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MUQDADIYA, Iraq — Hussein Maytham and his family were driving past the palm tree grove near their home after a quiet evening shopping for toys for his younger cousins when their car hit a bomb planted ...
News Iraq » Diyala » Culture: Iraq takes over guard programme in restive Diyala
BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (Reuters) - U.S. forces put the Iraqi government in charge of tribal guards in restive Diyala province north of Baghdad on Sunday, another step in the U.S. military's gradual ...
News Iraq » Diyala » Culture: Promoting Human Rights in Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Efforts: UNOCT and NSA Host a Workshop for Security Entities in Diyala Governorate
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism’s (UNOCT) Human Rights Unit, in collaboration with Iraq’s National Security Advisory (NSA), concluded a two-day workshop in Erbil on “Human ...
News Iraq » Diyala » Culture: 11 civilians are killed in an attack by gunmen in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province
BAGHDADBAGHDAD — A group armed with explosives and guns killed 11 people in eastern Iraq, security officials said Friday. The attack took place Thursday night in the area of Muqdadiyah in Diyala ...
News Iraq » Diyala » Culture: U.S. Bolstering Force in Deadly Diyala
BAQUBAH, Iraq, April 15 -- The first thing Spec. Edward Lyall heard was the thin, high pop of the AK-47. From the gunner hatch of the Stryker combat vehicle, he saw the muzzle flashes from a shed on ...
News Iraq » Diyala » Culture: Bomb attacks in Iraq’s Diyala kill at least 33: police
Three explosions, two of them suicide car bombs claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, killed at least 33 people in Iraq’s restive Diyala province on Monday, police and medics said. The blasts ...