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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Middle East Roundup: Tragedy strikes Iraqi couple’s ‘happiest day’

A mass fire in Iraq, Saudi’s foreign policy moves, surviving Libya’s floods post-ISIL–here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

Iraq’s Nineveh buries its dead as families seek answers after wedding fire

Most of the wedding guests belong to Nineveh’s Christian minority, but the tragedy shook the whole community.

Al Jazeera

Watch live: Families pray for victims of Iraq wedding fire which killed at least 114 guests

Watch live as families take part in a service to pray for the victims of a tragic wedding fire in IraqThe fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 114 people and injured 150 others, and authorities warn the death toll could…

The Independent UK

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114 killed, more than 200 wounded in northern Iraq fire

Up to 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a huge wedding hall fire in the town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, Governor of Nineveh Najm al-Jubouri told reporters on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Iraq: Deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people started as couple began slow dance

Footage shows newlywed couple clinging to each other on dancefloor as flaming debris falls from ceiling

The Independent UK

What we know so far about the deadly wedding fire in Iraq’s Nineveh

A massive fire has turned a wedding into a tragedy, and authorities say the death toll may still rise.

Al Jazeera

Iraq wedding fire: 117 dead and 150 injured as blaze engulfs wedding party ‘after firework set off’

TV footage shows flames rushing over wedding hall as fire takes hold

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A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed more than 100 people and injured 150

A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 114 people and injured 150 others, and authorities warn the death toll could rise

The Independent UK

Iraq fire: Fears bride and groom among 114 killed in wedding party inferno after ‘firework set off’

Prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani orders an investigation into the cause of fire

The Independent UK

A fire at a wedding hall in Iraq kills at least 100 people and injures 150 more

There was no immediate official word on the cause of the blaze but initial reports suggested fireworks at the venue may have sparked the fire.

WEKU

Funerals held as more than 100 killed in Iraq wedding fire

Initial reports indicate that fireworks used during wedding ceremony may have been responsible for blaze.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on the US and Abu Ghraib: recognition and redress are long overdue

Editorial: Two decades after the invasion of Iraq, victims of abuse and torture by US forces have yet to be compensated

The Guardian - UK

US has failed to compensate tortured victims of its Iraq prisons: HRW

The US has failed to redress Iraqis who suffered from systemic torture and abuse in its prisons during the invasion.

Al Jazeera

How popular music videos drove the fight against the Islamic State

Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014.

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France 24

Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein: US-Iran prisoner swap 'will lead to less tension'

On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, Iraqi Foreign Minister and deputy PM Fuad Hussein spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the recent deadly drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan, a security agreement with Iran, the recent US-Iran prisoner swap deal, as well as relations…

Al Jazeera

Six unforgettable UN General Assembly moments

Al Jazeera looks back at key UN General Assembly speeches as world leaders and top diplomats gather for 78th session.

The Independent UK

Iraq's president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdish region

The Iraqi president says he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes

Al Jazeera

Airport in Iraq’s Kurdish region hit by deadly drone attack

Airport near Sulaymaniyah targeted as Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed says the identity of the victims still not known.

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The Independent UK

Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats

Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of people, mostly wives and children of Islamic State fighters but also supporters of the militant group

Zenger

Sister Of Israeli Captive In Iraq Calls For US Intervention

The sister of an Israeli-Russian academic held hostage in Iraq since March calls on the US to intervene to help secure her release

The Independent UK

US should use its influence to help win the freedom of a scholar missing in Iraq, her sister says

The sister of a Russian-Israeli academic at Princeton University who went missing in Iraq nearly six months ago says the United States should use its influence to help win her freedom

The Guardian - UK

A Symphony for a Common Man review – the diplomat who could have stopped the Iraq war

Story of expert who knew Saddam Hussein had no chemical weapons, but was ousted to give Bush and Blair a pretext for invading Iraq, plays out like a real-life version of George Clooney’s Syriana

The Independent UK

Government and British Airways face legal action by Kuwait hostages

British Airways Flight 149 touched down at Kuwait International Airport in the early hours of August 2 1990 as Iraqi armed forces were invading.

The National (Scotland)

Alba call on Douglas Alexander to apologise for his support of Iraq War

THE Alba Party have criticised a former Labour minister for his role in supporting the invasion of Iraq and called on him to apologise.

Salon

How 9/11 bred the endless war on terror

The crimes of 9/11 wounded America — and fueled an endless, pointless war that could never be won, or even ended

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