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UN warns crisis looms for families in southern Iraq
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
The United Nations' food agency warned on Tuesday of a looming humanitarian crisis in southern Iraq, where tens of thousands of destitute, displaced families ha...
Football: Iraq captain urges end to celebratory fire
Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)
The captain of Iraq's football team Sunday urged fans to refrain from shooting in the air after celebratory gunfire reportedly wounded dozens following a victor...
Coalition air raids back up Kurdish advance in Iraq: US
Jan 24, 2015 (AFP)
US-led forces have carried out dozens of air strikes in Iraq to back up Kurdish forces advancing against Islamic State jihadists near the strategic city of Mosu...
Iraq PM says retaking Mosul from IS 'can be done'
Jan 23, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's premier expressed confidence Friday that the country's struggling army is capable of retaking the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. The chief p...
Coalition aircraft pound IS in northern Iraq: US
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
US-led aircraft hammered Islamic State militants in northern Iraq over the past 24 hours, the American military said Thursday, as Kurdish forces pressed an offe...
Iraq calls for more weapons to fight IS threat
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq on Thursday called on the international community to provide more weapons to help it push back Islamic State amid growing fears the jihadists are planning ...
Kurdish forces cut key road in north Iraq drive
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Kurdish forces launched an offensive against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group on Wednesday, cutting a road linking two of the main areas it holds in north ...
British inquiry into Iraq war delayed to after election
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war will not be published until after an election in May, it was reported Wednesday, sparking crit...
British Iraq war report delay sparks cover-up claims
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
A further delay to a report into Britain's role in the Iraq war sparked angry claims of a cover-up on Wednesday, illustrating the lingering controversy over a c...
Canada's Harper lied about ground combat in Iraq: Opposition
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Canada's opposition leader accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday of having lied when he promised no ground combat alongside airstrikes against the Is...
Canada special forces clash with IS in Iraq: military
Jan 19, 2015 (AFP)
Canadian special forces exchanged gunfire with Islamic State fighters in Iraq in recent days, in the first confirmed ground battle between Western troops and IS...
McCain urges 'boots on the ground' to combat IS
Jan 19, 2015 (AFP)
US Senator John McCain on Monday urged the deployment of international ground forces to combat jihadists in Syria and Iraq, as he toured the Middle East with a ...
French lawmakers extend military action against IS in Iraq
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
French lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved continuing air strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq as part of a US-led coalition. Prime Minister...
Rare suicide bombing in Iraq's Samarra kills three
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
A suicide bomber killed three Shiite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Samarra in the first such attack in the heavily defended pilgrimage centre in months, medic...
Iraq PM criticises 'slowness' of coalition support for army
Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi Sunday criticised the "slowness" of the US-led international coalition against Islamic State jihadists in providing milita...
IS kills 26 in surprise attack on Iraqi Kurdish forces
Jan 10, 2015 (AFP)
Militants from the Islamic State jihadist group launched a surprise attack on Kurdish forces in the Gwer area of north Iraq, killing 26, security officials said...
US trains Iraqis for house-to-house battle against IS
Jan 09, 2015 (AFP)
A team of camouflage-clad Iraqi soldiers lines up near the door of a one-storey house north of Baghdad with rifles ready, preparing to enter and search it. For ...
British PM frustrated at Iraq war inquiry delays
Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)
Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday it was "immensely frustrating" that a long-overdue report from Britain's Iraq war inquiry had still not been publish...
Iran, top general saved Baghdad from falling to IS: Iraq MP
Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)
An Iraqi Shiite militia leader and lawmaker has credited Tehran and a powerful Iranian general with saving the Baghdad government during last summer's offensive...
Iraq army being rebuilt to address weaknesses: minister
Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq is rebuilding its army to address weaknesses including poor leadership and training that led to Baghdad's forces being swept aside by militants, the defenc...
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