JOSEPH KRAUSS

December 31, 2016 at 11:38 pm

Humble Iraqi dish offers taste of home for Mosul’s displaced

BAGHDAD (AP) — Long before it became famous as a battlefield in the fight against the Islamic State group, the Iraqi city of Mosul was...

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October 27, 2016 at 1:45 am

Iraqis find bomb factory, tunnels on long road to Mosul VIEW

KHAZER, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi forces explored a network of tunnels and uncovered a bomb-making facility on Thursday in a village near Mosul that was...

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October 26, 2016 at 12:48 am

IS driving hundreds into Mosul, using them as human shields VIEW

QAYARA, Iraq (AP) — Islamic State militants have been going door to door in villages south of Mosul, ordering people at gunpoint on a mileslong...

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October 24, 2016 at 11:59 pm

Iraq battles IS in western town, far from Mosul VIEW

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters for a third day in a remote western town far from Mosul on Tuesday, but the...

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October 24, 2016 at 11:13 pm

Threatened in Mosul, Islamic State uses alternative tactics

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of Islamic State fighters struck at dawn, storming government and security compounds in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk...

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October 23, 2016 at 11:29 pm

Limited gains in first week of Iraq’s Mosul offensive VIEW

KHAZER, Iraq (AP) — In the week since Iraq launched an operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, its forces have pushed toward...

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October 23, 2016 at 10:47 pm

Iraqis press toward Mosul, face questions about airstrike VIEW

BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces fought their way inside two villages Monday as they crept closer to Mosul a week into an offensive...

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October 23, 2016 at 2:15 am

Iraqi parliament passes bill banning alcohol

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's parliament has passed a law forbidding the import, production or selling of alcoholic beverages in a surprise move that angered many...

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October 23, 2016 at 12:21 am

Iraqi forces advance near Mosul as IS attacks western town VIEW

KHAZER, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed toward Mosul on Sunday, cordoning off eight villages and coming within 9 kilometers (5 ½ miles) of...

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October 20, 2016 at 8:58 am

Baghdad’s Finest: A look at Iraq’s vaunted special forces VIEW

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's special forces, which barreled into a town east of Mosul on Thursday despite a wave of suicide attacks, are the country's...

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