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Kurdistan24
February 26, 2018
Shia fighters and Iraqi army members ride in vehicles during a patrol in Jurf al-Sakhar, Oct. 25, 2014. (Photo: Reuters). Iraq ISIS Diyala. A+ A A-. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi security forces have abandoned some villages in Diyala Province days after retreating from areas in southwestern Kirkuk amidÃâà...
Arab News
December 15, 2017
Iraqi security forces walk with their weapons during military training in Jurf al-Sakhar, in this April 9, 2015 file photo. (REUTERS). Related Articles. Paramilitaries should be incorporated in Iraqi security bodies: Top Shiite cleric Ãâ÷ UN alarmed at clashes, house burnings in disputed Iraqi city Ãâ÷ Turkish, US, IraqiÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
September 4, 2017
... blocking thousands of Sunni families trying to return home. Some displaced people in northern Iraq accuse militias of trying to extort money from them. Shia-led forces regained control of the town of Jurf al-Sakhar from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group two years ago.
Voice of America
August 16, 2017
Iraq asked for international help Wednesday to collect and preserve evidence of crimes by Islamic State militants and said it was working with Britain to draft a U.N. Security Council resolution to establish the investigation. Britain, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad, a womanÃâà...
Iraqi News
August 8, 2017
A security source told Baghdad Today that two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded late Monday near a patrol of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) in Jurf Al-Nasr (formerly known as Jurf Al Sakhar) in northern Babil, leaving one fighter dead and five others wounded. “The threeÃâà...
New York Times
December 5, 2014
JURF AL-SAKHAR, Iraq — Capturing the Euphrates Valley farming town of Jurf al-Sakhar was arguably the Iraqi government's first big success in reclaiming territory from Islamic State militants. But when they expelled the militants in late October, the Shiite-dominated Iraqi security forces and their alliedÃâà...
War is Boring
November 25, 2014
Jurf Al Sakhar has a population of 80,000 in peacetime. With its large Sunni community, it's become an important staging area for suicide bombers and terrorist attacks targeting Shia holy cities in southern Iraq, particularly Karbala. Jurf Al Sakhar was the perfect target for a monumental victory to restore theÃâà...
The Independent
October 31, 2014
The town on the banks of the Euphrates was renamed this week to reflect the triumph of Iraqi security forces against Isis militants, who were driven out last week. Jurf al-Sakhar, or “rocky bank”, became Jurf al-Nasr, or “victory bank”. But a visit to the Sunni settlement this week laid bare the huge cost of thatÃâà...
CBC.ca
October 27, 2014
Iraqi soldiers backed by Shia militiamen retook control Sunday of a Sunni town seized previously by Islamic militants, said an Iraqi official and state-run TV, a rare victory for Iraqi security forces that have been battling to regain areas lost to the militants. The provincial official said that government forcesÃâà...
