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Ancient City Discovered After Reservoir Dries Up Due To Drought
The settlement, which is thought to be from the Bronze Age was found after a certain area in the Tigris River dried up, allowing the city to be excavated before the dam filled up again.
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Iraq's Young Give Lease Of Life To River That Birthed Civilisations
Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country.
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A Dam In Turkey Will Soon Submerge One Of The World's Most Ancient Towns
The time had finally come for Ramsiz Alcin to leave, generations after her ancestors settled in this ancient town on the Tigris, decades after the state proposed building a dam down river and after years of protests that had ultimately failed to stop it. The dam would leave Hasankeyf almost totally submerged.
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Liberation From ISIS Brought Relief. Then Came Flashes Of Revenge
The scene in Muneira, on the Tigris River in northern Iraq, offered a glimpse into the struggles of one Sunni Arab village in the year since the government drove the militants away: a place beset by suspicions, troubled by violence while coping, like much of the country, with death and loss.
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Facing Defeat In Mosul, ISIS Members Throw Themselves In River Tigris
ISIS terrorists threw themselves into the River Tigris on Sunday, trying to flee the battlefield in Mosul as they faced imminent defeat by Iraqi forces fighting to dislodge them from their last pocket in the city.
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This New Bridge Becomes Ray Of Hope For People Fleeing Mosul
Iraqi's army has built a new pontoon bridge over the Tigris river south of Mosul, after flooding had blocked all crossing points, opening an escape route for families fleeing fighting between government forces and ISIS.
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UN Warns Of Oil Spill South Of Iraqi City Of Mosul
The United Nations has warned of an oil spill south of the Iraqi city of Mosul, near the town of Qayara that was retaken from ISIS terrorists some four months ago.
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Iraq Massacre Site Turns Into 'Shrine' of Anti-Islamic State War
On the Tigris River waterfront where jihadists executed hundreds of captured Iraqi army recruits last year, bloodstains are gradually being covered by streaks of candle wax dripping down the quay.
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Islamic State Video Shows Destruction of Ancient Assyrian City
The Islamic State group on Saturday released a video that shows militants smashing artefacts at the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq before blowing up the site.
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Won't Be Rushed Into Final Tikrit Assault, Say Iraq Forces
Iraqi commanders said today that time was on their side as government forces tighten their siege of Tikrit and warned they would not be rushed into a final assault.
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US Suicide Bomber Carried Out Iraq Attack, Says Islamic State
The Islamic State group said today a US citizen carried out a suicide attack against Iraqi forces involved in an operation to retake the jihadist-held city of Tikrit.
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In Rare Alliance, Shi'ites Join Sunnis to Defend Iraqi Towns
When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this week, they were repelled by a rare coalition of Sunni tribal fighters inside the town and Shi'ites in its sister city Balad on the opposite bank.
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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.
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Ancient City Discovered After Reservoir Dries Up Due To Drought
The settlement, which is thought to be from the Bronze Age was found after a certain area in the Tigris River dried up, allowing the city to be excavated before the dam filled up again.
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Iraq's Young Give Lease Of Life To River That Birthed Civilisations
Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country.
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A Dam In Turkey Will Soon Submerge One Of The World's Most Ancient Towns
The time had finally come for Ramsiz Alcin to leave, generations after her ancestors settled in this ancient town on the Tigris, decades after the state proposed building a dam down river and after years of protests that had ultimately failed to stop it. The dam would leave Hasankeyf almost totally submerged.
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Liberation From ISIS Brought Relief. Then Came Flashes Of Revenge
The scene in Muneira, on the Tigris River in northern Iraq, offered a glimpse into the struggles of one Sunni Arab village in the year since the government drove the militants away: a place beset by suspicions, troubled by violence while coping, like much of the country, with death and loss.
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Facing Defeat In Mosul, ISIS Members Throw Themselves In River Tigris
ISIS terrorists threw themselves into the River Tigris on Sunday, trying to flee the battlefield in Mosul as they faced imminent defeat by Iraqi forces fighting to dislodge them from their last pocket in the city.
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This New Bridge Becomes Ray Of Hope For People Fleeing Mosul
Iraqi's army has built a new pontoon bridge over the Tigris river south of Mosul, after flooding had blocked all crossing points, opening an escape route for families fleeing fighting between government forces and ISIS.
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UN Warns Of Oil Spill South Of Iraqi City Of Mosul
The United Nations has warned of an oil spill south of the Iraqi city of Mosul, near the town of Qayara that was retaken from ISIS terrorists some four months ago.
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Iraq Massacre Site Turns Into 'Shrine' of Anti-Islamic State War
On the Tigris River waterfront where jihadists executed hundreds of captured Iraqi army recruits last year, bloodstains are gradually being covered by streaks of candle wax dripping down the quay.
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Islamic State Video Shows Destruction of Ancient Assyrian City
The Islamic State group on Saturday released a video that shows militants smashing artefacts at the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq before blowing up the site.
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Won't Be Rushed Into Final Tikrit Assault, Say Iraq Forces
Iraqi commanders said today that time was on their side as government forces tighten their siege of Tikrit and warned they would not be rushed into a final assault.
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US Suicide Bomber Carried Out Iraq Attack, Says Islamic State
The Islamic State group said today a US citizen carried out a suicide attack against Iraqi forces involved in an operation to retake the jihadist-held city of Tikrit.
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In Rare Alliance, Shi'ites Join Sunnis to Defend Iraqi Towns
When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this week, they were repelled by a rare coalition of Sunni tribal fighters inside the town and Shi'ites in its sister city Balad on the opposite bank.
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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.
