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Iraq Set To Join ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative To Help Rebuild Infrastructure

Iraqi Prime Minister, Adil Abd al-Mahdi, announced from Beijing that Iraq will be joining China's "Belt and Road" global infrastructure initiative.

24 September 2019Iraq
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Libya Warplane Makes Emergency Landing on Road in Tunisian Town

A warplane belonging to the Libyan National Army (LNA) made an emergency landing in southern Tunisia, where military units arrested the pilot, who stated that he was forced to make the landing due to damage to his plane.

23 July 2019North Africa
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Sinjar road reconnects estranged Yazidis and Kurds with Baghdad

The closure meant that Yazidis in Sinjar, who wanted to travel to Dahuk, home to their celebrated Lalesh temple and tens of thousands of other Yazidis uprooted by IS’ genocidal spree, had to spend over five hours navigating hostile terrain.

19 December 2018Iraq
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Bridge linking Erbil and Kirkuk reopens after almost a year of closure

As the security and political situation has improved between the Kirkuk and Erbil regions, the Altun Kupri bridge is being opened.

21 August 2018Iraq
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Iraqi, Kurdish Delegations Agree To Reopen Kirkuk-Erbil Road In Near Future

Delegations from Iraq and the Kurdistan region met on Sunday, 29th of July to discuss the reopening of the Kirkuk/Erbil road. The talks between the Iraqi and Kurdish delegation resulted in an agreement between the two to build a temporary railway bridge in Altun Kupri.

30 July 2018Iraq
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Religious leaders create peace road map in Iraq's Nineveh

Religious leaders and community representatives have met at a conference in Mosul to form a road map for the eventual attainment of inter-religious peace post-ISIS. Furthermore, it is hoped that by promoting religious coexistence more of Nineveh's displaced population will be able to return home.

26 July 2018Iraq
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KRG, Iraqi Delegations Meet To Discuss Reopening Erbil-Kirkuk Road

On Tuesday, 24th of July, delegations from the Iraqi Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) met to discuss the reopening of the road that links Kirkuk to Erbil Provinces. The delegations said that the reopening of this road will spur economic activity that benefits both provinces.

25 July 2018Iraq
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Iraqi Government efforts to revive the Baghdad-Trebil road to Jordan

After clearing ISIS from the province of Anbar, the Iraqi Government is attempting to revive the international roads that connect Baghdad with its neighbours, Syria and Jordan.

13 July 2018Iraq
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'Unofficial' cooperation between regime and opposition at commercial crossings

Some of the points separating regime- and opposition-controlled areas across Syria have turned into unofficial commercial crossings in which both...

13 March 2018Syria
Dust storms sweep across Iraq as government solutions falter

Dust storms sweep across Iraq as government solutions falter

Desert storms have affected the trajectory of military operations in Iraq and have had a detrimental effect on local populations.

15 November 2017
Food Supplies Reach Families From Syria’s Raqqa As Road Reopens: UN

Food supplies reach families from Syria’s Raqqa as road reopens: UN

Food and humanitarian aid reaches Raqqa's beleaguered residents after road access to the contested city is reopened.

14 July 2017
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US-backed SDF fighters take control of Raqqa-Damascus road

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday took control of the Raqqa-Damascus road, after killing scores of Islamic State’s (ISIS)...

13 April 2017
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Robbed and abandoned on the road to Turkey, a mother and her...

Samah al-Homsiah and her family are searching for a way out of Raqqa city. At the end of February, the...

10 April 2017
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SDF Take Control Of Strategic Raqqa-Deir Al-Zor Road

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have taken control of the Raqqa-Deir al-Zor road during the third phase of the Operation Wrath...

07 March 2017
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New details of Syria ceasefire deal outlined

The new Syria ceasefire is rich in detail on the mechanics of ending violence in Aleppo. It says little about...

15 September 2016
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Suspected Boy Suicide Bomber Stripped Of Explosives Belt In Iraq

Images show the distressed boy being detained by security forces after two earlier suicide bombings the same day. Police have...

23 August 2016Iraq
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