Islamic State militant positions are ablaze in Baghouz, Syria.
Kurdish forces capture suspects tied to US deaths in Syria
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A Babylonian cuneiform kudurru (boundary stone) which was looted from Iraq sits on a cushion at the British museum in London on March 19, 2019.
UK returns ancient tablet looted from Iraq
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A handout picture provided by the media office of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani shows the chief Shiite cleric (L) meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (C) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) in the Iraqi central city of Najaf on March 13, 2019.
Iran's Rouhani meets Iraq's top Shiite cleric
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Trucks are seen on the banks of the Tigris river near Hasankeyf, in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, on December 13, 2018, during the construction of the Ilisu dam.
Turkey to start filling controversial Ilisu dam in June
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A file photo shows Iraqi paramilitary forces training at a camp in Makhmur, Iraq.
Six Iraqi paramilitary forces killed in ambush near Mosul
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A staff member works at a lab in the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Iraq's Mosul, on January 30, 2019.
After IS, Mosul tackles another terror
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Photo taken on November 02, 2018 Iraqi men sit in boats amidst dead carp from nearby farms floating on the Euphrates river near the town of Sadat al-Hindiya, north of the central Iraqi city of Hilla.
UN finds herpes killed millions of Iraqi carp
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Patrons sit outside Hassan Ajami cafe in al-Rasheed street, the oldest street in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 2, 2019.
Historic Baghdad boulevard falling into ruin
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A man suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS' last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on March 4, 2019.
Hundreds of jihadists remain holed up in Baghouz
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Hareth Najem, an Iraqi orphan lies under a blanket in a truck, near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 1, 2019. Picture taken March 1, 2019.
Children escape IS-held village, wounded and alone
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Saddam, (R) a 15 year old Yazidi boy and ten other Yazidi children gather in a area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, after fleeing the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz, on February 23, 2019.Saddam, (R) a 15 year old Yezidi boy and ten other Yezidi children gather in a area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, after fleeing the Islami
Yazidi children carry trauma of IS 'caliphate'
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A member of the Iraqi special forces puts on a watch belonging to a former Islamic State (IS) group fighter, bearing the group's logo, found by security forces in the Old City of Mosul, in the city's western industrial district on June 29, 2017.
Loyalties still linger for IS sympathisers
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Vala Farid from Kurdistan Democratic Party
Iraqi Kurds elect first woman speaker temporarily
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Homeless boys search for scrap in the remains of the former National Insurance Company building in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq February 1, 2019.
Shiite militias corner Iraq's scrap metal market
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Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan speaks during the Missile Defense Review announcement at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 17, 2019.
Acting Pentagon chief visits Baghdad
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The US military has already started withdrawing equipment from Syria
Withdrawal of US forces in Syria may start in weeks
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