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FRANCE 24 INTERVIEW ON THE RETAKING OF KIRKUK

An interview on France24 in Baghdad on the retaking of the oil rich city of Kirkuk from the Kurdish peshmerga forces by the Iraqi army: http://www.france24.com/en/video/20171016-owen-holdaway-reports-baghdad

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THE UPCOMING BATTLE FOR HAWIJA

An article for the SUN on the upcoming battle for ISIS last major stronghold in Iraq Hawija: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4376154/inside-the-battle-for-isiss-last-major-iraqi-stronghold-where-troops-face-fight-to-the-death-against-2000-bloodthirsty-jihadis/

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THE BLOODY ROAD TO MOSUL

A article on battle for Mosul near the Khazir front-line east of the city: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2005483/shocking-moment-sun-man-stumbles-across-mangled-isis-corpses-after-heroes-gunned-down-jihadis-outside-terror-city/

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PHONE INTERVIEW ON THE OPERATION TO LIBERATE MOSUL

A phone interview on i-24news on the ground on the Khazir front east of Mosul with the Kurdish forces at the start of the operation to liberate the city. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr2Nw81Qam0[/embedyt]  

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TV INTERVIEW ON MOSUL OPERATION

A FOX news interview on the announced by Iraqi Prime Minster Haider al-Abadi of the start of the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS after 2 years of control by the jihadists. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovw6NnKuKRc[/embedyt]

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INJURED PESHMERGA IN AMBULANCE

Kurdish fighter is taken to hospital in Northern Iraq following the Peshmerga’s intense fighting with ISIS, May 31st http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/news/7185728/Kurdish-fighter-is-taken-to-hospital-in-Northern-Iraq-following-the-Peshmergas-intense-fighting-with-ISIS.html    

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WAR ON ISIS: ONE HUNDRED JIHADI THUGS KILLED AS KURDS CARRY OUT MASSIVE OPERATION ON EXTREMIST STRONGHOLD

WAR ON ISIS One hundred jihadi thugs killed as Kurds carry out massive operation on extremist stronghold. Exclusive by OWEN HOLDAWAY on Khazir frontline, Northern Iraq https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1227168/isis-one-hundred-jihadi-thugs-killed-as-kurdish-fighters-conduct-massive-operation-to-drive-extremists-out-of-their-mosul-stronghold/

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ISIS TUNNEL

An ISIS’s dug tunnel, South Kirkuk, 2015. Copyright: www.owenholdaway.com

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