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(left) Yazidi refugees (right) NYT journalist Rukmini Callimachi (Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba)

August 19th, 2018 - 12:56 GMT

The New York Times’ ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Endangers Iraqi Lives

The podcast everyone in DC is listening to, Caliphate hosted by Rukmini Callimachi, wades through a fragile and angry Iraqi society with a machete, ruthlessly cutting down its vulnerable subjects in pursuit of a tale already told.

Mosul’s local authorities do not have the required machines or financial resources to rescue victims' bodies from under the rubble (AFP/File)

November 20th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

After ISIS: Corpses Remain Beneath the Rubble of Mosul's Old City

Not all US supplies end up in the hands of the right people in war-torn countries. (AFP/File)

September 5th, 2017 - 08:01 GMT

Explained: How US Tanks Ended up with Iraqi Militias

The extremist group are surrounded by Iraqi forces and facing bombardment from the sky. (AFP/File)

August 20th, 2017 - 02:46 GMT

ISIS Suffer Major Losses as Iraqi Forces Advance in Tal Afar

Iraqi civil defense and rescue workers search for the bodies of victims under the rubble of buildings in western Mosul's Zanjili district on July 26, 2017 (Safin Hamed/AFP)

July 29th, 2017 - 06:12 GMT

Destroyed: From Mosul to Aleppo, the Middle East’s Cities Reduced to Rubble

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) arrives in the al-Tayaran neighborhood of Mosul on July 9, 2017 to meet with military commanders after the government's announcement of the "liberation" of the embattled city. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

July 11th, 2017 - 07:45 GMT

Iraqi PM Officially Announces Victory Over Daesh in Mosul

Iraqi forces began a wide-ranging campaign to retake Mosul, which Daesh overran in mid-2014. (AFP/File)

January 22nd, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

US coalition strikes over 90 Daesh boats in Mosul

An Iraqi solider walks past a sign pointing toward Mosul. (AFP/File)

April 29th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

US Army, Iraqi forces will not advance on Mosul before Ramadan

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the Middle East on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 27, 2015. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

October 28th, 2015 - 04:00 GMT

US ‘won’t hold back’ from ground offensive against Daesh: defense chief

Istanbul's historic Haydarpasa train station ablaze in November 2010. The terminal - which once connected Turkey's capital to cities as far as Basra and Medinah - survived the fire, but plans for its future remain uncertain. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

July 23rd, 2015 - 03:05 GMT

Istanbul's Haydarpasa train station - time capsule to a borderless Middle East

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March 11th, 2015 - 10:21 GMT

Daesh release images of bodies hung at the entrance to Hawija, Iraq

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February 13th, 2015 - 07:01 GMT

Daesh attacks airbase hosting U.S. Marines

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November 24th, 2014 - 04:00 GMT

US to arm Iraq's Sunni tribesmen