Mosul Dam

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  US Warns Citizens To Be Ready To Leave Iraq If Mosul Dam Collapses

  The United States warned its citizens to be ready to leave Iraq in the event of what it has said could be a catastrophic collapse of the country's largest hydro-electric dam near Mosul.

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  US Releases Iraq Dam Collapse Evacuation Advice

  The US embassy in Iraq has released evacuation recommendations it said could help save up to 1.5 million lives at risk from a catastrophic failure of the Mosul Dam.

• In Northeast Syria, Islamic State Builds a Government

  In the cities and towns across the desert plains of northeast Syria, the ultra-hardline al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State has insinuated itself into nearly every aspect of daily life.

• US Jets Strike Jihadists Around Iraqi Dam

  The United States carried out another round of air strikes Monday against militants from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi and Kurdish forces near a major dam in northern Iraq.

• As Islamic State Fighters Begin to Blend In, Defeating Them No Easy Matter

  Many have ditched military-type vehicles that could make them easy targets of U.S. air strikes, and try to blend in with residents, say witnesses.

• Western Militaries Drop Food, Water in Besieged Iraq Town

  Western militaries have airdropped humanitarian aid to the besieged Iraqi town of Amerli, home to thousands of Shiite Turkmen cut off by jihadists from receiving food, water, and medical supplies.

• US Launches Air Strikes on IS Rebels Near Mosul Dam: Pentagon

  The US military launched fresh attacks on Islamic State forces in Iraq, using fighter aircraft and drones to carry out strikes near the Mosul dam, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

• Barack Obama: Iraq has Regained Control of Mosul Dam

  President Barack Obama says the recapturing of Mosul dam in northern Iraq by Iraqi and Kurdish forces is a "major step forward" in the battle against Islamic State militants.

• Iraqi Forces Reclaim Control of Mosul Dam

  Iraq's army spokesman says security forces and Kurdish fighters have taken back the strategic Mosul Dam, the country's largest, from Islamic militants who captured it less than two weeks ago.

• US Destroys Armed Vehicles of Militants in Iraq

  US warplanes on Sunday destroyed 10 armed vehicles of Islamic militants in their continued air raids near the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, Xinhua reported.

• Iraqi Kurds Retake Country's Main Dam from Jihadists

  Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes retook the country's largest dam from jihadists yesterday, as Sunni Arab tribesmen and security forces fought the militants west of Baghdad.

• Iraq: Kurdish Forces Retake Parts of Largest Dam

  An Iraqi security official says Kurdish forces have taken over parts of the country's largest dam, which was captured by the Islamic State extremist group earlier this month.

• Iraqi Militants Seize Country's Largest Dam

  Sunni militants from the Islamic State group on Thursday seized Iraq's largest dam, placing them in control of enormous power and water resources and access to the river that runs through the heart of Baghdad.

• Sunni Militants Target Iraq's Two Biggest Dams

  The militants who have overrun large parts of Iraq are now battling ferociously to capture one of the country's vital resources, water.

• Jihadists Kill 14 Iraq Kurds in Battle Over Dam, Oil Facility

  Kurdish troops fought off a jihadist attack on an oil facility and a dam near the Iraqi city of Mosul but lost 14 of their number in intense combat, Kurdish sources said on Saturday.