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IS suicide bomber dressed as woman kills 14 at Iraq camp – BBC News


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The UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, condemned the attack. "This is terrible," she said in a statement. "The people who were attacked had fled to Kilo 60 for their safety. Many have travelled huge distances seeking help." In recent ...
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Male model tortured and stabbed to death in Iraq ‘after receiving death threats over his appearance’ – Metro

Karar Nushi, an actor and student in Baghdad, was found dead north of the capital

A male model was tortured and stabbed to death in Iraq, reportedly over his appearance.

Karar Nushi, an actor and student at the Institute Of Fine Arts in Baghdad, was found dead in Palestine Street, north of the capital.

His body was covered in stab wounds and bore signs of torture, Iraqi News report.

Social media followers say he received death threats from anonymous people online, who criticised his tight outfits and long hair.

Karar was understood to have been preparing for a male beauty pageant.

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Mourners on social media paid tribute to Karar, with some blaming Isis for spreading their hateful ideology throughout the country.

Isis militants have executed or punished civilians for breaking their strict version of sharia law, and have reportedly executed some on suspicion of homosexuality.

Last year, a man was thrown to his death from the top of a high building in Kirkuk, Iraq, and his corpse was then stoned by Daesh supporters on the ground.

Earlier in 2016, a blindfolded man said to be accused of homosexuality was thrown from a 10-storey building in Aleppo, Syria.

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Attempts to fall Iraq apart failed: Commentator – Press TV

Members of the Iraqi federal police dance with children and a national flag during a celebration in the Old City of Mosul, where the grueling battle to retake Iraq's second city from Daesh group fighters is now nearing its end, on July 2, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf Arab monarchies, Israel and factions within the United States and NATO have been behind the rise of Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, says an expert.

Weve seen the attempts to take Iraq apart failed, but it seems that the West is not ready to let Syria be free of terrorism yet, Gordon Duff told Press TV on Tuesday.

The Daesh experiment in Iraq has showed the idea that the Western intelligence agencies combined with Saudi Arabia and Israel could build a terror organization that could be powerful in pushing forward the alliances policies has failed, the senior editor of the Veterans Today said.

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Iraq: A difficult journey of healing for war-wounded residents in … – ReliefWeb

Ahmed gingerly moves his left foot up and down, while lying in a hospital bed in eastern Mosul, Iraq. His face is gaunt and his speech laboured as he exchanges a few words with the medical staff who watch over him. A doctor nods encouragingly at the patient's slow and steady progress.

Three weeks ago, even these small movements were almost impossible. Since arriving at MSF's Al Taheel hospital, Ahmed has received a series of surgeries and post-operative care for injuries sustained over four months ago in an explosion outside his home. Four of his neighbours were killed in the blast, but survivors carried him to a nearby hospital.

There, Ahmed received emergency surgery to stabilise his condition. But shortly after, the hospital was hit in an airstrike. Despite his precarious medical condition, Ahmed was able to flee the embattled hospital to a relatives house. But he could not make it to another medical facility for weeks due to the fighting that raged around him.

Throughout the battle, emergency responders, including MSF, have provided life-saving interventions for the freshly wounded wherever it was possible to reach them, and first-line surgery remains critical for those caught amid ongoing conflict in western parts of the city. But stories like Ahmed`s reveal another medical need unfolding far more silently, affecting many of the hundreds of thousands of people who are trying to continue their lives in safer areas of eastern Mosul and in displaced persons camps.

In these places, many men, women and children still suffer from months-old and partially healed trauma injuries. Civilians walk with shrapnel still embedded in their bodies, hampering their movements. Men, women and children suffer from old burns and gunshot wounds. Patients who received external fixtures to stabilise shattered bones now have metallic pins protruding from broken limbs, at risk of infection.

For them, the journey of healing from the incapacitation of war injuries toward anything resembling a normal life is still long and very uncertain. Most hospitals in Mosul have been damaged or destroyed, meaning patients struggle to access healthcare and the provision of post-operative and rehabilitative care is desperately lacking.

MSF is operating two projects aimed at providing these vital services, but it can only help a very small proportion of those who require assistance.

Abood is a young boy receiving rehabilitative care at MSF's project in Hamdaniya, 35 kilometres outside Mosul. Having been hit in the back by a bullet while fleeing the fighting in Mosul, he understands all too well the life-changing difference that access to post-operative care can have. Initially, doctors warned that he may never walk again.

I was completely paralysed there was no hope left in my case, he says.

But after being referred for rehabilitative care with MSF, Abood, like Ahmed, is now also making incremental progress, day by day.

For the countless others who cannot access the post-operative care they need, the future is less certain.

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Iran supports stable, united Iraq: Rouhani – Press TV

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and the head of the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), Ammar al-Hakim, meet in Tehran on July 4, 2017. (Photo by IRNA)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned of divisive plots against Iraq, saying Tehran backs unity, stability and integrity in its western neighbor.

Any move undermining Iraqs unity and integrity will not be beneficial to anybody and is unacceptable, Rouhani said in a meeting with the head of the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), Ammar al-Hakim, in Tehran on Tuesday.

He emphasized that all Iraqis must avoid divisive issues and reinforce their unity.

Iran's chief executive also hailed the recent gains made by the Iraqi government, army and popular forces infighting terrorism and liberatingthe countrys second largest city of Mosul from Daesh Takfiris.

Rouhani said the prudence of Iraqi officials and enhanced unity among the countrys ethnic groupswould double the Iraqi nations joyfollowing Mosuls liberation.

He expressed hope that victories achieved in Mosul and the defeat of terrorists in the city would further strengthen security, stability and unity across Iraq.

Undoubtedly, this stability and security will be beneficial to relations between the Iranian and Iraqi nations, the Iranian president added.

Iraqi government forces on Monday pushed deeper into the last pocket of Mosul, which is controlled by Daesh Takfiri terrorists, as the battle for the countrys second largest city approachedits end.

The Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in January after 100 days of fighting, and launched the battle in the west on February 19.

The full recapture of Mosul, Daeshs de facto capital in the Arab country, would mark the effective end of the terror group in Iraq.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian president pointedto Tehran's policy to bolster cordial relations with all neighboring countries, saying that the Islamic Republic always seeks strong relations with all neighbors, particularly Iraq.

Mosul liberation boosts Iraq's national unity: Hakim

The head of the Iraqi National Alliance, for his part, commended Irans support for the Iraqi government and nation in the fight against Daesh terrorists.

Hakim added that the liberation of Mosul had reinforced Iraqs national unity.

The INA head then called for proper planning and cooperation of all Iraqi ethnicand political groups to overcome the new challenges in the country after the liberation of Mosul.

Hakim also stressed the importance of further development of relations between Tehran and Baghdad.

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