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Jihadist corpses poison life in Iraq's Mosul

Mosul - Al Maghrib Today

For three years, jihadists made life in Iraq's Mosul impossible. Now, six months after their defeat, even their corpses are polluting everyone's existence as no one wants to move them. The rare few who dare to venture into Mosul's historic centre do so with their nose and mouth firmly covered with masks or scarves to keep out the stench. AmidRead more

Iraqi court sentences to death German woman who joined Daesh

Baghdad - Al Maghrib Today

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death a German woman of Moroccan origin for joining Daesh, a spokesman said. The German national was captured by Iraqi forces during the battle for Mosul last year, the spokesman said, declining to identify her. She can appeal the sentence, said Abdul-Sattar Al-Birqdar, spokesman for Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad. “She confessedRead more

IS poses threat to Iraq one month after 'liberation'

Mosul - Al Maghrib Today

Barely a month after Baghdad declared victory over the Islamic State group, the jihadists could still recapture areas of Iraq, especially near the border with Syria, experts and officials say. Ali al-Bayati, a commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary units which fought alongside Iraqi security forces in a gruelling battle against the group, said the Nimrud area of northern IraqRead more

Minorities in north Iraq look to post-jihadist future

Bartalla - Al Maghrib Today

A Christmas tree stands on a roundabout in Bartalla in northern Iraq, its base adorned by posters of Shabak martyrs killed in the fight against the Islamic State group. Now that victory has been declared against the jihadists, Iraq's ethnic and religious minorities are taking the future into their own hands. In Baz Gerkan village, where fighting damaged or destroyedRead more

A new life sprouts up around Mosul

Mosul - Al Maghrib Today

Even before the Islamic State group took over her home city of Mosul, Iraqi 31-year-old Nesrine never imagined she would have a job working late into the evening at a fashion boutique. But now, in districts of Iraq's second city not left totally devastated by the ferocious fighting to oust the jihadists, life is buzzing again -- with more vibrancyRead more

Mosul's old heart in ruins six months after IS ousted

Mosul - Al Maghrib Today

Along the waterfront of the Euphrates River in Iraq's war-torn Mosul, gaping holes in hotel walls reveal little but enormous heaps of rubble. Six months since Iraqi forces seized the country's second city from Islamic State group jihadists, human remains still rot in front of the Al-Nuri mosque. The building, denuded of its iconic minaret and largely reduced to ruinsRead more

Teachers in Mosul learn to cope with traumatised pupils

Mosul - Al Maghrib Today

On a classroom whiteboard in the battered city of Mosul the words “rediscovering how to smile” outline the heartbreaking task of Iraqi teachers striving to heal their students’ mental scars after brutal Daesh group rule. Dozens of Iraqi teachers — many battling trauma themselves — have gathered at a university, where instructor Nazem Shaker seeks to guide them in helpingRead more

Crossing the river a major challenge in devastated Mosul

Mosul - Al Maghrib Today

It used to take Ahmad Meyssar just a few minutes to reach his university across a bridge over the river Tigris in Iraq's Mosul. But now -- with whole districts still devastated some five months after the Islamic State group was forced out -- the journey takes him over two hours as most of the vital links between the twoRead more

Human Rights Watch accuses Yazidis of executing civilians

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

The US-based rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has accused Yazidi fighters in Iraq of forcibly kidnapping and killing 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe earlier in June. It said in a report on Wednesday that it has information from relatives of the victims that on June 4 Yazidi forces detained and then executed men, women and children from eightRead more