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  • Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
  • According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
  • A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
  • At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
  • Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..

Tag: Northern Iraq

July 11, 2020

Funeral for Muslim Sect’s Spiritual Leader...

Thousands of Sufi mourners attended the funeral of their spiritual leader, Sheikh Mohammad al-Kasnazani, Friday in Iraq’s northeastern city of Sulaymaniyah. Among the mourners were more than 500 Iranian Kurdish Sufis who forced their way through the Iran-Iraq border to participate in the funeral rituals

December 17, 2019

Life for a 7-year old in...

In October of 2019, Turkish military forces rolled into Northern Syria and took over large areas of land occupied by Kurdish peoples. The offensive created 300-thousand refugees many of whom moved towards autonomous Kurdish regions in Iraq. This is the story of one such refugee, 7 year old Hawas Mesud and his life in Bardarash Refugee Camp in Northern Iraq

November 28, 2019

Northern Iraq Sees Surge of IS...

Islamic State militants have increased their activity in some northern Iraqi provinces. Local residents say IS recently kidnapped and threatened to kill civilians in the area, forcing many to flee their homes

January 17, 2019

Yazidi Doctor Dedicating Her Life to...

Two years ago, Dr. Nagham started an organization called “Hope Makers for Women which is helping women survivors of ISIL terror

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