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Two-month study needed on Mosul dam before repairsItalian engineers hired to help prevent a catastrophic collapse of Iraq's largest hydro-electric dam will need at least two months to assess the structure before starting major maintenance work, a Water Resources Ministry spokesman told Reut More… |
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Iraq dismisses warnings on Mosul dam collapseIraq's minister of water resources has played down warnings that Mosul dam will collapse, estimating only a "one in a thousand" chance of failure and saying the solution was to build a new dam or install a deep concrete support wal More… |
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Iraqi forces aim to recapture MosulIraqi forces are planning an assault on the northern city of Mosul, hoping to retake it from Islamic State fighters, the spokesman for the country's counter-terrorism unit said on Monday. "The new tactic of launching a qu More… |
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Kurds fight to retake dam with US air supportKurdish fighters pushed to retake Iraq's largest dam on Sunday and the US conducted a second day of air strikes in the area in a drive to reverse gains by Islamic State insurgents who have overrun much of the country's north. More… |
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US launches air strikes near Arbil, Mosul damThe US on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the Mosul dam, the US Central Command said. The Mosul dam, Iraq's biggest, fell under control of Islamic Sta More… |
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Iraqi dam 'at risk of collapse'The largest dam in Iraq is at risk of an imminent collapse that could unleash a 20 million wave of water on Mosul, a city of 1.7 million people, the US has warned. In May, the US told Iraqi authorities to make Mosul Dam a national priorit More… |
