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Remarkable Acknowledgments by Leading (Retired) Israeli National Security Officials

In the New York Times, some acknowledgements of failure of the sort we rarely see from US officials. It would be like leading retired American national security officials announcing in 2013 or so that they completely misunderstood the situation in Iraq for the past ten years. Yet for Israeli leaders,…

Reason

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria after US downed Turkish armed drone

Turkish warplanes have carried out airstrikes on sites believed to be used by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria

The Independent UK

Turkey warns it will strike Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after a suicide bombing in Ankara

Turkey’s foreign minister says Kurdish militants behind a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital face robust retaliation against their group’s positions in Syria and Iraq

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Iraqi Christian religious leaders demand an international investigation into deadly wedding fire

Christian religious leaders in Iraq are calling for an international investigation into a deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people last week

The Independent UK

‘Iraqis love life’: In conversation with Ala Talabani

On the sidelines of a conference about Iraq, the parliamentarian spoke to Al Jazeera about the country’s future.

Al Jazeera

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Sept. 8-14, 2023

A group walked to the Jamtalferner Glacier in Austria. A deadly fire raced through a wedding hall in Iraq. Fencers competed at the Asian Games in China. And an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion at a festival in India. This photo gallery highlights some…

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Iraq's prime minister visits wedding fire victims as 2 more people die from their injuries

Iraq’s prime minister has visited injured patients and the families of victims in northern Iraq days after a deadly wedding fire killed around 100 people, as two more people died from their injuries

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Middle East Roundup: Tragedy strikes Iraqi couple’s ‘happiest day’

A mass fire in Iraq, Saudi’s foreign policy moves, surviving Libya’s floods post-ISIL–here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

Iraq’s Nineveh buries its dead as families seek answers after wedding fire

Most of the wedding guests belong to Nineveh’s Christian minority, but the tragedy shook the whole community.

Al Jazeera

Watch live: Families pray for victims of Iraq wedding fire which killed at least 114 guests

Watch live as families take part in a service to pray for the victims of a tragic wedding fire in IraqThe fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 114 people and injured 150 others, and authorities warn the death toll could…

The Independent UK

114 killed, more than 200 wounded in northern Iraq fire

Up to 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a huge wedding hall fire in the town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, Governor of Nineveh Najm al-Jubouri told reporters on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Iraq: Deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people started as couple began slow dance

Footage shows newlywed couple clinging to each other on dancefloor as flaming debris falls from ceiling

The Independent UK

What we know so far about the deadly wedding fire in Iraq’s Nineveh

A massive fire has turned a wedding into a tragedy, and authorities say the death toll may still rise.

Al Jazeera

Iraq wedding fire: 117 dead and 150 injured as blaze engulfs wedding party ‘after firework set off’

TV footage shows flames rushing over wedding hall as fire takes hold

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A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people and injured 150

A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 114 people and injured 150 others, and authorities warn the death toll could rise

The Independent UK

Iraq fire: Fears bride and groom among 114 killed in wedding party inferno after ‘firework set off’

Prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani orders an investigation into the cause of fire

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A fire at a wedding hall in Iraq kills at least 100 people and injures 150 more

There was no immediate official word on the cause of the blaze but initial reports suggested fireworks at the venue may have sparked the fire.

Al Jazeera

Funerals held as more than 100 killed in Iraq wedding fire

Initial reports indicate that fireworks used during wedding ceremony may have been responsible for blaze.

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The Guardian view on the US and Abu Ghraib: recognition and redress are long overdue

Editorial: Two decades after the invasion of Iraq, victims of abuse and torture by US forces have yet to be compensated

Al Jazeera

US has failed to compensate tortured victims of its Iraq prisons: HRW

The US has failed to redress Iraqis who suffered from systemic torture and abuse in its prisons during the invasion.

The Conversation

Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014.

France 24

Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein: US-Iran prisoner swap 'will lead to less tension'

On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, Iraqi Foreign Minister and deputy PM Fuad Hussein spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the recent deadly drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, a security agreement with Iran, the recent US-Iran prisoner swap deal, as well as relations…

Al Jazeera

Six unforgettable UN General Assembly moments

Al Jazeera looks back at key UN General Assembly speeches as world leaders and top diplomats gather for 78th session.

The Independent UK

Iraq's president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdish region

The Iraqi president says he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes

Al Jazeera

Airport in Iraq’s Kurdish region hit by deadly drone attack

Airport near Sulaymaniyah targeted as Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed says the identity of the victims still not known.

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