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CityLab
November 27, 2017
They're followed by Kabul (Afganistan), Mosul (Iraq), Aden (Yemen), Kirkuk (Iraq), Juba (South Sudan), Ibb (Yemen), and Kunduz (Iraq). A rash of war-ravaged Syrian cities also fill out the top of the list. Meanwhile, the least fragile cities are largely concentrated in Canada, Japan, Australia, the United States,ÃÂ ...
MDC for Middle Eastern and African Studies
February 23, 2017
The Iraqi government's military operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, Qadimun ya Nainawa (“We are coming Nineveh”), began on October 17, 2016. Three divisions of the regular Iraqi security forces (ISF), three divisions of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces, and units of the Iraqi police and air force are participatingÃÂ ...
ChinaTopix
November 6, 2016
The United States said its aircraft launched iron bombs, smart bombs or guided air-to-ground missiles at ISIS targets in and around the Iraqi city of Mosul at the rate of one every eight minutes during the first three days of the offensive that ... Mosul (al Mawsil) is the only Iraqi city still in the hands of ISIS.
YIBADA English
October 17, 2016
Kurdish Peshmerga forces opened the long-awaited final offensive to recapture the city of Mosul (Al Mawsil) in Nineveh province from ISIL, taking seven villages ... Spearheading the Iraqi forces' assault on Mosul are Iraq's elite Special Forces units, the most effective forces battling ISIL for the past two years.
NewNowNext
October 6, 2015
Walls and gates of the ancient city of Nineveh, now Mosul (Al Mawsil). The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing dozens of accused homosexuals in Iraq and Syria, though details of their alleged sins are never provided. “[ISIS] accuses people of being gay only on basis of some superficialÃÂ ...
The Real News Network
June 13, 2014
It's partly true, but only partly true, because the U.S. occupation and the destruction of the Iraqi state made Iraq dependent on the U.S. for its security and .... against them, so that al-Maliki utilize the conflict in Mosul not de facto to liberate the almost al-Mawṣil from the ISIS, but to use it against his opposition.
Earthquake Report
March 11, 2013
The epicenter lays in a very populated area in northern Iraq. There are many villages and some larger towns within 30 km around the epicenter and the town Al-mawsil (Mosul), with more than 2 million inhabitants approx. 50 km south west of the epicenter. Due to the shallow depth, we expect a strongÃÂ ...
National Geographic
December 9, 2009
Meticulous ancient notetakers have given archaeologists a glimpse of what life was like 3,000 years ago in the Assyrian Empire, which controlled much of the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. Clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform, an ancient script once common in the MiddleÃÂ ...
CityLab
November 27, 2017
They're followed by Kabul (Afganistan), Mosul (Iraq), Aden (Yemen), Kirkuk (Iraq), Juba (South Sudan), Ibb (Yemen), and Kunduz (Iraq). A rash of war-ravaged Syrian cities also fill out the top of the list. Meanwhile, the least fragile cities are largely concentrated in Canada, Japan, Australia, the United States,ÃÂ ...
The Columbian
February 26, 2017
As Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul, the assault is bringing a surge of casualties — at least 30 Iraqi security forces and more than 200 civilians killed or wounded in the last three days. Iraq's military does not release official casualty reports, but medics at front-line clinics provided figures onÃÂ ...
MDC for Middle Eastern and African Studies
February 23, 2017
The Iraqi government's military operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, Qadimun ya Nainawa (“We are coming Nineveh”), began on October 17, 2016. Three divisions of the regular Iraqi security forces (ISF), three divisions of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces, and units of the Iraqi police and air force are participatingÃÂ ...
MDC for Middle Eastern and African Studies
December 31, 2016
The Iraqi government's military operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, ... territory is relatively low (103,000) compared to previous campaigns in Iraq.
ChinaTopix
November 6, 2016
The United States said its aircraft launched iron bombs, smart bombs or guided air-to-ground missiles at ISIS targets in and around the Iraqi city ...
YIBADA English
October 17, 2016
... recapture the city of Mosul (Al Mawsil) in Nineveh province from ISIL, taking ... Spearheading the Iraqi forces' assault on Mosul are Iraq's elite ...
Business Insider
September 19, 2016
Humanity as a whole may be enjoying the healthiest, most peaceful period it's ever seen, but that doesn't mean every city is in great shape.
Business Insider
September 19, 2016
Humanity as a whole may be enjoying the healthiest, most peaceful period it's ever seen, but that doesn't mean every city is in great shape.
NewNowNext
October 6, 2015
Walls and gates of the ancient city of Nineveh, now Mosul (Al Mawsil). The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing dozens of accused ...
Food World News
February 25, 2015
They destroyed 100,000 titles in Western Iraq and blazed the Mosul ... Iraqi soldiers who will be deployed by April or May to fight the ISIS.
The Real News Network
June 13, 2014
Sabah Alnasseri was born in Basra, Iraq, and earned his doctorate at the ... and the destruction of the Iraqi state made Iraq dependent on the U.S. for its .... the almost al-Mawṣil from the ISIS, but to use it against his opposition.
Earthquake Report
March 11, 2013
Erbil, Iraq - "Felt light shaking/way and crackling noice in the ... and the town Al-mawsil (Mosul), with more than 2 million inhabitants approx.
National Geographic
December 9, 2009
... from the mountains of eastern Turkey, materials that were relatively scarce in the empire's heartland near present-day Al Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq, ...
MDC for Middle Eastern and African Studies
December 31, 2016
The Iraqi government's military operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, ... territory is relatively low (103,000) compared to previous campaigns in Iraq.
ChinaTopix
November 6, 2016
The United States said its aircraft launched iron bombs, smart bombs or guided air-to-ground missiles at ISIS targets in and around the Iraqi cityÃÂ ...
YIBADA English
October 17, 2016
... recapture the city of Mosul (Al Mawsil) in Nineveh province from ISIL, taking ... Spearheading the Iraqi forces' assault on Mosul are Iraq's eliteÃÂ ...
Business Insider
September 19, 2016
Humanity as a whole may be enjoying the healthiest, most peaceful period it's ever seen, but that doesn't mean every city is in great shape.
NewNowNext
October 6, 2015
Walls and gates of the ancient city of Nineveh, now Mosul (Al Mawsil). The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing dozens of accusedÃÂ ...
The Real News Network
June 13, 2014
Sabah Alnasseri was born in Basra, Iraq, and earned his doctorate at the ... and the destruction of the Iraqi state made Iraq dependent on the U.S. for its .... the almost al-Mawṣil from the ISIS, but to use it against his opposition.
Earthquake Report
March 11, 2013
Erbil, Iraq - "Felt light shaking/way and crackling noice in the ... and the town Al-mawsil (Mosul), with more than 2 million inhabitants approx.
National Geographic
December 9, 2009
... from the mountains of eastern Turkey, materials that were relatively scarce in the empire's heartland near present-day Al Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq,ÃÂ ...
YIBADA English
October 17, 2016
Formally known as the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) but also called Iraqi Special Operations Forces or the Golden Division, these tough troops organized by the U.S.
Xinhua
July 1, 2016
Families from Al Mawsil arrive in west Arbil, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2014. About 400,000 peole fled home because of the severe conflict between militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Kurdish armed force in northIraq. (Xinhua/Shang Le ...
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