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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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He Gifted A Bike To A Child Refugee. 24 Years Later, She Tracked Him Down
Mevan Babbakar, a former child refugee from Iraq has managed to find the man who bought her a bike when she was five-years-old.
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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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Iraq Parliament Votes In Favour Of Travel Ban On US: Lawmakers
Iraqi lawmakers voted Monday to call on the government to enact a reciprocal travel ban on Americans if Washington does not withdraw its decision to bar Iraqis, officials said.
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UN Refugee Agency Shipping Aid To Iraqis Displaced By Mosul Campaign
The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the ISIS group.
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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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Migrant Group Says 3,400 Dead or Missing So Far This Year
More than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in the first five months of the year - over 80 percent of them trying to reach Europe by sea, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.
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Iraq Says Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS
Sniper fire by ISIS terrorists killed a senior Iraqi commander near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the terrorist group's main bastion in Iraq, as the U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area.
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ISIS Using 'Human Shields' As Iraqi Forces Advance In Fallujah
ISIS is using several hundred families as "human shields" in Fallujah, Iraq, witnesses told the UN agency for refugees UNHCR. It comes just one day after Iraqi troops forced their way into the city, a stronghold of the terrorist group.
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700 Migrants Feared To Have Drowned In Mediterranean This Week: UN Refugee Agency
Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN's refugee agency said on Sunday, citing survivor testimony.
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US Veteran Seeks Asylum For Iraqi Man Who Saved His Life
After three military combat tours in warn-torn Iraq, Chase Millsap returned home to get on with a civilian life, but there was one thing he couldn't do: leave a comrade behind, certainly not one who had saved his life.
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Angela Merkel Says Expects Most Refugees To Go Home Once Safe To Do So
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she expected most of the refugees from Syria and Iraq to return home once peace has returned to their countries, as she faces strong pressure over her welcoming stance towards asylum seekers.
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Refugees Must Return Home Once War Is Over: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried on Saturday to placate the increasingly vocal critics of her open-door policy for refugees by insisting that most refugees from Syria and Iraq would go home once the conflicts there had ended.
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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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He Gifted A Bike To A Child Refugee. 24 Years Later, She Tracked Him Down
Mevan Babbakar, a former child refugee from Iraq has managed to find the man who bought her a bike when she was five-years-old.
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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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Iraq Parliament Votes In Favour Of Travel Ban On US: Lawmakers
Iraqi lawmakers voted Monday to call on the government to enact a reciprocal travel ban on Americans if Washington does not withdraw its decision to bar Iraqis, officials said.
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UN Refugee Agency Shipping Aid To Iraqis Displaced By Mosul Campaign
The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the ISIS group.
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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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Migrant Group Says 3,400 Dead or Missing So Far This Year
More than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in the first five months of the year - over 80 percent of them trying to reach Europe by sea, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.
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Iraq Says Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS
Sniper fire by ISIS terrorists killed a senior Iraqi commander near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the terrorist group's main bastion in Iraq, as the U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area.
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ISIS Using 'Human Shields' As Iraqi Forces Advance In Fallujah
ISIS is using several hundred families as "human shields" in Fallujah, Iraq, witnesses told the UN agency for refugees UNHCR. It comes just one day after Iraqi troops forced their way into the city, a stronghold of the terrorist group.
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700 Migrants Feared To Have Drowned In Mediterranean This Week: UN Refugee Agency
Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN's refugee agency said on Sunday, citing survivor testimony.
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US Veteran Seeks Asylum For Iraqi Man Who Saved His Life
After three military combat tours in warn-torn Iraq, Chase Millsap returned home to get on with a civilian life, but there was one thing he couldn't do: leave a comrade behind, certainly not one who had saved his life.
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Angela Merkel Says Expects Most Refugees To Go Home Once Safe To Do So
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she expected most of the refugees from Syria and Iraq to return home once peace has returned to their countries, as she faces strong pressure over her welcoming stance towards asylum seekers.
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Refugees Must Return Home Once War Is Over: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried on Saturday to placate the increasingly vocal critics of her open-door policy for refugees by insisting that most refugees from Syria and Iraq would go home once the conflicts there had ended.
