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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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AN ARTICLE ON THE RETAKING OF AL-NURI MOSQUE

An article for http://www.9news.com.au from Al-Nuri Mosque – where the ISIS leader Al-Baghdadi declared the Caliphate – immediately after the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces [ICTF] recaptured the area: http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/07/01/10/35/mosul-liberation-al-nuri-mosque

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ARTICLE ON ISIS SUICIDE ATTACK INSIDE WEST MOSUL

An article for http://9news.com.au on ISIS suicide bombers posed as Iraqi soldiers to trick Mosul’s liberated civilians: http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/06/24/08/52/suicide-bombers-posed-as-iraqi-soldiers-to-trick-mosuls-liberated-civilians

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ARTICLE ON THE LIBERATION OF HATRA FROM THE SO CALLED ISLAMIC STATE

An article in the SUN on the liberation of ancient Assyrian city of Hatra by the Popular Mobilization Forces [PMU]: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3463619/iraqi-forces-push-isis-jihadis-out-hatra/

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AN ARTICLE OF BEING AN ISIS SNIPER BULLET BEING DEFLECTED BY A GOPRO IN WEST MOSUL

An article on the dramatic moment ISIS sniper’s bullet bounces off Iraqi cameraman’s GoPro – as Sun man films miracle escape just inches away https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3573603/sun-reporter-sniper-bullet-mosul-iraq/

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ARTICLE ON ISIS PLANNING CHEMICAL ATTACK NEAR BADUSH IN IRAQ

An article for the SUN newspaper on a potential chemical attack in Badush and the killing of civilians by ISIS in Northern Iraq: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3536839/isis-planning-deadly-gas-attacks-claims-iraqi-medic/

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Article on children of Mosul being killed by ISIS car bombs and maimed by sniper fire

Article for the Sun on the children of western Mosul: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190201/isis-car-bomb-sniper-mosul-killing-kids/

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ARTICLE ON A MORTAR ATTACK ON ME INSIDE MOSUL

Terrifying moment ISIS mortar round lands just feet from Sun reporter in the thick of the battle to blast terror fanatics out of Mosul: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3106237/isis-mortar-mosul-sun-reporter-battle/

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ARTICLE WHILE EMBEDDED WITH THE FEDERAL POLICE INSIDE WEST MOSUL

Inside the battle for Mosul where Iraqi troops face ISIS suicide bombers and snipers in bloody battle to liberate terror stronghold https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3058853/inside-the-battle-for-mosul-where-elite-iraqi-troops-face-isis-suicide-bombers-and-snipers-in-brutal-fight-to-the-death-as-they-battle-to-liberate-terror-stronghold/

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ARTICLE ON THE KHASFA MASSIVE GRAVE JUST OUTSIDE MOSUL

A SUN article on a mass killing site, Khasfa sinkhole, in between the town of Hammam Al-Alil and West Mosul: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2967802/chilling-images-reveal-inside-biggest-mass-grave-in-iraq-where-isis-buried-bodies-of-thousands-of-enemies-in-400m-deep-sinkhole/

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