Heavy Fighting near Mosul; 136 Killed in Iraq

More than 260 families returned to Jalawla on Monday, after security forces finished clearing the heavily booby-trapped town of bombs. Hundreds more are expected later in the week. Under apparent pressure from Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s sit-in, Parliament has given Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi until Thursday to present a new cabinet. The premier’s main problem, […]
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