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Fruits and vegetables abound at a local market in Qayyarah town, south of Mosul. 1 Young adults talk at the local market in Qayyarah town, south of Mosul, December 2016. (Kawa Omar/VOA) 2 A boy rides ...

MOSUL, Iraq, Aug. 23 (UPI) --Iraqi forces moved to within 37 miles of Mosul on Tuesday, storming into Qayyarah as the United Nations relief agency scrambled to assist more than 1 million people ...

As Islamic State fighters are being routed from cities and towns across Syria and Iraq, they increasingly leave behind carnage, causing major damage to local economies and devastating people they ...

The BBC's Orla Guerin reports from Qayyarah, Iraq, once under the rule of the so-called Islamic State. The militants were driven out of the town in just two days - but the battle for Mosul, Iraq's ...

IRAQI forces have captured a key air base from the Islamic State group that puts them in a strong position to retake the jihadist-held city of Mosul. The Qayyarah air base in the Tigris valley 60 ...

ALBAWABA - The Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced the resumption of oil loading and exports from the Al-Qayyarah field at a capacity of 33,000 barrels per day. According to the Iraqi News Agency, Oil ...

Ali Hassan, his wife Fatima Mahmoud and their three children have been living next to a burning oil well. Black smoke from the blaze filled their home. Fatima said she was always cleaning, but the ...