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26 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – Iraqi Forces in Sinjar, KRG austerity measures to change, Egypt votes

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The Iraqi Army was deployed to the Yezidi town of Sinjar yesterday to provide security alongside the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)-affiliated Sinjar Protection Units hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of his own operation in the north of Iraq. The PKK has been withdrawing since its umbrella group, the KCK, announced […]

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25 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – Ghouta evacuates, Turkey controls Afrin, Spice Girls animated movie in the works

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 Syrian rebel groups have pulled out of more towns in the Eastern Ghouta, as the government tightens it grip on the enclave outside Damascus. Buses carrying fighters, their families and others left the area late on Saturday, leaving the city of Douma as the last rebel-held stronghold. About 70% of the Eastern Ghouta is now […]

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19 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – Afrin falls, Putin wins, Banksy honors Dogan

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Turkish-backed forces have taken full control of the centre of the Syrian-Kurdish city of Afrin. Fighters waved flags and tore down the statue of a legendary Kurdish figure Kawa after claiming the city centre yesterday. The two-month Turkish-led operation aimed to rid the border region of a Kurdish militia that Turkey considers a terrorist group. […]

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18 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – Mosul water contaminated, Royal Jordanian resumes flights, FIFA lifts Iraq ban

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Heaps of bodies are being uncovered amongst the rubble of Mosul and in its river, threatening contamination and a public health emergency. While the Iraqi government is now working to clear the main roads through the city, some of the bodies are being dumped in the river. Many more lay scattered on the riverbanks. A number […]

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14 March 2018

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Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

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THE greatest mind of our generation, physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, has died at the age of 76 after a long struggle with motor neuron disease. His children Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today.” He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man […]

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6 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – UN aid barely reaches Ghouta, Afrin fights affects ISIS battle, Lonely Island “Why Not Me” Oscar song

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A UN convoy delivering urgently needed aid to the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area of Syria has cut short its mission and left the enclave amid shelling. A UN refugee agency official said the convoy – the first since mid-February – delivered as much as it could in Douma town and left after nearly nine hours. […]

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5 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – US and UK warn of Ghouta crisis, Kirkuk officer shot in Slemani, Peele wins big Oscar

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US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have blamed Russia and the Syrian regime for the ongoing “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta. In a phone call on Sunday, Trump and May discussed Syria and “the appalling humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta.” The two leaders blamed Russia and the […]

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1 March 2018

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Babylon Reports – Afrin operation killing civilians, Farmers boycott Baghdad, Syrian and Iraqi lions make it to Africa

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Indiscriminate shellfire by Turkish troops – and to a lesser extent Kurdish forces – has killed scores of civilians in Syria, a human rights group alleges. Amnesty International said it had verified witness testimony from the north-western Kurdish enclave of Afrin that “painted a grim picture”. Turkey has denied targeting civilians since launching an offensive against […]

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28 February 2018

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Babylon Reports – Salih Muslim released, Kirkuk oil exports to resume, Egyptian singer jailed

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Prominent Syrian-Kurdish leader Salih Muslim, who was detained in the Czech Republic, has been freed, prompting anger from Turkey, which issued the warrant for his arrest. The former co-chair of the main Syrian-Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was arrested in Prague on Sunday. He was freed by a Czech court on Thursday despite […]

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