Operation targets Daesh/ISIS sleeper cells north of Baghdad

Daesh/ISIS militants have an active presence in Tarmiyah district, 50 kilometers north of Baghdad, from where they launch attacks inside the Iraqi capital

Iraq launches security operation against Daesh/ISIS

He will say Mass at a Baghdad church, meet Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric in the southern city of Najaf and travel north to Mosul, where the army had to empty the streets for security reasons last year for a visit by Iraq’s prime minister

Pope Francis boards the plane for his visit to Iraq, at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, March 5, 2021.

Iraq launches security operation against Daesh/ISIS

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour

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Iraq launches security operation against Daesh/ISIS

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour