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Islamic State group fighters attempting to retake a town in northern Iraq held by Kurdish peshmerga forces have killed at least 30 Kurds, an Iraqi military spokesman said yesterday.

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Goran Mohammed had just completed his second year of university in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil when he dropped out to help his father run the family grocery store. When that still didn't earn the family enough money, the 19 year old was forced to take a second job as a taxi driver.

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American warplanes continued their airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday, destroying some of its military vehicles, the US Central Command said.

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There suddenly are deep discounts available at the once-thriving gun bazaar in Irbil.

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Islamic extremists in Iraq killed 80 Yazidi men and abducted their wives and children, officials and eyewitnesses said yesterday, insisting the religious community is still at risk after a week of US and Iraqi airstrikes on the militants.

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Germany's defense minister says her country plans to fly 35 tons of humanitarian aid to northern Iraq and is still considering what military help it could send.

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Another 130 U.S. troops arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis facing thousands of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain.

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President Barack Obama on yesterday proposed a broader long-term strategy to confront Islamic militants in Iraq, who have surprised US intelligence with the fast pace of their approach on the Kurdish capital of Irbil.

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The U.S. unleashed its first airstrikes in northern Iraq against militants of the Islamic State group Friday amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. 

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American officials say the U.S. launched a second round of airstrikes against Islamic State targets near Irbil on Friday, using drones and fighter jets.

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Islamic State group fighters attempting to retake a town in northern Iraq held by Kurdish peshmerga forces have killed at least 30 Kurds, an Iraqi military spokesman said yesterday.

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Goran Mohammed had just completed his second year of university in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil when he dropped out to help his father run the family grocery store. When that still didn't earn the family enough money, the 19 year old was forced to take a second job as a taxi driver.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-17 06:18:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1788543 [AuthorName] => Vivian Salama [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1366429 [Title] => US continues air raids on Islamic State targets in Iraq [Summary] =>

American warplanes continued their airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday, destroying some of its military vehicles, the US Central Command said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-07 12:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359698 [Title] => A buyer's market at gun bazaar in Kurdish town [Summary] =>

There suddenly are deep discounts available at the once-thriving gun bazaar in Irbil.

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Islamic extremists in Iraq killed 80 Yazidi men and abducted their wives and children, officials and eyewitnesses said yesterday, insisting the religious community is still at risk after a week of US and Iraqi airstrikes on the militants.

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Germany's defense minister says her country plans to fly 35 tons of humanitarian aid to northern Iraq and is still considering what military help it could send.

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Another 130 U.S. troops arrived in Iraq on Tuesday on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis facing thousands of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain.

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President Barack Obama on yesterday proposed a broader long-term strategy to confront Islamic militants in Iraq, who have surprised US intelligence with the fast pace of their approach on the Kurdish capital of Irbil.

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The U.S. unleashed its first airstrikes in northern Iraq against militants of the Islamic State group Friday amid a worsening humanitarian crisis. 

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American officials say the U.S. launched a second round of airstrikes against Islamic State targets near Irbil on Friday, using drones and fighter jets.

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