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UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 24 hours agoBAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the...
A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it’s defeated but remains lethal
Toronto Star· 3 days agoFILE - Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured...
Five IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque: UN agency
Digital Journal· 2 days agoA United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul’s iconic Al-Nuri...
IS: A persistent danger, 10 years since its peak
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoAlso known as Isis or Daesh in Arabic, the group took over huge swathes of Syria and Iraq, imposing its severe version of Shariah (Islamic law), meting...
What I’m Reading: Tunneling to the Past
New York Times· 3 days agoIf, as the saying goes, history doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes, the battles for control of Mosul and Helmand feel like previous couplets in a long,...
On This Day, June 29: U.S. Supreme Court finds death penalty unconstitutional
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoMadoff apologized in the courtroom, saying, "I am responsible for a great deal of suffering and...
