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Nineveh

Iraqis who fled Daesh blame political rot for tragic wedding fire

Iraqi Christians once driven from their village by Daesh are blaming another enemy for an inferno that killed more than 100 of their friends and relatives at a wedding this week: chronic political rot and lax governance. After returning…
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Arabic and international

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

Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday 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. Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani…
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Arabic and international

Saudi king and crown prince offer condolences to Iraq over victims of Nineveh fire

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman sent a telegram of condolences and sympathy to Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, regarding the victims of a fire that broke out in a wedding hall in Nineveh governorate, in northern Iraq, the state-run SPA news…
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Arabic and international

Airstrike kills 10 Daesh militants in Nineveh, north of Iraq

A US-led coalition airstrike has destroyed a site housing 10 militants from the Daesh group in Nineveh, north of Iraq, according to the country’s state news agency Tuesday. “The international coalition warplanes carried out an air strike…
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