syria, Damascus diarrhoea outbreak: United Nations
Syrians are pouring across the border to escape fighting in their battered homeland and diarrhoeal disease has broken out in rural areas near Damascus, UN aid agencies said on Friday. More than 170,000 Syrians have been registered in four neighbouring countries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey), the United Nations refugee agency said.
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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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Iraq Sees Surge In Syrian Refugees Amid Anti-Kurds Turkish Offensive: UN
The number of Syrian refugees crossing the border into Iraq has increased significantly in recent days after the anti-Kurds Turkish offensive in the area, the UN said in a statement.
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Hundreds Suffer Food Poisoning At Iraqi Camp East Of Mosul
About 800 people fell ill in a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a camp for displaced people east of the Iraqi city of Mosul, officials and aid groups said on Tuesday.
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Without School, Children Of Mosul Feared Lost To Poverty And Conflict
Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when ISIS swept into Mosul and declared a "caliphate" in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the terrorists, his parents took him out of school. Three years later, he sells ice cream at a refugee camp for internally displaced Iraqis.
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Fearing Rape Again By ISIS, She Burnt Herself To Become 'Undesirable'
The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent.
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Australia to Take More Syrian Refugees, Wants 'Security Response'
Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and "is open" to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a "strong security response" was needed for the region.
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Islamic State Lost 25 to 30 Per Cent of Iraq Territory: Pentagon
The Islamic State group has lost control of '25 to 30' percent of the territory it holds in Iraq after coalition air strikes and an Iraqi offensive, the Pentagon said Monday.
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Pope Offers Christmas Phone Greetings to Iraqi Refugees
Pope Francis spoke by telephone to Iraqis living in a displaced people's camp near the main Kurdish city Arbil on Wednesday, assuring them they were in his Christmas thoughts.
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Thousands flee Syria, Damascus diarrhoea outbreak: United Nations
Syrians are pouring across the border to escape fighting in their battered homeland and diarrhoeal disease has broken out in rural areas near Damascus, UN aid agencies said on Friday. More than 170,000 Syrians have been registered in four neighbouring countries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey), the United Nations refugee agency said.
