News Source: The New York Times
| 2 months ago
Iraqi security forces in Mosul have detained more than 150 people suspected in the Sunni insurgency during an offensive in the country’s last major extremist stronghold, a senior security official said Friday. The crackdown is the latest attempt to...
News Source: The Boston Globe
| 2 months ago
Iraqi security forces are wrapping up a major operation in Mosul that has led to the capture of at least 150 suspected insurgents. An Iraqi security official says the crackdown is expected to end Saturday in the northern city, which is considered...
News Source: NOW Lebanon
| 2 months ago
The People’s Mujahidin Organization of Iran on Friday accused Iraqi security forces of beating and torturing 36 members of its organization before forcibly transferring them from the Khalis city prison to Baghdad. The organization reported in a...
News Source: Seattle Times
| 2 months ago
A bomb smuggled into a village mosque Friday killed a prayer leader who also worked as a police officer in an area of northern Iraq considered the last stronghold of Sunni insurgents, an official said. The explosives were hidden under a platform...
News Source: Gulf News
| 2 months ago
The bomb was placed under a platform where Narjis Shiwash was leading Friday prayers in Namrood, a mostly Sunni village about 30 kilometres south of Mosul. The police official says three worshippers are also being treated for injuries. The Mosul area...