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US vice president visits troops in Iraq - security source
Pence's unannounced landing at Ain al-Asad base - his first visit to Iraq as vice president - came nearly a year after President Donald Trump made his own surprise trip to the sprawling complex.
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ANALYSIS: Why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?
People get angry far more often than they rebel. And rebellions rarely become revolutions. An expert on the French Revolution explains why today's protest movements are different.
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UN chief condemns live fire at Iraqi protesters as 'disturbing'
The demonstrations broke out on 1 October in anger over corruption and unemployment but have morphed into demands that the entire ruling system be upended.
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Iraqis pour into streets for biggest protest day since Saddam
Protests in which 250 people have died over the past month have accelerated dramatically in recent days, drawing huge crowds from across Iraq’s sectarian and ethnic divides to reject the political parties in power since 2003.
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Nearly 50 dead as Iraq protests take new violent turn
The demonstrations first erupted on 1 October, with protesters railing against government corruption and unemployment, while a second wave broke out late Thursday.
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Two dozen dead as thousands renew Iraq anti-government protests
The protests represent a second phase of a week-long movement in early October that ended with more than 150 people dead.
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Calm returns after Iraq protests but political crisis remains
Morning traffic around the city was back to normal, most streets had reopened and an internet blackout in place for most of the past week appeared to ease just hours before parliament was expected to meet.
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Uprising grips Iraq, 60 killed
The country’s most influential cleric pinned the blame for the violence on politicians who had failed to improve the lives of the public, and ordered them to meet the protesters’ demands.
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Kurdish forces launch fresh thrust to retake Mosul from Islamic State
Mosul is the largest urban center under the militants’ control & had a pre-war population of 2 million.
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Fear for civilians as Islamic State halts Iraqi army at gates of Falluja
Falluja is believed to be the base from which Isis waged a campaign of suicide bombings.
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US-led coalition troops seen near front line in new Iraq offensive
The Iraqi army is also keeping up the pressure on Islamic State in their stronghold of Falluja.
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Sources: Syrian rebels seize Islamic State stronghold
The monitor said factions fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army captured the town of al-Rai.
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At least 23 South Africans have joined Isis
Al Jazeera is reporting that at least eight families have left South Africa to join the radicalised group.
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Unicef report on children in conflict zones
Unicef report on children in conflict zones
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Suicide bomber kills 27 militants in Iraq
The attacker also wounded 60 Shia militiamen, who had helped govt forces retake Jurf al-Sakhkar.
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Britain close to identifying beheading suspect
Britain is close to identifying a suspected British national shown beheading journalist James Foley.
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Iraq: Revenge attacks kill 35
Bombings across Iraq kill 35 in attacks that appeared to be revenge for an assault on a Sunni mosque.
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Iraqi troops ready push
Govt forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists.
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Iraqi refugees flee Syria
Thousands of Iraqi refugees returning from Syria will face huge challenges reintegrating in Iraq.
