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By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA): Pope Francis held a historic meeting on Saturday with Iraq’s top Shia Muslim scholar Ayatullah Ali Al-Sistani in the southern Najaf city. The meeting came as part of the pontiff’s current visit to Iraq, which started on Friday. A statement issued by Sistani’s office said the meeting “focused […]

31st Aug 2018

Between 1000 to 9,600 Iraqi, Syrian civilians killed by US-led coalition

By Muayyad al-Tarfi BAGHDAD (AA): A U.S.-led military coalition admitted Thursday that more than 1,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria had been killed by coalition airstrikes since the alliance was established four years ago to fight the Daesh terrorist group. However, in May, UK based monitoring group, AIrways, said in a report that US-led coalition […]

10th Nov 2017

Iraqi Muslims urge Christian neighbours to return home

By Serhad Shaker BAGHDAD (AA): Scores of young Iraqi Muslims have taken part in the restoration of the Middle East’s second largest church, urging their displaced Christian neighbors to return to their homes. “Dozens of young Muslim volunteers from the city of Mosul took part in the restoration of the Chaldean Catholic Church in […]

21st Oct 2017

Iraqi forces take control of town in Mosul

By Said Ibicioglu BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi forces have taken control of a town and two oil fields in Mosul from Kurdish Peshmerga forces, a statement from the country’s Defense Ministry said on Friday. “The 15th Brigade Forces affiliated to the army took control of the town of Zummar, located some 35 kilometres [22 miles] northwest […]

11th Sep 2017

Iraq rights panel to sue US coalition over Mosul civilian deaths

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): Iraq’s official human rights commission (affiliated with Iraq’s parliament) plans to sue a U.S.-led military coalition which it blames for the death of over 2,000 civilians in the city of Mosul, a commission member said Sunday. “Numerous buildings in western Mosul, residential and commercial, have been destroyed [by coalition […]

4th Jul 2017

Iraq: Suicide bombing kills 23 in Mosul

By Mohamed Walid, Arif Yusuf and Mahmut Geldi NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Twenty-three people, including 10 women and five children were killed in suspected Daesh suicide bombings in Mosul’s Old City on Monday, according to an anti-terrorism officer. Two suspected suicide bombers detonated their explosives among civilians who were trying to escape the Old City, […]

22nd Jun 2017

Iraq: Daesh destroys historic mosque in Mosul

By Haydar Hadi MOSUL, Iraq (AA): Daesh has blown up the iconic Grand al-Nuri Mosque and its famous leaning minaret, in Mosul, the Iraqi army said Wednesday. The terror group destroyed the building “and its minarets while our forces were 50 meters [164 feet] away”, Lt. Gen. Abdulemir Yarullah of Operations Command in Mosul […]

26th May 2017

Iraq: 105 civilians killed in US airstrike in Mosul

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): At least 105 civilians were killed when a U.S. airstrike hit an explosive-laden building in western Mosul that Daesh was using as a sniper nest, the U.S. acknowledged Thursday. The announcement follows a coalition investigation into the fatal March 17 strike in the al-Jadida neighborhood in Mosul that prompted […]

18th May 2017

Iraq: Attacks, airstrike kill dozens incl civilians in Mosul

By Mohamed Walid and Serhad Shaker NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Dozens of people were killed and scores injured in a spate of suicide bombings and a coalition airstrike in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on Wednesday, according to security officials. A bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at a group of anti-terrorism forces in al-Refai, north-west […]

13th Apr 2017

Iraq: US-led coalition raid kills 13 Iraqi civilians in Mosul

By Mohammed Walid, Ibrahim Saleh NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): At least 13 civilians were killed by a U.S.-led coalition airstrike in western Mosul on Wednesday, according to a local Air Force pilot. The raid targeted several houses in Al-Yarmouk neighborhood, which was recently recaptured from Daesh terrorist group in western Mosul, pilot Yazan al-Duberdani told […]

12th Apr 2017

Iraq: US-led coalition strike kills 3 family members in Mosul

By Mohammed Walid NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Three members of the same family were killed by a U.S.-led coalition in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, according to a local anti-terrorism officer. Last month, Amnesty International slammed the U.S. for deadly strikes, saying “hundreds of civilians” have been killed. Over 200 civilians, including women and children […]

11th Apr 2017

Iraq: Suspected Daesh gas attack kills 4 in E Mosul

By Ahmed Qassem NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): At least four civilians were killed Monday in the army-held eastern side of Mosul by a chlorine gas attack by the Daesh terrorist group, according to an Iraqi security source. “Three rockets fell in eastern Mosul’s Al-Hadba district, killing four civilians and injuring six others, including women and […]

13th Mar 2017

Iraq evacuates over 5,000 civilians from W Mosul

By Ali Jawad NINEVEH, Iraq (AA):- More than 5,000 Iraqi civilians have fled their homes in western Mosul as Iraqi forces are struggling to dislodge Daesh terrorists from the northern city. “Iraqi forces have evacuated around 5,200 civilians from western Mosul in the past 24 hours,” military officer Jabbar Hassan told Anadolu Agency on […]

27th Feb 2017

Iraqi army takes major district from Daesh in W Mosul

By Amir al-Saadi BAGHDAD (AA): The Iraqi army on Sunday captured a major district in western Mosul amid an ongoing offensive to drive Daesh terrorist group from the northern city, according to a military commander. “The anti-terrorism forces have liberated the Maamoun district and flew Iraqi flag over buildings in the area,” General Abdul-Amir […]

26th Feb 2017

Iraq: Saudi FM arrives in Baghdad for surprise visit

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir arrived in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday on an unscheduled visit, according to an Iraqi official. Al-Jubeir is leading an official delegation for talks with Iraqi officials, the Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media. The visit […]

3rd Feb 2017

Iraq: 50,000 Iraqis return to homes in war-battered E Mosul

By Muayyad al-Tarfi BAGHDAD (AA): Almost 50,000 displaced people have returned to their homes in eastern Mosul and the city’s southern Qayyarah district, both of which were recently recaptured by the Iraqi army from the Daesh terrorist group, according to Iraq’s Displacement and Migration Ministry. “The ministry is trying to persuade displaced people to […]

20th Jan 2017

Iraq: Army announces fresh gains in Daesh-held Mosul

By Ibrahim Saleh, Serhad Shakir and Mohamed Walid BAGHDAD/NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Iraqi army forces on Thursday captured a military facility and a presidential palace in Iraq’s northern Daesh-held city of Mosul, Iraqi army sources told Anadolu Agency. “Forces from the army’s 15th Division have liberated the Jaber Ibn Hayyan [military] facility,” Capt. Tariq Jabir […]

9th Jan 2017

Iraq: 4,500 Iraqis flee Mosul amid offensive

By Gulsen Topcu MOSUL (AA): A total of 4,500 civilians have fled northern Iraqi city of Mosul over the past three days as government forces launched the second phase of battles to retake the city form Daesh terrorists, an Iraqi aid official said Sunday. Iyad Rafid of Iraqi Red Crescent told Anadolu Agency that […]

5th Jan 2017

Iraq: Massive suicide bombing kills 14 in Iraq’s Mosul

By Ahmed Qassem NINEVEH, (AA); At least 14 civilians were killed, including women and children, and another 32 injured in a suicide bombing that rocked Mosul on Wednesday, according to an Iraqi security source. Iraqi Federal Police officer Adnan al-Khabouri told Anadolu Agency that a suicide bomber driving a bulldozer had blown himself up […]

4th Jan 2017

Iraqi forces capture strategic districts of Mosul

By Ahmed Qassem and Ibrahim Saleh NINEVEH,(AA): Iraqi forces on Tuesday captured a major district of Daesh-held Mosul amid an ongoing army offensive aimed at ousting the terrorist group from the northern city. “Iraqi forces have taken Mosul’s southeastern Al-Hay al-Senai district following fierce clashes with Daesh militants,” Khaled al-Saadouni, an officer in Iraq’s […]

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The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

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