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With the discovery of more than 200 mass graves in Iraq, the horrors of the Islamic State are becoming increasingly clear, and that the moment the terrorist movement gains strength again.

So far, 202 mass graves have been discovered in Iraq in areas where Islamic State used to be a service until recently. That is stated in a report from the United Nations that was published on Tuesday. According to American estimates, there are the mortal remains of 6,000 to 12,000 people.

A Dutch Kurd has surprisingly seized next to the presidency of Iraq. After a political drama in parliament, Fouad Hussein had to face Barham Salih, who is waiting a tough job to bring the divided and devastated country back on top.

Sixteen Iraqi political parties form a new block in parliament. The main parties in the new block are the party of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his biggest challenger during the last elections Moqtada al-Sadr.

In the west of Iran, near the border with Iraq, an earthquake took place on Sunday. The shock with a strength of 6.1 was felt in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. There were certainly two deaths and 241 wounded.

He's back. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been heard for nearly a year, lives and calls on his followers to make a rare audio message in the West.

The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to expand the Turkish army's cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria. He will 'be the source of the threat \u0026 quot; to drain his land. Erdogan said that Saturday at the party conference of his Islamist conservative AK party in Ankara.

Iraq has carried out an air raid on a command center of Islamic State in neighboring Syria. As a result, an unknown number of members of the terror group have died. They wanted to carry out attacks across the border. That's what an Iraqi army spokesman said on Thursday.

The party of the Iraqi clergyman Moqtada al-Sadr was declared the winner of the May parliamentary elections on Friday. The results were long overdue because all votes had to be counted again.

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Iraq has executed the first twelve sentenced terrorists. This happened a few hours after the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the immediate execution of all sentenced terrorists, including foreigners and women. It involves more than three hundred people.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has urged the immediate execution of all terrorists sentenced to death, including foreigners and women, according to the media. It involves more than 300 people.

The Iraqi suspect of the murder of the German girl Susanna who had fled to his homeland should never have been extradited to Germany. According to Iraq, the extradition by the Kurdish regional government was a violation of the legal process.

The nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc surprisingly won the parliamentary elections in Iraq, has reached agreement on cooperation with militia leader Hadi al-Amiri. That was announced on Tuesday in the Shia holy city of Najaf. This agreement is a first step towards the formation of a government coalition, although both leaders also keep the door open to other partners.

An Iraqi warehouse with cast votes from the recent parliamentary elections has been set on fire. The Ministry of Defense announced that all ballot boxes and ballots were destroyed at the Baghdad depot.

At least eighteen people were killed in an explosion in the Sadr City district in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. According to the police, at least 90 people have been injured.

An Iraqi court sentenced a Belgian to death on Tuesday. Tarik Jadaoun, alias Abu Hamza al-Beljiki, would have fought for terrorist organization Islamic State. He also appeared in propaganda videos \u0026 # x27; s.

The political block led by the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr comes with 54 seats in the Iraqi parliament and is clearly the largest group. The National Electoral Council announced this on Saturday. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's party with 42 delegates did not go beyond third place, behind the al-Fatih coalition (47). The turnout was historically low, which put Sadr on the map.

Several polling stations in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk were besieged by armed men on Wednesday evening, four days after the parliamentary elections. That said the head of the election committee in Iraq.

The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on his election victory. The office of the clergy announced that al-Sadr has already received a phone call from the prime minister.

Moqtada al-Sadr is on track to win the Iraqi elections. The former religious fire, on whose hands the blood of many Americans sticks, gained many voices through its nationalist agenda and fight against corruption. However, it is unlikely that his alliance will form a new government. Iran says it will do everything to prevent it.

The party of the influential Shiite clergyman Moqtada al-Sadr is almost certainly on his way to victory in the parliamentary elections of Iraq. The election committee said Monday, after 91 percent of the votes had been counted in sixteen of the eighteen Iraqi provinces.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's alliance has, for the time being, received the most votes in the parliamentary elections in Iraq. This has been reported by sources within the electoral commission and an employee of the security service on the basis of the votes that have been counted so far.

The first hours of the parliamentary elections in Iraq went quietly. Staatsmedia reported that no major incidents occurred until noon.

The United Arab Emirates want to rebuild the large al-Nuri mosque in the center of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Iraq claims that in the event of air strikes in Syria, 36 fighters of the Islamic State terror group have been killed. An Iraqi army spokesman said the air actions were carried out late last week.

Iraq has carried out air strikes on positions of Islamic State (IS) in Syria on Thursday. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that action was taken because IS gangs pose a threat to Iraq.

Months after the reconquest of the Iraqi city of Mosul on the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), 11,000 inhabitants of the city are still missing. Many of them were young people arrested and detained by IS. That says army superior Bassem Ali al-Hadschar.

An Iraqi court sentenced sixteen women to the death penalty for their involvement in the Islamic State (IS) terror group. The court reported that the women admitted they were with IS.