EghtesadOnline: With Islamic State all but ejected from one if its former capitals and surrounded in the other, members of a 72-nation coalition meet in Washington this week to try to ensure the battlefield victories do not, once again, evaporate amid new sectarian strife.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 386 Iraqi civilians were killed and another 1,066 were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq in December 2016, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi strongly denounced attacks on Iraqi city Kirkuk by Coalition warplanes which left innocent people killed and wounded.