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Baghdad municipality workers clean the scene of a double suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Interior Ministry spokesman said a double suicide bombing in central Baghdad has killed and wounded civilians. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

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Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 38, shatter post-IS calm

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated Press, and Murtada Faraj Associated PressJanuary 15, 2018

Twin suicide bombings rocked Baghdad on Monday, killing 38 people in the deadliest attack since Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group last month and raising fears ahead of national elections planned for May.The bombers targeted the…

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, directly beneath flag, and others raise the national flag at a border crossing with Syria days after Iraqi forces retook it from the Islamic State group, in Qaim, far western Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Osama Sami)

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Iraqi PM raises flag at border crossing taken from ISIS

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressNovember 5, 2017

Never-before seen video of Osama bin Laden’s son and potential successor was released Wednesday by the CIA in a trove of material recovered during the May 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader at his compound in Pakistan.

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Bin Laden’s thoughts unearthed in a hand-written journal

by Aya Batrawy Associated Press, Maggie Michael Associated Press, Malak Harb Associated Press, Sinan Salaheddin Associated Press, and Malaka Badr Associated PressNovember 3, 2017

FILE- In this Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 file photo, an Iraqi policeman checks the documents of displaced civilians at a collection point west of Mosul on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Iraq. Iraq's prime minister declared the town of Tal Afar "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group after a nearly two-week operation. Haider al-Abadi said Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, that Iraqi troops "eliminated and smashed Daesh terrorists" in al-Ayadia district, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northwest of Tal Afar, where the militants fled last week. Daesh is the Arabic acronym for IS. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko, File)

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Iraq says Tal Afar ‘fully liberated’ from Islamic State

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressAugust 31, 2017

U.S. Army soldiers stands next to a a guided-missile launcher, a few miles from the frontline, in the village of Abu Ghaddur, east of Tal Afar, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Iraqi forces have launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, marking the next phase in the country's war on the Islamic State group. Tal Afar and the surrounding area is one of the last pockets of IS-held territory in Iraq after victory was declared in July in Mosul, the country's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

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Iraq launches operation to take back IS-held town near Mosul

by Balint Szlanko Associated Press, and Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressAugust 21, 2017

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers celebrate after reaching the bank of the Tigris river as their fight against Islamic State militants continues in parts of the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Iraqi leader congratulates troops in Mosul; fight goes on

by Susannah George Associated Press, and Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressJuly 9, 2017

FILE - In this July 27, 2005 file photo, a temple to the Shamash sun god still stands over 1,750 years after the Sassanian empire razed the Mesopotamian city of Hatra, 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi paramilitary forces said Wednesday, April 26, 2017, that they have captured Hatra, a 2,000-year-old historical site near the northern city of Mosul, where U.S.-backed forces have been battling the Islamic State group for months. (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda, File)

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Iraqi forces say they’ve seized Hatra antiquities site

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressApril 26, 2017

Ali al-Moussawi, the owner of a mobile library truck, arranges his books on a street in Baghdad, Iraq. The mobile bookstore is the latest in a series of efforts by the 25-year-old to share his passion for reading and revive a love for books in Baghdad, which was once the literary capital of the Muslim world but is now better known for bombs than poems.

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Bookstore on wheels turns heads in Baghdad

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressApril 19, 2017

FILE - In this Friday, March 24, 2017, file photo, residents carry the body of several people killed during fighting between Iraq security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. Iraqis in the northern city of Mosul are still burying their dead after a U.S. airstrike allegedly killed more than 100 people last week, and rights groups are expressing alarm over a recent spike in civilian deaths. Iraqi officials have defended their conduct in the war against the Islamic State group, and their advice to civilians is to shelter in place as U.S.-backed forces seek to drive the extremists from their last urban stronghold in the country (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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U.S. denies loosening rules for avoiding civilian casualties

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressMarch 28, 2017

Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate with residents of liberated neighborhoods as they hold upside down a flag of the Islamic State group, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday.

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Iraqi PM: Eastern Mosul ‘fully liberated’ from Islamic State

by Mstyslav Chernov Associated Press, and Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressJanuary 24, 2017