Iraq

Mubashar Thanoun with his brother Ali, who was wounded in a U.S. airstrike in Mosul on March 17. Mubashar dug Ali out of the rubble of a collapsed building. He hasn't told him yet that his entire family died in the airstrike.

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Survivors Describe Aftermath Of U.S. Airstrike On Mosul

12:36pm April 12, 2017

by Jane Arraf

An investigation into U.S.-launched airstrikes targeting ISIS and killing an estimated 150 civilians last month is underway. Survivors say families were forcibly packed into houses by ISIS fighters.

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Survivors Describe Devastation After U.S. Airstrike On Mosul

8:18am April 11, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Survivors of last month's U.S. airstrike on the Iraqi city of Mosul, which targeted ISIS but is suspected of killing scores of civilians, talk about why they were in the houses that collapsed on them.

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A boy in West Mosul on Wednesday in a neighborhood taken by Iraqi forces from ISIS militants.

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Civilian Deaths In Mosul Lead U.S. and Iraqi Forces To Change Tactics Against ISIS

7:11pm April 05, 2017

by Jane Arraf

The Iraqi commander coordinating the battle tells NPR the Iraqi military will slow an offensive pushing into the crowded old district of the city, using fewer U.S. and Iraqi air strikes.

U.S. And Iraqi Forces Set To Deploy New Tactics In Mosul

6:12pm April 05, 2017

The U.S. and Iraqi forces are changing tactics in the battle to force ISIS from the city of Mosul. Facing resistance and mounting casualties, they're slowing down while keeping ISIS surrounded.

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner landed in Iraq on Monday. He's seen here with his wife, Ivanka Trump, at a White House event last month.

President Trump's Son-In-Law Kushner Arrives In Iraq

10:41am April 03, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Jared Kushner's foray into international affairs comes less than a week after the president named him to a commission on battling opioid abuse.

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In West Mosul, American Medical Volunteers Try To Save Lives Near Frontlines

5:52pm March 31, 2017

by Jane Arraf

A New York-based group of medics is working near the frontlines in Mosul, giving emergency care to Iraqi troops fighting ISIS.

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Politics & Government

Iraq Agrees To Accept Its Citizens The U.S. Wants To Deport

5:52pm March 31, 2017

by Sarah Hulett

Hundreds of Iraqis have remained in the U.S. after committing crimes because Iraq wouldn't take them back. Many are being deported after Iraq agreed to repatriate them.

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Devastated Neighborhoods Left Behind As ISIS Is Forced From Mosul

5:10am March 31, 2017

by Jane Arraf

As the fight to push ISIS out of Mosul grinds on, civilians stream out of liberated areas that are unlivable, and Iraqi forces "clear" areas of holdouts and fire mortars at remaining ISIS areas.

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James Mattis speaks after his ceremonial swearing-in as secretary of defense on Jan. 17. In the Trump administration, Mattis and the Pentagon appear to have been given a freer hand.

The U.S. Is Ramping Up Military Engagement, Which Could Be A Risk For Trump

1:15pm March 30, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

President Trump seems to have given the U.S. military a freer hand — but without apparent diplomatic or political strategies to accompany the increased military engagement.

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Amnesty International Criticizes U.S.-Led Coalition For Mosul Civilian Deaths

11:38pm March 28, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Donatella Rovera, senior crisis response adviser for Amnesty International, about evidence of American airstrikes destroying houses with entire families inside in east Mosul, Iraq.

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