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IS turns to tunnels in last stand for Iraqi town | AFP

November 9, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 9, 2016]

Iraqi Kurdish forces came under heavy fire from a salmon-coloured house on the edge of the Islamic State group-held town of Bashiqa, but when they stormed it, it was empty.
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Iraqi Kurds seize IS-held town near Mosul | AFP

November 9, 2016February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 9, 2016]

Bashiqa (Iraq) (AFP) – Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced on the jihadists’ Syrian stronghold Raqa.

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Less than a week ahead of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, the main roads and roundabouts in the country’s north are splattered with slogans and self-confident smiles - but few seem to have won over voters in Sunni-majority districts. That’s cause for concern for anti-Hezbollah candidates, who fear that widespread disillusionment and the splintering of the traditional Sunni political leadership could pave the way for Hezbollah-aligned candidates to score. What does that mean for the makeup of Lebanon’s next parliament, and the major decisions the body will take in the months ahead? Full @reuters story in the link in my bio.
This is retired judge Nadim Abdelmalak, the head of Lebanon’s election supervisory committee, a body with the seemingly impossible task of ensuring integrity in candidates’ campaigns. Despite a sub-par law, few enforcement mechanisms and myriad opportunities for bribes given Lebanon’s economic crisis, Abdelmalak is determined to do his job.
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