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IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 27/06/2016

27/6/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launch fresh attacks on Mahabad, a once short-lived Kurdish state. Clashes subsequently erupted between Kurdish guerillas and IRGC forces.
New claims of ‘liberation’ have been touted by Iraqi forces battling Islamic State fighters in Fallujah, but fighting has transformed the city into the nation’s fastest emptying areas.

Iraq NEWS BULLETIN 10/06/2016

10/6/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

From Iraq’s capital to southern provinces, protesters have stormed political party headquarters demanding political reform. Anger was visibly vented towards Islamist parties. Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haidar al Abadi called for calm and condemned extremist acts such as the vandalisation of politically symbolic buildings.

Iraq NEWS BULLETIN 25/05/2016

25/5/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

Fierce battles between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State marked the state of ‘Operation Retake Fallujah’ on May 22 2016, after it was announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al Abadi. Calls for Fallujah’s residents to flee their homes were sounded by Badr corps militia commander Hadi al Ameri.

IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 27/04/2016

27/4/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

Parliamentarians calling for a ‘cabinet reshuffle' staged their own protest during a parliamentary session. They called for the removal of Parliamentary speaker, Salim al Jabouri.
Recently discovered corpses evidence Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are guilty of capturing civilians from Hawija and Beiji, and torturing them to death.

IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 07/04/2016

7/4/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

The siege of Fallujah by Iraqi forces continues but city residents are gradually being starved to death — caught between IS and state forces.
Iraq’s ancient city of Hit, Anbar province, has been captured two years after it fell to Islamic State terrorists. The flags of militias fluttered instead of those installed by the Islamic State.

IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 21/03/2016

21/3/2016

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As Iraqi forces and its coalition partners enter a new phase of the conflict in Mosul, aerial strikes decimated Mosul University -- a densely inhabited civilian area.
Followers of the Sadrists trend stage their own sit-in outside the gates of Iraq’s Green Zone, demanding the formation of a new government.

IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 07/03/2016

7/3/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

Hundreds of Sadrists rally in Iraq’s Liberation Square as their leader, Moqtada al Sadr, exits reform negotiations after denouncing state promises for change.
Suicide blasts carried out by Islamic state terrorists tore through the city of Babil. These recurrent events serve as a permanent reminder of Iraq's deepening security crisis.

IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 23/02/2016

23/2/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

Amnesty International condemns moves from the Iraqi government to fast-track the execution of 40 men, believed to be guilty of the devastating 2014 Speicher massacre.
Iraqi premier Haidar al Abadi staunchly defends the participation of Iraq’s Popular mobilization forces in Mosul, arguing not even American forces tell Iraq what to do.

IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 19/02/2016

19/2/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

Special UN representative Jan Kubis, urges Iraq’s government to launch an inquest into the unexplained murder of local UN representative Amer al Kaissy.
Iraqi PM Abadi indicates he is ready to resign as part of the broader effort to annul Iraq’s sectarian quota system.

IRAQ NEWS BULLETIN 17/02/2016

17/2/2016

The latest news round-up of developments inside Iraq:

The release of US contractors held hostage for months, was secured following secret negotiation between unknown actors.
The destruction of Iraq’s oil refinery city of Beiji by the islamic state has continued under militia forces, looting expensive and irreplaceable equipment.

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