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ISIS starts burning black oil around the city of Mosul World

ISIS starts burning black oil around the city of Mosul

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Here in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, in the desert south of Mosul, the sun is an orange orb burning through a screen of black and gray clouds th…

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Battle for Mosul Begins World

Battle for Mosul Begins

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Monday, October 17, 2016

Iraqi government forces have launched a campaign to retake Mosul, the de-facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) gro…

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The Fight for Ramadi United States Secretary of Defense

The Fight for Ramadi

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Monday, January 18, 2016

Ramadi has been touted as the first major success for Iraq's U.S.-backed army since it collapsed in the face of ISIS, but the scorched-earth …

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President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in New York United Nations Security Council

President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in New York

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, September 25, 2014

President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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