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Daily Pioneer
April 13, 2018
Tokyo: Japan's Finance Ministry was embroiled in a growing sexual harassment scandal on Thursday after a magazine released what it said was audio of a senior bureaucrat sexually harassing a female journalist. 25 killed in ISIS attack in Iraq. Samarra (Iraq): At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured inÃâà...
Arab News
April 13, 2018
Samarra, Iraq: At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured in Thursday's bomb attack on funerals for Iraqi fighters killed by extremists, according to a new toll from police and medics. “Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery” in Asdira, village mayor Salaheddin ShaalanÃâà...
India.com
April 13, 2018
Samarra (Iraq), Apr 13 (AFP) At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured in bomb attack on funerals for Iraqi fighters killed by jihadists, according to a new toll from police and medics. “Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery” in Asdira yesterday, village mayor SalaheddinÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 12, 2018
SAMARRA: At least 16 people died in a bomb attack on Thursday during funerals in a northern village for Iraqi fighters killed by the Islamic State group, the mayor said. Salaheddin Shaalan told AFP that a bomb targeted a funeral procession in Asdira, near the town of Sharqat, for fighters killed the previousÃâà...
Arab News
April 11, 2018
Samarra, Iraq: At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured in Thursday's bomb attack on funerals for Iraqi fighters killed by extremists, according to a new toll from police and medics. “Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery” in Asdira, village mayor Salaheddin ShaalanÃâà...
Arab News
April 10, 2018
Samarra, Iraq: At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured in Thursday's bomb attack on funerals for Iraqi fighters killed by extremists, according to a new toll from police and medics. “Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery” in Asdira, village mayor Salaheddin ShaalanÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 26, 2018
"The Hashd al-Shaabi launched large-scale security operations on the outskirts of the town to hunt down Daesh militants in the area,” al-Shimari said. Meanwhile, federal police forces launched a security operation south of Samarra in northern Iraq. “Security forces destroyed several militant hideouts andÃâà...
Utusan Malaysia
March 23, 2018
Ketinggian Menara Samarra ini telah digunakan oleh pihak tentera Amerika Syarikat pada 2003 sebagai tempat operasi ketenteraan dan ini menyebabkan Menara Samarra ini rosak apabila pihak yang musuh menyerang balas. Bahagian atas menara ini direkodkan mengalami kerosakan yang teruk danÃâà...
Rudaw
March 15, 2018
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has opened an investigation after the head of security detail was killed by "undisciplined members” at checkpoints at the entrance of the city of Samarra in Saladin province about 125 kilometers north of Baghdad. Brig. Gen. Ismael Shareef was killed by fighters from SarayaÃâà...
New Jersey Herald
March 14, 2018
Shareef Ismaeel al-Murshidi, a brigade commander whose forces are tasked with protecting al-Abadi and Baghdad's Green Zone, was shot dead Tuesday at a checkpoint outside Samarra. State-sanctioned Shiite militias play a large role in securing the town, which is home to a major Shiite shrine.
Xinhua
March 13, 2018
Sharif Ismail, commander of a Baghdad-based special brigade protecting Abadi, was killed when militiamen of Saraya al-Salam, or Peace Companies militia, opened fire on their convoy at a checkpoint manned by the militiamen in north of the city of Samarra, the source from Samarra Operations CommandÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 13, 2018
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) The Shiite militia of Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades) have accused the protection guards of Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi of attacking the personnel deployed between Samarra and Tikrit in Salahuddin, which sparked confrontations that caused the death of the guardsÃâà...
Rudaw
March 11, 2018
"Thanks to the presence of the Iranian military advisors and the Lebanese Hezbollah forces, we first secured Baghdad and then cleared the Samarra road of terrorists, ... "If terrorists had reached Samarra and the Holy Shrines, similar to 2006, a religious sedition would have overwhelmed Iraq," he added.
Kurdistan24
March 11, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – The Iraqi Parliament's Security and Defense committee warned that the Islamic State (IS) is preparing to launch a major offensive on the city of Samarra in Salahaddin Province, home to a number of Shia holy sites in northern Baghdad. The warning came shortly after theÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 10, 2018
The spokesperson of Asaeb Ahl al-Haq, headed by Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, justified rejecting the PMF merger into the Iraqi security institutions to the persistent ISIS threat. “We have proof that the terror group is still operating in Samarra and Mosul. There are also large territories that need the fighters,” heÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 9, 2018
The shop sports Hassan's handmade copper products, mostly miniatures of Iraq's symbols and monuments, such as the palm tree, the Lion of Babylon, the Malwiya Minaret in Samarra and Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri, which the Islamic State destroyed in 2017. Hassan, who has been a coppersmith forÃâà...
Iraqi News
March 8, 2018
On Wednesday, three IS suicide attackers were killed in an operation in Samarra, after information showed presence of suicide bombers in a rest house in Jazirat al-Is-haqi region. Islamic State continues to launch sporadic attacks across Iraq against troops. Security reports indicate that the militant groupÃâà...
Rudaw
March 3, 2018
"There are signs and warnings that extremists might use aircraft for attacks on those shrines, which cause lots of worries and anxiety in the country, as it was after an attack on Samarra's holy places." Al-Zamili was referring to the al-Qaeda bombing of the Al-Askari mosque in Samarra in February 2006 thatÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 2, 2018
Integrity Commission Issues Arrest Warrants for Ninewa Governor, Others – Iraq's Integrity Commission issued arrest warrants for Ninewa Governor Nofal Hammadi and several municipal officers of Samarra on allegations of corruption and reopened an investigation into Member of Parliament Ares AhmadÃâà...
TASS
February 24, 2018
There are signs and warnings that extremists might use aircraft for attacks on those shrines, which cause lots of worries and anxiety in the country, as it was after an attack on Samarra's holy places." Samarra, an ancient city in northern Iraq, is home to some Shi'ite holiest shrines. Among them is the al-AskariÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
February 21, 2018
On March 1, operations began with the aim of liberating Samarra Island. CH-4Bs neutralized car bombs west of the city. On May 23, 2016, an army CH-4B monitored ISIS activity in the city of Fallujah and used HJ-10 guided missiles to destroy a car carrying an IED. The Chinese CH-4 was first seen at theÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 18, 2018
It is one of the many historical landmarks of Samarra, which was put on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2007. Located on both sides of the Tigris River, 130 kilometers (81 miles) north of Baghdad, the ancient capital of Samarra shows the reach of the Abbasid Caliphate, which was the major IslamicÃâà...
Xinhua
February 12, 2018
In Salahudin province, unidentified gunmen at dawn broke in a house in al-Farhatiyah area, some 30 km southwest of the city of Samarra, and shot dead three family members before they fled the scene, Colonel Mohammed Khalaf al-Jubouri from the provincial police told Xinhua. A police force rushed toÃâà...
Iraqi News
December 15, 2017
“Two persons were killed, while six others were wounded in a suicide attack that was launched against Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades) in al-Howeish region, northwest of Samarra,” the source told Baghdad Today without giving further details. The brigades took part in the summer of 2014 in liberation ofÃâà...
Scroll.in
December 31, 1999
The 80 fils stamp depicts the Minaret of Samarra, originally part of the Great Mosque of Samarra, constructed between 848 and 851 CE. Though the mosque itself was destroyed in 1278 during the Mongol invasion of Iraq, its outer wall and iconic minaret known as the Malwiya Tower survived. ConstructedÃâà...
Coach
December 31, 1999
And while we there we collared three of Stance's ambassadors – French ultrarunner Yoann Stuck, all-action stuntwoman and artist Gemita Samarra and elite fell runner Ricky Lightfoot – and hit them with a pop quiz about their tastes, loves and hates. It turns out running with people is the yeast extract-basedÃâà...
