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Turkey won't pull back troops deployed to Mosul: official
Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey will not withdraw troops it has deployed near an area controlled by the Islamic State group, a senior Turkish official said, after Iraq ordered the immed...
On American forces, Iraq PM caught between US and Iran
Dec 04, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's premier wants Washington's assistance against the Islamic State group, but American remarks about anti-jihadist efforts and Iran-allied organisations' st...
Millions throng Iraq shrine for pilgrimage climax
Dec 03, 2015 (AFP)
Millions of Shiite Muslims, beating their heads and chests in mourning, packed the Iraqi city of Karbala Thursday for the culmination of one of the world's larg...
Iraq does not need foreign ground forces to defeat IS: PM
Dec 02, 2015 (AFP)
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraq does not need foreign ground troops to defeat the Islamic State group, after Washington announced it would deploy speci...
US Special Ops to fight IS jihadists in Iraq
Dec 01, 2015 (AFP)
The United States will deploy special operations forces to fight Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, with the ability to conduct raids over the border in Syria, De...
Iran pilgrims break through Iraq border point
Nov 30, 2015 (AFP)
A mass of Iranian pilgrims heading to Iraq for religious rites broke down fences and injured border guards in a stampede, the interior ministry said on Monday, ...
Suicide bomber kills six in flashpoint Iraq town
Nov 28, 2015 (AFP)
A suicide bomber killed six people on Saturday in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu, the scene of deadly clashes between Kurdish and Shiite forces earlier this mon...
Iran says arrests IS-linked cell near Iraq border
Nov 22, 2015 (AFP)
Iranian security forces have arrested members of a jihadist cell linked with the Islamic State group near the country's western borders with Iraq, the head of t...
US says strike in Iraq 'likely' killed four civilians
Nov 20, 2015 (AFP)
Four civilians, including possibly a child, were "likely" killed in a US air strike against an Islamic State group checkpoint in Iraq in March, an investigation...
Iraq's Nujaifi files court case to keep vice presidency
Nov 17, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi politician Osama al-Nujaifi filed a court case seeking to remain vice president, a position the prime minister sought to abolish during a reform drive, a ...
Iraq Kurd chief announces 'liberation' of Sinjar from IS
Nov 14, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani announced the "liberation" of the town of Sinjar from the Islamic State group on Friday, the latest in a series of setbacks ...
IS driven from key position near Iraq: US-backed coalition
Nov 13, 2015 (AFP)
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces coalition of Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters said Friday it had ejected the Islamic State group from a key position on t...
Iraq Kurds block key IS supply line in battle for Sinjar
Nov 12, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led air strikes blocked a key Islamic State group supply line with Syria Thursday as they fought to retake the town of Sinjar ...
In divided Iraq, unique school brings children together
Nov 06, 2015 (AFP)
Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen children sit in the same classrooms at a school where Islamic and Christian education textbooks are stacked on the same tables. Mariam...
UN watchdog condemns Iraq for executions, rights abuses
Nov 05, 2015 (AFP)
A UN human rights watchdog on Thursday urged Iraq to rein in its rampant use of the death penalty and to crack down on widespread abuses including torture and r...
Bad weather again halts Ramadi operations: Iraq officer
Nov 05, 2015 (AFP)
Heavy rain in Iraq halted operations to retake the city of Ramadi from the Islamic State jihadist group for the second time in a week, a senior officer said Thu...
Chalabi, key lobbyist for US-led invasion of Iraq, dies
Nov 03, 2015 (AFP)
Ahmed Chalabi, a key lobbyist for the US-led invasion of Iraq who was blamed for providing false intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to justify it, died...
Iraq parliament pushes back against PM over reforms
Nov 02, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament on Monday pushed back against Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's execution of reforms to curb corruption and streamline the government, issuing ...
Rocket barrage kills 26 Iranian exiles at Iraq camp
Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)
A rocket barrage killed at least 26 Iranian exiles at a camp near Baghdad, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Friday after the deadliest attack against the opposition gr...
Baghdad probing deadly attack on Iran opposition camp
Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces are investigating a rocket attack on camp housing a dissident Iranian organisation which the exiled group said killed more than 20 people,...
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