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Andre, an Iraqi Christian whose shop was firebombed a few weeks ago by two people on a motorcycle just before dawn, sits at the shop in the Bataween district in the centre of Iraq's capital Baghdad on December 5, 2020. - Over the past two months, at least 14 alcohol shops across Baghdad have been firebombed in the middle of the night or just before dawn, with three simultaneous attacks in different districts Monday night alone. Some suspect turf wars for control of the lucrative niche trade in the Muslim majority country. Most businesses are run by Christians or Yazidis, minorities who for decades have been granted licenses required to sell alcohol in broadly conservative Iraq. (Photo by Ayman HENNA / AFP)

Baghdad booze attacks: Turf war or vice squads?
Motorists commute past an installation depicting a coffin, a mannequin wearing personal protective equipment, and a board showing COVID-19 coronavirus infection statistics for the area, in Jakarta on August 19, 2020. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Virus lockdowns limit IS attacks
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Kuwait condemns Houthi attacks
(FILES) A handout file picture received from the US embassy in Iraq on December 31, 2019, shows smoke billowing from a sentry box at an entrance of the embassy in the capital Baghdad, after supporters and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi military network breached last year the outer wall of the diplomatic mission during a rally to vent anger over weekend air strikes that killed pro-Iran fighters in western Iraq. - As Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi prepares for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump this week, attacks on American targets by pro-Iranian fighters have been on the rise. (Photo by - / US EMBASSY IN IRAQ / AFP)

As Iraq PM heads to US; pro-Iran groups step up attacks
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Trump mocked for tweet on arrest of Mumbai attacks suspect
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Pakistan arrests Mumbai attacks mastermind again
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