Freelance Journalist

Owen Holdaway

COMMENTARY ON TRUMP’S VISA BAN AND THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL IN IRAQ

An interview on I24news on the battle for Mosul and how the Iraqi army is reacting to it: [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcBNL-Figk8[/embedyt]…

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MOMENT ISIS MORTAR LANDS WITHIN A FEW FEET, BUT FAILS TO EXPLODE

Dramatic video footage of the moment an ISIS’s mortar round lands just feet from me in west Mosul, but fails to explode: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li-qSbLvQEs[/embedyt]…

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POV VISION OF INTENSE CLASHES AGAINST ISIS INSIDE WESTERN MOSUL

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AlEdgLDp0U[/embedyt] POV [point of view] vision of the battle for the ‘old quarter’ of Western Mosul with the elite “Swat” unit of the Federal Police. The GoPro footage show…

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VIDEO OF AN ISIS SNIPER HITTING A GOPRO INSIDE WEST MOSUL

Video of an ISIS sniper hitting a GoPro inside West Mosul: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbEch_iZwqk[/embedyt] Copyright: Owen Holdaway    …

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INTERVIEW ON TAL-AFAR’S HISTORIC CITY CENTRE BEING RECAPTURED FROM ISIS BY THE IRAQI ARMY

Interview on France24 English on the recapture the city centre of Tal-Afar from ISIS by the Iraqi Army: http://www.france24.com/en/20170826-iraq-forces-take-70-percent-tal-afar-back-islamic-state-group…

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INTERVIEW ON THE LIBERATION OF TAL-AFAR

An interview on France24 on the announcement by the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi of the liberation of Tal-afar from the so-called Islamic State https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RzIYrNdEE&t=12s…

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ON THE GROUND IN THE CAPITAL OF ISIS’S CALIPHATE IN RAQQA SYRIA

An article for Media Line on the fall of ISIS’s Capital in Syria: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-Threat/On-the-ground-in-Raqqa-capital-of-Islamic-States-caliphate-507014…

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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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CGTN INTERVIEW ON THE EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT WESTERN IRAQ

An interview on CGTN interview on the damage caused on Iraq’s side of the border from a recent earthquake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nf7XVhDDew…

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AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW WITH A FOREIGN ISIS FIGHTER

A tense video interview with a Swizz born citizen and ISIS fighter, who joined back in 2015 and was a member of the terrorist organization till 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTB4FnKGtmg…

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