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(left) Yazidi refugees (right) NYT journalist Rukmini Callimachi (Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba)

August 19th, 2018 - 12:56 GMT

The New York Times’ ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Endangers Iraqi Lives

The podcast everyone in DC is listening to, Caliphate hosted by Rukmini Callimachi, wades through a fragile and angry Iraqi society with a machete, ruthlessly cutting down its vulnerable subjects in pursuit of a tale already told.

Iraqi forces are making advances on Daesh positions throughout the country. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

March 31st, 2016 - 02:30 GMT

Iraqi troops move toward Daesh encampment near Euphrates River

Daesh is losing major ground in Iraq. (AFP/File)

March 2nd, 2016 - 10:08 GMT

Iraqi forces purged Daesh from four villages

If the dam collapses, severe flooding could pose a great danger to those in the affected areas. (AFP/File)

March 1st, 2016 - 12:19 GMT

US warns citizens to flee Iraq if Mosul Dam bursts

December 28th, 2015 - 10:00 GMT

Upwards of 40 Daesh militants killed in Iraqi air assault

Iraqi forces claim to hold complete control of the village of Albu Jarad. (Albawaba/File)

August 22nd, 2015 - 04:46 GMT

Key Salahuddin village recaptured by Iraqi army

June 2nd, 2015 - 08:02 GMT

Iraqis hold funeral for policemen killed in Anbar raid

The advance in Tikrit, led by Sunni and Shia troops, was of symbolic importance to both sides of the Iraqi army, whose ranks have often been broken by sectarian tensions since the 2003 US invasion. (AFP/File)

March 7th, 2015 - 08:36 GMT

Iraqi forces push into outskirts of Daesh-held Tikrit

March 2nd, 2015 - 05:00 GMT

Iraq launches anti-Daesh operation in Salahuddin

March 1st, 2015 - 12:04 GMT

Iraq’s death toll exceeds 1,100 in the month of February

January 11th, 2015 - 03:38 GMT

Peshmerga death toll rises to 30 after clashes with Daesh

December 13th, 2014 - 08:09 GMT

ISIL militants shoot down Iraqi helicopter

ISIL fighters have recaptured several villages near Anbar governorate. (AFP/File)

December 13th, 2014 - 07:24 GMT