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Iraqi News
December 26, 2017
“The troops started their mission from Buhriz and Kanaan districts south of Diyala and will continue till the outskirts of Baghdad,” Azzawi said, adding that the operation comes as part of his command's efforts to reinforce security in these areas. “The troops will comb all recently-liberated areas betweenÃâà...
Business Insider
December 1, 2015
US Soldiers Iraq U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vince Foster from Bravo Company, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, provides security during a short halt in Buhriz, Iraq, on Feb. 17. Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall/USAF The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying a new force of special operationsÃâà...
Business Insider
August 31, 2015
US Soldiers Iraq U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vince Foster from Bravo Company, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, provides security during a short halt in Buhriz, Iraq, on Feb. 17. Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall/USAF Is the United States at war? Even our top leaders do not know. At his nomination hearingÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 2014
The American-led air campaign against the Islamic State began as a limited operation, but quickly grew into what officials said will be a multi-year effort to destroy the group that will require local forces on the ground. Back. Next. A 'Limited' Operation Begins. President Obama approves “targeted” strikes toÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
July 31, 2014
(Baghdad) – Government-backed militias have been kidnapping and killing Sunni civilians throughout Iraq's Baghdad, Diyala, and Hilla provinces over the past five months. The killings and abductions mark a serious escalation in sectarian violence at a time when the armed conflict between governmentÃâà...
The Guardian
April 29, 2014
Thursday night in Buhriz, and spring has sprung. In the garden of a retired security officer a group of men, sitting around a plastic table in the middle of a lush garden, are debating matters of horticulture. "The garden had three lemon trees before he came to the house," says one of the guests – a baldingÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
December 1, 2011
The province was a hotbed of al-Qaeda in Iraq during the height of the country's violence in 2004-2007. Elsewhere in Diyala, assailants stormed the home of the anti-al-Qaeda leader at dawn and killed eight people, police said. The victims of the attack in the town of Buhriz, about 60km north of Baghdad,Ãâà...
