Iran hits US bases, India cautions against travel to Iraq
In the wake of an escalation of US-Iran tensions after Iran hit two US bases in Iraq as a revenge for the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, India has …
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Battle for Mosul: Reclaiming the last terrorist bastion in Iraq
The battle lines are drawn for retaking the last terrorist citadel in Iraq. With 25000 of Iraqi soldiers trained and armed by US and its allies, 5000 battle-hardened members of the Kurdish militia Peshmarga, an assortment of Shia militias called Al Hashad Al Shabi groomed by Iran and groups of Sunni tribal fighters in hundreds trained by Turkish army encircling an estimated 10,000 Jehadist fighters of various nationalities in Mosul of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the stakes are higher than ever.
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