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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2017
Europe's war of the nationalists picks up steam
Europe remains a battleground between nationalist forces, conventional governments and parties that cleave to broadly liberal positions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2017
Iraqi Kurds cast independence vote in defiance of threats and opposition from Ankara, Baghdad, Tehran
Kurds voted in large numbers in an independence referendum in northern Iraq on Monday, ignoring pressure from Baghdad, threats from Turkey and Iran, and international warnings that the vote may ignite yet more regional conflict.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2017
Iraq hangs 42 Sunni militants convicted as terrorists, draws quick rebuke from Amnesty
Iraq on Sunday executed 42 Sunni Muslim militants convicted on terrorism charges ranging from killing members of security forces to detonating car bombs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2017
Ethnically split Iraqi town fears fresh conflict after Kurd independence vote
On the eve of the historic referendum on independence, Kurds across the region were celebrating. Young people honked their horns and shot celebratory gunfire into the air of major cities.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2017
Moving toward Kurdish independence?
The Kurds' quest for self-rule puts them in the crosshairs of Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Russia and the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2017
Russia becomes Iraq Kurds' top funder, quiet about independence vote
Russia, the only major power that has not called on Iraq's Kurds to cancel a referendum on independence next week, has swiftly become the top funder of Kurdish oil and gas deals, with as much as $4 billion pledged in less than a year, industry sources say.
WORLD / Society
Sep 18, 2017
Aid officials 'gravely concerned' over fate of Iraq-held wives, kids of Islamic State fighters
Aid officials in Iraq said they were "gravely concerned" about the fate of about 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State militants relocated by Iraqi authorities, who did not warn aid organizations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 11, 2017
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, kids of suspected Islamic State fighters in squalid camp
Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadi group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2017
Iraqi colonel: Fighting near Tal Afar much worse than Mosul's Old City, like 'gates of hell'
Iraqi forces battling to retake the small town of al-'Ayadiya where militants fleeing Tal Afar have entrenched themselves said on Tuesday the fighting is "multiple times worse" than the battle for Mosul's old city.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2017
Tal Afar's 'nothing to lose' Islamic State holdouts put up stiff fight as Iraqi troops near, find few civilians
Iraqi forces said they faced tough resistance on Monday from Islamic State fighters driven out of the city of Tal Afar to a small town where they had "nothing to lose" by fighting to the end.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2017
Tens of thousands of civilians feared trapped by Islamic State as Iraqi troops breach Tal Afar defenses
Government forces breached the city limits of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday on the third day of a U.S.-backed offensive to seize it back from Islamic State militants.
WORLD / Society
Aug 22, 2017
Liberated West Mosul gets first major aid delivery since 2014: ICRC
People in the western part of Iraq's devastated city of Mosul have received their first major delivery of aid since Islamic State militants captured the city in 2014, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2017
Yazidis rebuild Islamic State-razed Bashiqa shrine during long wait for female abductees' return
Yazidi men and boys in the town of Bashiqa north east of Mosul are rebuilding a shrine destroyed by Islamic State as they wait for the return of women from their community taken captive years ago by the jihadis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 4, 2017
Three years since Islamic State genocide, Iraq's Yazidis still suffer, steer clear of Sinjar homeland
Iraq's Yazidis marked three years Thursday since Islamic State launched what the United Nations said was a genocidal campaign against them, but their ordeal is far from over despite the ouster of the jihadi fighters.
WORLD
Jul 22, 2017
U.S. intel official now says many foreigners fighting for IS likely to stay in Syria, Iraq
In a new assessment, the U.S. intelligence community judges that large numbers of foreigners fighting for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria likely will stay to defend what is left of their self-declared caliphate rather than return to their homelands, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said on Friday....
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2017
Amnesty says Iraq and allies violated international law in Mosul battle
Amnesty International said on Tuesday it had identified a pattern of attacks by Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led military coalition backing them in the battle for Mosul that violated international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2017
Civilians desperate to flee last Islamic State enclave in Mosul
Shop-owner Adnan dragged himself from the rubble for the second day in a row, as again the house where he was sheltering was bombed in a U.S.-led campaign to uproot the last Islamic State militants from Mosul.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2017
50,000 civilians feared trapped among Islamic State fighters as Iraqi forces prepare for Mosul victory
Iraqi forces on Tuesday pushed toward the river side of Mosul's Old City, their key target in the eight-month campaign to capture Islamic State's de-facto capital, and Iraq's prime minister predicted victory very soon.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2017
Iraqi general: Mosul battle to end in few days as Islamic State has lost fighting spirit
The battle to wrest full control of the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days, the Iraqi military said on Monday, as elite counterterrorism units fought militants among the narrow alleyways of the historic Old City.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2017
If al-Baghdadi is dead, next Islamic State leader likely to be Saddam-era officer
If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were Iraqi Army officers under late dictator Saddam Hussein.

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