Freelance Journalist

Owen Holdaway

‘SHE WAS INNOCENT, BEAUTIFUL AND FUN-LOVING’: AGONY AS FOUR MEMBERS OF SAME FAMILY INCLUDING FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL ARE AMONG 250 SLAIN IN ISIS BAGHDAD SHOPPING MALL TERROR ATTACK

‘She was innocent, beautiful and fun-loving’: Agony as four members of SAME family including four-year-old girl are among 250 slain in ISIS Baghdad shopping mall terror attack   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3674790/She-innocent-beautiful-fun-loving-Agony-four-members-family-including-four-year-old-girl-die-ISIS-Baghdad-shopping-mall-terror-attack.html#ixzz4EwOgqSfF…

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A TAPESTRY OF ISIS’S ABUSE

A TV package for i24news on a Yazidi artist, Maryam, who paints about abuse that ISIS committed on August the 3rd 2014 when they attacked Sinjar Mountain. http://www.i24news.tv/en/tv/replay/no-playlist/x4mz1e5…

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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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ISIS’ CHRISTIAN MASSACRE

An article on the liberation of the town of Qaraqosh – a Christian village just outside Mosul for the SUN: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2092871/isis-fanatics-destroy-christians-homes-churches-mosul/…

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ISIS & CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Article on ISIS potential use of chemical weapons inside Mosul for the SUN: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2036031/isis-stockpile-chemical-weapons-to-use-against-advancing-troops-battle-for-mosul/…

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INSIDE THE BATTLE OF MOSUL

Article inside Al-Karamah district, the first neigborhood of Mosul from ISIS by the Iraqi special forces https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2114788/isis-jihadis-severed-foot-and-suicide-bomb-wreckage-litter-the-streets-as-troops-push-into-mosul-and-plant-iraqi-flag-for-first-time-in-two-years/…

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INTERVIEW ON MOSUL OP

A interview of the recent entry of Iraqi troops into Mosul: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-november-7-2016-1.3836930/november-7-2016-full-episode-transcript-1.3840554…

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DOHUK ZOO

A film piece on Dohuk zoo in Northern Iraq for CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/jane-goodall-lauds-edmonton-area-man-for-chimp-rescue-1.3879890…

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JOINING AN IRAQI FORCES RAID INSIDE MOSUL

Article in the SUN newspaper on a raid deep inside Mosul with the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces [ICTF]: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2685229/isis-bodies-litter-the-streets-as-iraqi-forces-liberate-eastern-mosul-but-the-threat-of-bomb-drones-and-snipers-remains/…

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VIDEO OF JOINING AN IRAQI ARMY RAID ON FORMER ISIS HOTEL INSIDE MOSUL

A video of a clearance raid on the Nineveh international hotel near the Tigris river inside Mosul with the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces [ICTF]. https://www.thesun.co.uk/video/news/dramatic-anti-isis-raid-as-iraqi-forces-liberate-eastern-mosul/…

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