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US denies pushing Iraq on Mosul offensive
Feb 27, 2015 (AFP)
The US military insisted Friday it was not pressurizing Iraq to launch an offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State extremists in the next few months, say...
Twin bombs kill 22 on Baghdad outskirts: police
Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)
Two bomb blasts killed at least 22 people and wounded 43 others on the main street of a suburb of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, security sources said. At least ...
Iraqis fighting to recapture western town from IS: US
Feb 23, 2015 (AFP)
About 800 Iraqi forces backed by US warplanes are waging a battle to retake the western town of Al-Baghdadi from Islamic State jihadists, a US military commande...
Riyadh talks seek stronger Iraqi army: Western source
Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)
Military chiefs from two dozen countries gathered in the Saudi capital Thursday sought to bolster the Iraqi army against the jihadist Islamic State group, a Wes...
Western volunteers rally to Iraq Christian militia
Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)
Decked out in his US army-issued fatigues and a lip stud shining from his mouth, the young American fighter cuts an unusual figure in the northern Iraqi town of...
Sunni Iraqi MPs boycott parliament after tribal chief killed
Feb 15, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Sunni lawmakers said Sunday they were boycotting parliament after the killing of a senior tribal leader was blamed on Shiite militia, sparking fresh tensi...
Iraqi Sunni tribal leader assassinated in Baghdad
Feb 14, 2015 (AFP)
A Sunni tribal leader, his son and seven bodyguards were killed in Baghdad, a cousin told AFP Saturday, in an attack that could inflame sectarian tension in Ira...
IS seizes Iraq town near US forces: Pentagon
Feb 13, 2015 (AFP)
Islamic State jihadists have captured the western Iraqi town of Al-Baghdadi, putting them within striking distance of an air base where American troops are trai...
Iraq has not asked for US ground forces: foreign minister
Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)
Baghdad has not requested foreign ground forces to battle the Islamic State group, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari said Thursday after Barack Obama ca...
Iraq ground offensive looms as Baghdad bomb kills 14
Feb 09, 2015 (AFP)
A top US envoy said Iraqi troops would launch a major ground offensive against the Islamic State group in the coming weeks, as a suicide bomber killed 14 people...
Bombings in Iraqi capital kill 32, hours before curfew ends
Feb 07, 2015 (AFP)
Attacks in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing inside a restaurant, killed at least 32 people on Saturday, hours before a years-old nightly curfew was lifted. ...
Iraq PM orders end to years-old Baghdad curfew
Feb 05, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an end to a years-old nightly curfew in Baghdad in a bid to ease restrictions on daily life despite persistent ...
UN warns of 'systematic' violence against children in Iraq
Feb 04, 2015 (AFP)
Many children in Iraq remain at the mercy of ruthless armed groups that use them as fighters, suicide bombers and human shields and subject them to systematic a...
UNESCO voices alarm over reported book-burning in Iraq
Feb 03, 2015 (AFP)
UNESCO on Tuesday voiced concern over reports of mass book-burning in Iraq, saying it would be one of the most "devastating" such actions in history if confirme...
Remains of 25 Yazidis found in Iraq mass grave
Feb 02, 2015 (AFP)
Kurdish forces have found the remains of about 25 members of the Yazidi minority killed by the Islamic State jihadist group in a mass grave in northwest Iraq, o...
IS claims beheading of Iraqi security personnel
Feb 01, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group beheaded an Iraqi police officer and two soldiers, the latest in a long series of atrocities committed by the jihadists, according to pi...
Iraqi artist aims kick at IS jihadists
Jan 30, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group militant glares at Baghdad residents with bulging eyes and bared teeth, but neither kidnapping nor death are imminent, because this jiha...
Survivors accuse Shiite militia of Iraq village massacre
Jan 29, 2015 (AFP)
The Iraqi government vowed Thursday to investigate accusations backed by eyewitness accounts that Shiite militias massacred more than 70 Sunni villagers during ...
After battle, Iraqis want government help to rebuild
Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)
Qusay Mahmud Ali returned to find his house north of the Iraqi capital burned, what appeared to be bomb-making material left behind and a noose hanging from a n...
Baghdad flights disrupted after bullet hits flydubai jet
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
A bullet hit the fuselage of a flydubai airliner on its descent into Baghdad Tuesday, lightly wounding a young girl and prompting many carriers to suspend their...
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