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Spiking violence strains sectarian ties in Iraqi province

The Iraqi province of Diyala has seen a spike in bloody attacks over the past month that killed at least 19 civilians, including women and children

The Independent UK

A look at the US military mission in Syria and its dangers

The Iranian drone attack that struck a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and wounding several U.S. troops, is just the latest in a growing number of attacks on American forces in Syria

The Independent UK

Recent Airstrikes Are Our Periodic Reminder That We're Fighting a War in Syria

Four years after IS was officially defeated, the U.S. continues to keep hundreds of troops in Syria to fight the vanquished terrorist group.

Reason

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Plotters by Lizzie Dearden review – the terrorists who failed

From malfunctioning satnavs to dud bombs, the stories behind botched attacks on the UK

The Guardian - UK

Friend who ‘inspired’ Shamima Begum to join IS says she’s ‘just another individual living off terror benefits’

Shamima Begum’s former friend has mocked the IS bride as “just another individual living off the benefits” of the terror group.

Evening Standard

Ham-fisted but humane: the BBC’s podcast about Shamima Begum raises vital questions

Insisting it’s wrong to give her a ‘platform’ is childish: I’m Not a Monster illustrates issues that may come to affect many, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Multiple civilian deaths linked to 2016-17 British airstrikes against IS in Mosul

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds deaths despite claims British weapons did not harm a single non-combatant

The Guardian - UK

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Lives torn apart by British airstrikes in Mosul give lie to UK’s ‘perfect’ precision war

Exclusive: Britain says no civilians died in its targeted bombing of Islamic State in Iraq. The Guardian went in search of the unacknowledged victims

The Guardian - UK

Kidnapped US aid worker Jeffery Woodke finally freed after six years captive in West Africa

Longtime aid worker living in Niger was kidnapped from his home by gunmen in 2016

The Independent UK

Two Decades Later, the War in Iraq Is Over—Right?

There’s no vital U.S. interest served by this indefinite advise-and-assist mission in the region.

Reason

'I was there in Iraq 20 years ago - the invasion left behind violence and chaos'

The Mirror's Chris Hughes covered the invasion of Iraq, launched under claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, which were later proved to be false

Daily Mirror

Islamic state claims responsibility for killing 10 people east of DR Congo

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that took place in an eastern village in the Democratic Republic of Congo killing 10 people and injuring many others, a telegram account for the group said on Sunday.

Reuters

‘The US army destroyed our lives’: five Iraqis on the war that changed the Middle East

Survivors tell of the devastating impact of the US-led invasion 20 years on

The Guardian - UK

War, insurgency, IS and instability: Iraq since the 2003 US invasion

Key events in Iraq since US-led forces invaded to oust Saddam Hussein 20 years ago

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Daily Mirror

ISIS 'Beatle' is moved to supermax prison after mental health appeal fails

El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced in August to a full-life stretch, and has now been sent to ADX Florence in Colorado to serve out his sentence

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Iraq, 20 years on: the costs of war

Editorial: The toll of the disastrous US decision to invade, backed by the UK, becomes clearer every year

The Times of India

NIA submits charge sheet in Shivamogga IS conspiracy case

MANGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a Chargesheet against two accused in the Shivamogga Islamic State (IS) conspiracy case on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

A bloody delusion: how Iraq war led to catastrophic aftermath in Middle East

The 2003 invasion’s legacy reverberates in the emboldenment of Iran, Islamic State’s violence and the disintegration of Syria

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The Guardian - UK

Trinidad and Tobago is failing children locked in Syrian camps – it must bring them home

During Covid, the Caribbean republic shut its borders, stranding citizens overseas; now it has left children vulnerable to illness, death and IS recruitment

The Independent UK

Why US troops remain in Iraq 20 years after 'shock and awe'

Twenty years ago the U.S. invaded Iraq amid blinding explosions of shock and awe

The Guardian - UK

UK refuses to say if it investigated reports of Syria drone strike casualties

MoD refuses to say whether it has looked into claims civilians were injured in December strike

The Guardian - UK

Rifts remain in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq home town 20 years after his fall

Some members of Tikrit’s Sunni population feel they still unjustly bear the legacy of dictator’s brutal reign

The Independent UK

At least 19 people killed in Congo by suspected extremists

Authorities say rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 19 people and set fire to a health fire and houses

The Guardian - UK

Annalena Baerbock’s ‘feminist foreign policy’ focuses minds in Iraq

German foreign minister’s trip is chance to show how diplomacy can better represent women’s interests – especially those in Yazidi camps

Evening Standard

Suspected ISIS member denies funding terrorism

A west London-born man suspected of being part of Islamic State in Syria has pleaded not guilty to terror funding charges.

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