Sinan Salaheddin, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Iraqi security forces gather at the scene of a double suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

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Double suicide bombing in Baghdad kills at least 38 people

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated Press, and Murtada Faraj Associated PressJanuary 15, 2018

BAGHDAD — Twin suicide bombings rocked Baghdad on Monday, killing 38 people in the deadliest attack since Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group last month, and raising fears ahead of national elections planned for May.The bombers targeted…

FILE- In this Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 file photo, an Iraqi policeman checks the documents of displaced civilians at a collection point west of Mosul on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Iraq. Iraq's prime minister declared the town of Tal Afar "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group after a nearly two-week operation. Haider al-Abadi said Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, that Iraqi troops "eliminated and smashed Daesh terrorists" in al-Ayadia district, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northwest of Tal Afar, where the militants fled last week. Daesh is the Arabic acronym for IS. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko, File)

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Iraq says Tal Afar ‘fully liberated’ from militants

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressAugust 31, 2017

This image provided by U.S. CENTCOM shows al-Nuri mosque destroyed by the Islamic State group, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Islamic State group destroyed the mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures Wednesday night, Iraq's Ministry of Defense said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi tweeted early Thursday, June 22, 2017 that the destruction was an admission by the militants that they are losing the fight for Iraq's second-largest city. (U.S. CENTCOM via AP)

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Militants blow up old mosque

by Balint Szlanko Associated Press, and Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressJune 23, 2017

In this frame grab from video, a boy and his brother receive treatment for suspected food poisoning at a medical tent in the Hassan Sham U2 camp for displaced people located about 20 kilometers (13 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Iraq’s health minister, Adila Hamoud, told The Associated Press in Baghdad that 752 people had been taken ill and at least two died after they took part in a Monday night meal to break the Muslim dawn-to-dusk fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

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Hundreds sickened at camp for displaced outside Mosul

by Balint Szlanko Associated Press, and Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressJune 13, 2017

FILE - In this July 27, 2005 file photo, a temple to the Shamash sun god still stands over 1,750 years after the Sassanian empire razed the Mesopotamian city of Hatra, 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi paramilitary forces said Wednesday, April 26, 2017, that they have captured Hatra, a 2,000-year-old historical site near the northern city of Mosul, where U.S.-backed forces have been battling the Islamic State group for months. (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda, File)

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Iraqi forces say they’ve seized Hatra antiquities site

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressApril 26, 2017

Brig. Yahya Rasool Abdullah, an Iraqi joint command spokesman, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. "It is a new tactic being used by the members of this terrorist group, using big car bombs against the troops that impact the civilians to inflame the public and to convey a wrong message to the world that the joint forces and the international coalition are behind the killing and bombings," he told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Civilian casualties from US strikes in Mosul raise questions

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressMarch 29, 2017

Two policemen sit atop of their armoured vehicle as Iraqi Federal police deploy after regaining control of the town of Abu Saif, west of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The battle for Mosul, backed by the U.S.-led coalition, has already driven the militants from the eastern half of the city, which is divided roughly in half by the Tigris River. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Iraq retakes Mosul airport

by Qassim Abdul-Zahra Associated Press, Sinan Salaheddin Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressFebruary 23, 2017

Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate with residents of liberated neighborhoods as they hold upside down an Islamic State flag, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday.

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Iraqi PM: Eastern Mosul ‘fully liberated’ from Islamic State

by Mstyslav Chernov Associated Press, and Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressJanuary 24, 2017

Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces inspect defenses after regaining control of the Quds neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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UN: 6,878 civilians killed in Iraq violence in 2016

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated PressJanuary 3, 2017

French President Francois Hollande and Massoud Barzani, right, President of the Iraqi self-ruled Kurdish region, point towards Islamic State-held territory as they visit a military outpost on the outskirts of Mosul, outside the Kurdish city of Irbil, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Hollande is in Iraq for a one-day visit.(AP Photo/ Christophe Ena, Pool)

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Suicide bomber kills 36 in Iraq

by Sinan Salaheddin Associated Press, and Murtada Faraj Associated PressJanuary 2, 2017