Sameer Yacoub

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Bombings kill 12 people in Iraq

Bombings kill 12 people in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · January 25, 2014 8:54 am

In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 photo, mourners carry the coffin of Haitham Abdo Rahman, 38, who was killed in a bombing, before his burial at the cemetery in Fallujah, Iraq. Islamic militants controlling a mainly Sunni area west of Baghdad are so well-armed that they could occupy the capital, members of Iraq's al-Qaida branch - known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - have taken over parts of Ramadi, the capital of the largely Sunni western province of Anbar. (AP Photo)

UN: More than 140,000 Iraqis flee Anbar violence

Sameer Yacoub · January 24, 2014 6:25 pm

Gunmen kill election candidate in Iraq

Gunmen kill election candidate in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · June 14, 2013 2:06 pm

Sunni governor escapes assassination in Iraq

Sunni governor escapes assassination in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · June 13, 2013 6:14 pm

Bombs, ambush kill 9 people in Iraq

Bombs, ambush kill 9 people in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · June 11, 2013 2:28 pm

Car bombs kill 5 in Iraq

Car bombs kill 5 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · June 8, 2013 10:58 am

Gunmen kill 3 Syrian drivers in Iraq

Gunmen kill 3 Syrian drivers in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · June 2, 2013 12:19 pm

Bomb and shooting kill 7 in Iraq

Bomb and shooting kill 7 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · May 31, 2013 12:28 pm

Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. A bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques have also been on the rise recently, raising fears that the country is slipping into a new round of sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Adem Hadei)

Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped

Sameer Yacoub · May 18, 2013 4:00 am

The dead body of a thwarted suicide bomber lies outside of the Mustafa mosque after being killed by security forces in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. Elsewhere, a bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques have also been on the rise recently, raising fears that the country is slipping into a new round of sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · May 17, 2013 4:00 am

UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania

UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania

Sameer Yacoub · May 16, 2013 8:48 pm

A group of armed Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) enter northern Iraq in the Heror area, northeast of Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The first of Kurdish fighters from Turkey have entered northern Iraq as part of a peace deal to end a long uprising, despite Iraqi objections to the transfer. Comrades greeted 13 armed men and women from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) at a ceremony in Heror in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish area. The central government in Baghdad has rejected the deal, warning that the entry of more armed Kurdish fighters could harm the country's security. (AP Photo/ Ceerwan Aziz)

Gunmen open fire on liquor stores in Iraq, 11 dead

Sameer Yacoub · May 14, 2013 4:00 am