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Iran Earthquake : Middle East rocked by 7.3 magnitude Earthquake World

Iran Earthquake : Middle East rocked by 7.3 magnitude Earthquake

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, November 14, 2017

At least 450 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country on Sunday. Thousands of homeless Iranians huddled ag…

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In the fight to save it, here's how Iraq's Mosul was destroyed World

In the fight to save it, here's how Iraq's Mosul was destroyed

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, July 25, 2017

The Battle of Mosul was a major military campaign launched by the Iraqi Government forces with allied militias, the Kurdistan Regional Government…

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Iraqi forces battle Islamic State for control of Mosul World

Iraqi forces battle Islamic State for control of Mosul

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Iraqi forces have fought their way into two villages near Mosul as the offensive to retake city enters its second week. Iraqi special forces be…

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An explosion following an air strike is seen in central Kobani Turkey

An explosion following an air strike is seen in central Kobani

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, November 18, 2014

An explosion following an air strike is seen in central Kobani in Syria. Picture taken from the Turkish side of the Turkish-Syrian border.

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Thick black smoke rises over an eastern Kobani neighborhood Peshmerga

Thick black smoke rises over an eastern Kobani neighborhood

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Sunday, November 09, 2014

Thick black smoke rises over an eastern Kobani neighborhood following an airstrike.

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