Iraq
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May- 2019 -15 MayMiddle East
US orders non-emergency personnel to leave Baghdad and Erbil missions
The US State Department ordered a partial evacuation of its embassy in Iraq and consulate in Erbil amid increased tensions with Iran
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8 MayMiddle East
An education in Islamic State extremism
In its proto-state, Islamic State focused on education to indoctrinate children through textbooks that glorified violence
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6 MayMiddle East
Pro-regime and Iran-backed militias sweep Syria-Iraq border for ISIS cells
The National Defense Forces, Syrian Arab Army troops, Lebanese Hezbollah and Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units are sweeping the border for ISIS cells
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Apr- 2019 -30 AprilMiddle East
Coalition and Iraqi forces attack ISIS sleeper cells in Hamrin mountains
CJTF-OIR and Iraqi forces attacked ISIS sleeper cells in northern Iraq, destroying tunnel systems, buildings, caves, and command positions
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26 AprilMiddle East
Iraqi police officer killed by Coalition ‘friendly fire’ near Kirkuk
An Iraqi federal police officer was killed and two others wounded by US-led Coalition aircraft fire near Kirkuk
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14 AprilWar
ISIS brands global attacks as ‘Vengeance for Sham’
Robert Postings looks at the first few days of Islamic State’s ‘Vengeance for Sham’ global campaign
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10 AprilMiddle East
Iraq offers to try ISIS adherents if Coalition pays millions in court costs
Iraq has offered the US-led Coalition to put hundreds of accused Islamic State members on trial in Baghdad in exchange for millions of dollars
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9 AprilEurope
German ISIS woman on trial for war crimes accused of letting Yazidi slave girl die of thirst
A German woman who joined ISIS went on trial accused of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi slave girl die of thirst in the sun
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5 AprilMiddle East
Germany repatriates children of ISIS fighters from Iraq
Germany has repatriated from Iraq children of jailed ISIS adherents, the foreign ministry said, as the war against ISIS draws to a close
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Mar- 2019 -29 MarchAmericas
US Marine Corps General McKenzie replaces retiring Votel as CENTCOM Commander
Newly promoted General Kenneth F. McKenzie took over the leadership of US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East
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