UN closes Iraq health programmes for lack of funding
BAGHDAD: The United Nations has suspended health programmes reaching a million people across Iraq because… Read More
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Iraq
U.S. steps up air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq: statement
WASHINGTON: U.S.-led forces stepped up air operations in Iraq against Islamic State positions, with 29 of… Read More
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More than 40 Islamic State fighters die after consuming poisonous Iftar
MOSUL, IRAQ: More than 40 Islamic State fighters died after consuming Iftar in Iraq's city… Read More
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Islamic State suicide bombers strike in Iraqi refinery town
BAGHDAD: Islamic State suicide bombers and fighters attacked the center of Iraq's northern oil refinery town… Read More
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Islamic State turns to widescreen TV propaganda in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants have set up giant television screens in the Iraqi city of… Read More
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Yazidi militia killed 21 in Iraq revenge attack: Amnesty
BAGHDAD: Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist… Read More
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Islamic State suicide attack kills 38 Iraqi policemen
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants drove a tank rigged with explosives into a base south of… Read More
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Pentagon mulls improving Iraqi troop training after fall of Ramadi
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday Pentagon officials have begun to examine how… Read More
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Iraq changes military campaign against IS due to sectarian fears
A campaign led by Shia paramilitaries to drive Islamic State militants from Iraq's Sunni heartland… Read More
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Iraq rebrands military campaign against Islamic State over fears of sectarianism
BAGHDAD: A campaign led by Shi'ite paramilitaries to drive Islamic State militants from Iraq's Sunni… Read More
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Islamic State faces battle in Iraq, bombs in Syria
BAGHDAD/BEIRUT: Islamic State poured more fighters into Ramadi as security forces and Shi'ite paramilitaries prepared… Read More
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US says Iraqi forces lack will to fight Islamic State
WASHINGTON: Washington on Sunday accused Iraqi forces of lacking the will to fight the Islamic… Read More
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Iraq regains ground from Islamic State; mass deaths reported in Palmyra
BAGHDAD/BEIRUT: Iraqi forces recaptured territory from advancing Islamic State militants near the recently-fallen city of… Read More
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Islamic State cements grip on Iraq-Syria border
DAMASCUS: The Islamic State group consolidated its control of the Iraq-Syria border Friday after capturing… Read More
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Islamic State says it has full control of Syria’s Palmyra
BEIRUT: Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on… Read More
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IS expands control to central Syria by capturing Palmyra
Islamic State militants further expanded their control across Syria when they took hold of the… Read More
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Islamic State tightens grip on captured Iraqi city
BAGHDAD: Islamic State fighters who overran Ramadi in a major defeat for the Iraqi government… Read More
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U.S. fears Shi’ite militias could worsen Iraqi sectarian fires
WASHINGTON: The use of Shi'ite militias to try to take back the Iraqi city of… Read More
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Shia militias converge on Iraq’s Ramadi after IS takeover
BAGHDAD: Shia militia groups converged on Ramadi Monday to help Iraqi security forces wrest the… Read More
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Islamic State seizes Iraqi army base, PM to send in Shi’ite fighters
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants drove security forces from a key military base in western Iraq… Read More
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