Iraq

Iraq urges repatriation of children of ISIS fighters

Iraq has called for the home countries of foreign ISIS fighters held in its jails to repatriate hundreds of children of the captured militants

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There are no Italian troops in Syria, defense ministry says

Italian troops are not in Syria, a spokesperson for the Italian Ministry of Defense said, refuting Turkish media reports that Italian forces were deployed to Deir Ezzor province

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Turkish military launches operations against PKK in Iraq’s Qandil and Sinjar, Erdogan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Qandil and Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan had begun

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Turkey’s thirst for power threatens water war with Iraq

Iraq, including Kurdistan, relies on the Euphrates and Tigris for 98 percent of its water. Hydroelectric dam building in Turkey is blamed for a 40 percent drop in water levels

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Iraq court sentences French woman to life in prison for joining ISIS

An Iraqi court sentenced a French woman to life in jail for membership in ISIS despite her claims that her husband tricked her into traveling to the region

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Denmark to withdraw special forces from Iraq, but capacity-building contingent will stay

Denmark said that special forces assigned to the U.S.-led Coalition will be withdrawn because they have completed their mission, but other troops in capacity building, and radar operation roles will remain

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Pentagon prepares new policy for transferring terrorism detainees to Gitmo

The U.S. Department of Defense has developed new guidance on critera for transferring detainees to the military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon spokesperson said

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Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining ISIS

Iraq on Sunday sentenced 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining ISIS, the latest in a series of heavy verdicts against foreign women

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Iraq reduces death sentence of German woman who joined ISIS

The death sentence of a German woman who was found guilty of joining Islamic State with her two daughters has been commuted to life in an Iraqi prison. 

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Judge rules US can’t transfer suspected American ISIS fighter to Saudi Arabia

A US federal judge ruled that the US military cannot hand over a dual citizen (known as John Doe) suspected of fighting with ISIS to a third country against his will.

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