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British Iraq war report not ready till mid-2016
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said he was "disappointed" that a long-awaited report into Britain's role into the Iraq War -- initially due to have be...
Rockets strike Iranian opposition camp in Baghdad
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
At least 15 missiles targeted a base near the international airport west of Baghdad that houses exiled Iranian opposition members, security sources said. "Fifte...
Iraq Kurds release footage of US commando raid
Oct 25, 2015 (AFP)
The government of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Sunday released footage it said was of the brazen commando operation it carried out with elite US troops a...
Crowds mass in Iraq's Karbala for mourning ritual
Oct 24, 2015 (AFP)
Huge crowds of black-clad Shiite faithful massed in the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday, crying and beating their chests to commemorate the 7th century killing o...
Iraqi forces claim found 365 IS bodies in Baiji graves
Oct 21, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi forces said Wednesday they found 19 different mass graves containing the bodies of 365 fighters from the Islamic State group in the reconquered town of Ba...
Iraq slaps arrest warrant on trade minister over graft
Oct 18, 2015 (AFP)
The Iraqi judiciary said Sunday it had issued an arrest warrant against Trade Minister Malas Abdulkarim al-Kasnazani on corruption charges. "The central investi...
Iraqi forces in huge anti-jihadist push in Baiji
Oct 16, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi forces defused booby traps and hunted down holdout jihadists in the strategic Baiji area Friday as part of their biggest advance against the Islamic State...
Iraqi forces in major push against IS jihadists
Oct 15, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State jihadist group on separate fronts Thursday, ramping up operations to retake Baiji and Ramadi, two of the conflict's worst...
Iraq says assault to retake IS-held Ramadi looming
Oct 14, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi forces have made significant advances around Ramadi, and an operation is looming to retake the city, captured by the Islamic State jihadist group in May, ...
US to Iraq: Time for 'final push' into Ramadi
Oct 13, 2015 (AFP)
The US military is encouraging Iraqi forces to make a final push to recapture Ramadi from Islamic State jihadists who seized the Anbar provincial capital in May...
Iraq investigating reports IS chief wounded in raid
Oct 12, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's security services were attempting Monday to confirm reports that Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wounded in an Iraqi strike on his co...
Iraq car bombs kill 50, rare attack in south
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
Three car bombs killed at least 50 people in Iraq Monday, including 35 in a single blast north of Baghdad and 10 in a rare attack in the south, officials said. ...
US protests Baghdad opening Green Zone to traffic
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
The United States protested Monday the opening of Baghdad's "Green Zone" to the public, after 12 years of closure of the heavily fortified area home to top Iraq...
Iraq PM opens Baghdad Green Zone to traffic
Oct 04, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced that Baghdad's "Green Zone" was open to the public for the first time in 12 years, albeit with many rem...
Bombings kill 13 in Shiite areas of Baghdad
Sep 21, 2015 (AFP)
Bombs exploded in two Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 13 people, security and medical officials said. A car bomb detonated near a m...
IS bombings kill 14 in Iraq capital
Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)
Bomb attacks claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 14 people and wounded 55 others Thursday in the Iraqi capital, security and medical off...
Two of 18 kidnapped Turkish workers freed in Iraq
Sep 16, 2015 (AFP)
Two of 18 Turkish workers kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad this month have been freed in the southern province of Basra, Turkish and Iraqi officials said on Wedne...
Iraq PM removes 123 officials amid reform drive
Sep 09, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi removed 123 deputy ministers and director generals amid a reform drive aimed at curbing corruption and streamlining the gov...
Gunmen in Iraq kidnap deputy justice minister
Sep 08, 2015 (AFP)
Gunmen in Baghdad kidnapped an acting deputy justice minister of Iraq on Tuesday and wounded his driver, officials said. A justice ministry official identified ...
Iraq defence minister unharmed in sniper attack
Sep 07, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obaidi escaped unharmed as a sniper fired on his convoy Monday near a town where security forces have been battling jihadists, ...
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