Kerbala

Suicide Bomber Kills Six Near Iraq’s Kerbala At Start of Shi’ite Ritual

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A suicide bomber killed six people near Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala on Monday at the start of a major Shi’ite Muslim ritual, an attack claimed by the hardline Sunni militants of Islamic State. The bomber blew himself up west of the city where hundreds of thousands of Shi’ites were gathering to mark Arbaeen, which … Read more

Iraqi Special Forces Seize Mosul District In Fresh Push

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Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days. The elite Counter Terrorism Service troops broke through … Read more