Sameer Yacoub

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Sunni militants kidnap dozens of men in Iraq

Sunni militants kidnap dozens of men in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · September 4, 2014 5:34 pm

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Aid began flowing into the small northern Shiite town in Iraq on Monday, a day after security forces backed by Iran-allied Shiite militias and U.S. airstrikes broke a two-month siege by insurgents in a rare victory by government forces. (AP Photo)

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Iraqi prime minister pledges to root out militants

Sameer Yacoub · September 1, 2014 6:44 pm

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Iraqi forces break militant siege of Shiite town

Sameer Yacoub · August 31, 2014 9:18 pm

4 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with militants

4 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with militants

Sameer Yacoub · August 29, 2014 12:08 pm

This image made from video taken on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 shows Iraqis people from the Yazidi community arriving in Irbil in northern Iraq after Islamic militants attacked the towns of Sinjar and Zunmar. Around 40 thousand people crossed the bridge of Shela in Fishkhabur into the Northern Kurdish Region of Iraq, after being given an ultimatum by Islamic militants to either convert to Islam, pay a security tax, leave their homes, or die. (AP Photo via AP video)

Iraq official: Militants hold 100s of Yazidi women

Sameer Yacoub · August 8, 2014 8:02 pm

Officials: Clashes, bombing kill 17 Iraq soldiers

Officials: Clashes, bombing kill 17 Iraq soldiers

Sameer Yacoub · August 2, 2014 2:53 pm

In this Tuesday, July 29, 2014 photo, a generator owner inspects his community generator that was destroyed after a bombing in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Last month's rapid advance of the Islamic State group, which captured Iraq's second largest city of Mosul, has plunged the country into its worst crisis since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011 with more than a million Iraqis now classified as internally displaced or refugees. (AP Photo)

Iraq offers aid to those displaced by militants

Sameer Yacoub · July 30, 2014 5:23 pm

People inspect the destroyed old Mosque of The Prophet Jirjis in central Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 27, 2014. The revered Muslim shrine was destroyed on Sunday by militants who overran the city in June and imposed their harsh interpretation of Islamic law. (AP Photo)

Islamic militants destroy historic mosque in Mosul

Sameer Yacoub · July 27, 2014 10:51 pm

Sunni official taken by gunmen in Baghdad

Sunni official taken by gunmen in Baghdad

Sameer Yacoub · July 26, 2014 11:40 am

At least 21 dead in Iraq checkpoint car bombing

At least 21 dead in Iraq checkpoint car bombing

Sameer Yacoub · July 22, 2014 5:33 pm

Iraqi civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bombing in the southeastern district of New Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 8, 2014. A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq's capital Saturday night, killing and wounding people, in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the country's restive Anbar province and take dozens hostage, authorities said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Bombs against Kurds, other attacks in Iraq kill 40

Sameer Yacoub · June 9, 2014 7:16 pm

Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb explosion at an industrial area in Baghdad's eastern Ur neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, June 8, 2014. A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq's capital Saturday night, killing and wounding scores of people, in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the country's restive Anbar province and take dozens hostage, authorities said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Double bombing at party office kills 19 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · June 8, 2014 9:23 am