Iraq War
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US says it will reduce troop numbers to 3,000 in Iraq this month
General Frank McKenzie said the decision has been taken due to confidence in the increased ability of the Iraqi Security Forces to operate independently.
Scroll Staff
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Iraq’s brutal crackdown on suspected Islamic State supporters could trigger civil war
Iraq beat the Islamic State. Now, its Shia government is jailing and even executing all suspected terrorists – most of them Sunni Muslims.
Eric Keels, The Conversation & Angela D Nichols, The Conversation
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Video: In a post Islamic State Mosul, women finally get to remove face veils
This is the result of Iraqi forces pushing back Islamic State militants and reclaiming the Old City in Iraq.
Reuters
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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What does the increased Srinagar voter turnout really mean?
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A lion and a bear, the last surviving animals of a Mosul zoo, have been flown out of Iraq
Simba, the male lion, and Lula, the female bear, have been taken to Jordan by the Four Paws International, an animal welfare group.
Scroll Staff
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Chilcot Report: Tony Blair’s sad and shameful political epitaph
Tony Blair insists to this day that his decision to go to war in Iraq was made in good faith. Does that make him any less culpable?
Feargal Cochrane, The Conversation