Iraq defense ministry says Islamic State’s second in command killed
BAGHDAD: Iraq's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the second most senior member of Islamic State… Read More
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Fifty inmates and 12 police killed in Iraq prison break: officials
BAGHDAD: Fifty inmates and 12 police died in a prison escape organized by Islamic State,… Read More
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Sunni anti-IS force launched in Iraq
AMIRIYAT AL FALLUJAH: More than 1,000 Sunni fighters from Anbar joined Iraq's Popular Mobilisation force… Read More
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Car bombs, suicide attack kill at least 22 in Iraq
BAGHDAD: At least 22 people were killed in explosions across Iraq on Sunday, including a… Read More
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Three Islamic State car bombs hit Iraq-Jordan border crossing, four dead
BAGHDAD/AMMAN: Three suicide car bombs exploded at a border crossing between Iraq and Jordan on… Read More
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Islamic State takes military barracks, dam in Iraq’s Anbar: sources
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants in Iraq took partial control of a water dam and military… Read More
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Iraqi forces fight to rout Islamic State militants from Ramadi
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces fought to rout Islamic State militants from the western city of… Read More
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Ramadi exodus compounds Iraq humanitarian crisis
BAGHDAD: Some pushed wheelbarrows piled high with their belongings across the only bridge to Baghdad.… Read More
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IS master plan made by officer under Saddam Hussein
BERLIN: An ex-intelligence officer under the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was "the strategic head"… Read More
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Iraqi forces retake most of Iraq’s largest refinery: officials
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces retook most of the country's largest refinery from Islamic State on Saturday,… Read More
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Iraq PM’s spokesman resigns over pro-Saddam song
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's spokesman Rafid Jaboori has resigned over a video showing… Read More
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Car bomb kills three outside U.S. consulate in Iraq’s Kurdish capital
ERBIL: A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed three people on Friday outside… Read More
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Obama warns Iran fighters in Iraq must respect its sovereignty
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama warned Iran on Tuesday that its fighters must respect Iraq's… Read More
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Obama, Iraq’s Abadi to discuss Islamic State fight in White House meeting
WASHINGTON: Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and President Barack Obama will discuss the fight against… Read More
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Islamic State militants breach Iraq refinery perimeter, repelled
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants breached the security perimeter around Iraq's largest refinery in Baiji early… Read More
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Islamic State releases more than 200 captive Yazidis in Iraq
KIRKUK, IRAQ: More than 200 elderly and infirm Yazidis were freed on Wednesday by Islamic… Read More
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Iraq PM says will cooperate with Kurds to liberate Nineveh
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the Baghdad government would work with Kurdish authorities… Read More
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Shi’ite fighters leave Tikrit after looting: Iraqi officials
BAGHDAD: Almost all Shi'ite paramilitaries had left Tikrit on Saturday after locals complained that some… Read More
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Iraq claims victory over Islamic State in Tikrit
TIKRIT, IRAQ: The Iraqi government claimed victory over Islamic State insurgents in Tikrit on Wednesday… Read More
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Iraqi forces drive Islamic State out of central Tikrit: PM
TIKRIT: Iraqi troops aided by Shi'ite paramilitaries have driven Islamic State out of central Tikrit,… Read More
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