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Sevem killed during ISIS attacks o Hashid al-Shaabi in Tuz Khurmatu.

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Seven people were killed during attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) militants against the Popular Mobilization Units (Hashid al-Shaabi) in Tuz Khurmatu district, a security source said. Four of the dead were civilians while the others were Hashid al-Shaabi members, the source added. Seven other people were wounded in the attacks.  Tuz Khurmatu, located 180 km north of Baghdad, lies in an area of disputed territory between the Kurdish-administered north and southern regions under the central government, with an ethnically diverse population of Turkmen, Kurds and Arabs

Hundreds of displaced families return to their homes south of Kirkuk.

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Head of Peshmerga Frontlines for the south of Kirkuk, Wasta Rasul, told NRT that the first stage of returning internally displaced people (IDPs) who fled the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) has begun. Rasul added that the first stage included 600 families from Qaratapa village in the south of Kirkuk. “The people from areas where conflict has ended will be returned but they should promise the Peshmerga that they will assist [the Peshmerga]”, Rasul continued.Tens of thousands of people have been displaced south of Kirkuk due to the fight against ISIS. After fleeing, the IDPs settled in Kirkuk and other areas of the Kurdistan Region.

Anti- ISIS global coalition members to meet in Washington.

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U.S.-led Coalition members will hold a two-day meeting in Washington  to discuss the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.The meeting of foreign ministers and senior leaders of the Global Coalition, hosted by U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson, starts on Wednesday with participation of all members of the Coalition forces, a total numbering 68, the U.S. State Department said. An Iraqi delegation headed by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, will be attending the meeting in Washington. “The ministerial will include a detailed discussion of priorities for the Coalition’s multiple lines of effort, including military, foreign terrorist fighters, counterterrorist financing, counter-messaging, and stabilization of liberated areas, to increase the momentum of the campaign”, the State Department statement added.The ministers will also discuss the humanitarian crises in Iraq and Syria during the meeting, it added.

Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and U.S. 'vast sums' for defense.

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German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday, rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Germany owes NATO and United States “vast sums” of money for defense. She said that there is no debt account at NATO and that defense spending goes also into UN peacekeeping missions,into European missions and into the fight against Islamic State. Trump said on Twitter on Saturday – a day after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington – that Germany “owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!” German defense spending is set to rise by 1.4 billion euros to 38.5 billion euros in 2018 – a figure that is projected to represent 1.26 percent of economic output, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has said. In 2016, Germany’s defense spending ratio stood at 1.18 percent. During her trip to Washington, Merkel reiterated Germany’s commitment to the 2 percent military spending goal.

ISIS takes advantage of bad weather to hit back at Iraqi forces.

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Residents have been streaming out of western neighbourhoods recaptured by the government, many desperately hungry and traumatized by living under ISIS’ harsh rule. As many as 600,000 civilians are still trapped with the militants inside Mosul, and thousands of residents have escaped to government lines in recent days but it has been impossible to tally the number of civilian casualties. The army and security forces have made significant gains in recent days in the battle that started back in October, seizing a main bridge over the Tigris River and advancing towards the mosque in the Old City from where ISIS’ leader declared a caliphate in 2014. But the fighting is expected to become even harder as the militants defend their last enclaves in what was once their stronghold in Iraq.

The Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displacement said Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) don’t contribute to an overload of the Kurdistan Regional Government

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The Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displacement said Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) don’t contribute to an overload of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that cause an electricity shortage. Mohammed noted less than one million Iraqi displaced people have now been settled in the Kurdistan Region, which previously was 1.4 million. As the Islamic State (ISIS) overran large swaths in Iraq in June 2014, thousands of Iraqis fled their homes and headed towards the Kurdistan Region. KRG officials repeatedly say the Iraqi government’s humanitarian assistance to the region hasn’t been sufficient to deal with the displaced people.They also say it is a reason for the economic crisis which has faced the KRG since 2014, after drop of oil prices and budget share cut from Baghdad.

Refugees from western Mosul exceed 76.000 since operations start

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Refugees have been received at government camps since the start of offensives to recapture western Mosul from Islamic State have exceeded 76.000, according to the Iraqi government. The United Nations and Iraqi refugee bodies have warned that battles in western Mosul could displace at least 250.000 out of 750.000 estimated to be trapped under IS control in western Mosul. Upon the launch of operations to recapture eastern Mosul last October, the United Nations predicted 1.5 million refugees.

 

Tunnels under ancient Mosul Mosque show Isis focus on loot

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Extensive excavations by Islamic State militants under Mosul’s ancient Mosque of Jonah show they took care to preserve artifacts for loot, a local archaeologist said on Thursday, in sharp contrast to their public desecration of antiquities.The militants seized the mosque when they stormed through northern Iraq three years ago but experts surveying the damage after it was recaptured in January by a U.S.-backed Iraqi campaign found a network of tunnels dug by the militants, leading down to a 7th century BC Assyrian palace.The careful way the tunnels were dug show the militants wanted to keep the treasures intact, said archaeologist Musab Mohammed Jassim: The digging “was carried out according to a plan and knowledge of the palace”, he said.

Three high-ranking police officers killed in IED explosions in Al-Arish

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The insecurity in Al-Arish is still present after the killing of 3 high-ranking police officers. They had been killed by an IED (Improvised explosive Device) which has hurt their convoys. Security forces had opened fire, which killed one terrorist wearing an explosive vest. On attack on Thursday killed two high-ranking police officers, the other one had been killed on Wednesday.  Furthermore, the IS affiliated group of ‘Sinai Province’ declared its responsibility for the attack that targeted El Hadidi, who held a high security position in South Sinai governorate.

 

Turkey and United States evaluate options for joint Raqqa operation

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Turkey and the U.S. are discussing options for a joint operation to retake Daesh’s so-called capital of Raqqa, a photo released by the Turkish military has revealed. Turkish military Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar met with his counterparts U.S. Gen. Joseph Dunford and Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov in the southern city of Antalya on Tuesday. The Turkish military released photos of the meeting, and in one of the photos, a document can be seen in front of a Turkish general with the title “Raqqa Offensive: Turkey-U.S. joint planning”. The photo revealed that Ankara and Washington are currently evaluating options to draw up a joint plan for the Raqqa offensive. A U.S. commander of the anti-Daesh coalition told reporters last week that military leaders are still discussing Turkey’s participation in the Raqqa operation, and that a decision is yet to be made on whether to include the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) led by the PKK’s Syrian offshoot the Democratic Union Party’s (PYD) armed wing, the YPG in the offensive. Ankara strictly opposes any involvement of the PYD/YPG in the Raqqa operation, as Turkey considers it a terrorist group. Ankara has suggested that the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which has successfully liberated Jarablus, Dabiq and al-Bab as part of Turkey-backed Operation Euphrates Shield, lead the operation in cooperation with the Turkish military. The YPG, under the guise of the SDF, is on its way to Raqqa. In fact, according to sources close to the YPG, the terrorist group is positioned only a few kilometers away from Raqqa, a Syrian city on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River. Ankara has claimed that several thousand FSA fighters were ready to engage against Daesh to liberate Raqqa.

 

 

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