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Thousands remain missing after Iraq’s victories against ISIS
World | Jan 01, 2018, 10:07 AM ISTRegardless, Iraqi government bureaucracy, inefficiency and neglect have left thousands of families across Iraq hanging as the country’s leadership celebrates the defeat of IS.
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India has completed DNA testing of families of 39 Indians missing from Mosul: Sushma Swaraj
India | Dec 20, 2017, 06:33 PM ISTUrgent steps were taken to arrange for DNA samples of the family members of the missing Indians to assist the Iraqi authorities in their investigations.
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9,000-plus civilians died in battle with Islamic State group for Iraq's Mosul
World | Dec 20, 2017, 01:54 PM ISTIraqi or coalition forces are responsible for at least 3,200 civilian deaths between October 2016 and the fall of IS in July 2017.
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Families of 39 Indians kidnapped in Mosul told to take DNA tests
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DNA samples of kin of 39 missing Indians collected as ISIS collapses in Iraq
India | Oct 22, 2017, 08:23 AM ISTThe MEA is collecting is DNA samples of family members of the 39 Indians who went missing in Iraq's Mosul in 2014.
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Not sure if they are alive or dead: Iraq on 39 missing Indians
India | Jul 24, 2017, 11:44 PM ISTIraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Eshaiker al-Jafari today said his government has no substantial evidence whether the 39 Indians who went missing in Mosul three years ago have been killed or are still alive.
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39 missing Indians: Congress attacks Centre for ‘zero efforts’, prepares privilege motion against Swaraj
National | Jul 24, 2017, 12:20 PM ISTThe Congress on Monday said that it will submit a privilege motion against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha for “misleading the nation, Parliament and families” of the missing citizens
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Iraq says search on for 39 abducted Indians, Swaraj to discuss issue with Iraqi counterpart today
World | Jul 24, 2017, 07:01 AM ISTThe Iraq Embassy on Sunday informed India that search operations are underway to locate the 39 missing Indians, which were taken hostage by the Islamic State in Mosul in 2014
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Swaraj to hold talks with Iraqi counterpart on 39 abducted Indians
India | Jul 23, 2017, 08:44 PM ISTIraq Embassy to India today said that search operations are underway to locate the 39 missing Indians who were taken as prisoners by the Islamic State in 2014.
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39 abducted Indians could be in Iraq's Badush jail: Sushma Swaraj
National | Jul 16, 2017, 11:57 PM ISTSushma Swaraj said on Sunday that 39 Indians, who went missing in Iraq in 2014, could be in a prison in Badush and more clarity will emerge once the area is cleared of fighting.
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ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, says Syrian Observatory
World | Jul 12, 2017, 06:18 AM ISTIslamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reported dead on Tuesday, according to a Syrian monitoring group, a day after Iraq declared it had driven the terror group from their one-time biggest stronghold of Mosul
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India escalates search for 39 missing nationals as Iraqi forces reclaim Mosul from ISIS
India | Jul 10, 2017, 07:57 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today assured Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh that her ministry was making all-out efforts to trace 39 Indians, mostly from Punjab, who had been held hostage in the Iraqi city of Mosul since 2014
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Iraqi PM declares 'victory' over Islamic State after recapturing Mosul
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Iraqi forces declare 'victory' over IS after recapturing Mosul
World | Jul 09, 2017, 08:34 PM ISTIraqi forces today declared victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul after eight-month long operation.
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ISIS blows up historic mosque in Mosul where Baghdadi became 'caliph'
World | Jun 22, 2017, 08:46 AM ISTJihadists blew up Mosul’s iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014 declared himself “caliph” in his only public appearance, Iraqi officials said
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ISIS has held 100,000 civilians as ‘human shields’ in Mosul’s Old City: UN
World | Jun 16, 2017, 05:45 PM ISTThe United Nations on Friday said that the Islamic State jihadists may be holding more than 1,00,000 Iraqi civilians as human shield in the Old City of Mosul
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Islamic State terrorists start burning their archives in Mosul
World | May 31, 2017, 09:49 AM ISTThe burning of the archives is a "clear indication" of a major collapse within IS's ranks and is aimed at concealing its crimes against civilians and the identities of its accomplices.
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Iraqi forces hope to liberate Mosul from IS by June 10
World | May 30, 2017, 01:35 PM ISTJune 10 marks the third anniversary of the ISIS rule in Iraq's second-largest city Mosul.
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ISIS executes 145 civilians for trying to flee Mosul
World | May 14, 2017, 12:26 PM ISTThe Islamic State has executed more than 145 civilians for trying to flee the western part of the Iraqi city of Mosul.
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ISIS downs Iraqi helicopter west of Mosul
World | May 13, 2017, 10:14 PM ISTThe Islamic State (ISIS) today downed an Iraqi air force helicopter west of Mosul.