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US, Iraqis helping to train Sunni fighters against IS: US
Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)
US forces and their Iraqi counterparts have trained about 2,000 Sunni fighters in Iraq as part of efforts to defeat the Islamic State extremist group, a senior ...
Iraq PM dismisses 24 interior ministry commanders
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has dismissed 24 senior interior ministry officers, a statement from his office said on Monday. It did not provide a specif...
Iraq PM says graft probe found 50,000 'ghost soldiers'
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday announced that an investigation had uncovered the existence of 50,000 "ghost soldiers", and promised a widening c...
Iraq army, tribal fighters battle jihadists in Ramadi
Nov 29, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces battled Islamic State (IS) group fighters Saturday in Ramadi, where a fierce jihadist offensive threatens one of the last pockets in Anbar province...
India still searching for 39 workers abducted in Iraq: minister
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
India said Friday it was still searching for 39 construction workers abducted in Iraq in June, denying a report claiming they had been executed by the Islamic S...
Iraqi forces hold off jihadist attack on Ramadi
Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces held off a jihadist assault on the government headquarters in the capital of Anbar province, deploying reinforcements in the key battleground again...
Dutch authorities release teen rescued by mum from IS
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
A Dutch court on Tuesday ordered the provisional release of a young woman being probed on terrorism charges after her mother rescued her from Syria, where she h...
Baghdad car bomb kills at least 10: officials
Nov 24, 2014 (AFP)
A car bomb exploded in a crowded Shiite-majority area of the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding at least 31, security and medical ...
Iraqi forces retake ground from jihadists
Nov 23, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces and pro-government fighters on Sunday retook areas from jihadists near the Iranian border in an operation that left 20 Kurdish troops dead...
Iraq sentences Sunni ex-MP to death for murder
Nov 23, 2014 (AFP)
An Iraqi court sentenced former Sunni MP Ahmed al-Alwani to death on Sunday for murder, a verdict that could damage Baghdad's ties with a powerful tribe that is...
UN airlifts winter aid to desperate Iraqis
Nov 21, 2014 (AFP)
The UN said Friday it had begun airlifting tent isolation kits into Iraq to help some of the around two million people displaced in the conflict-torn country ge...
War in Iraq 'different' this time: US military chief
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
US military action in Iraq has a better chance of success than the last war there because American troops are playing a supporting role to local forces from the...
Iraq is starting to push back jihadists: UN
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
The new Iraqi government's strategy of enlisting Kurds and local tribes in the fight against Islamists is yielding results, the UN envoy for Iraq told the Secur...
Iraqi army says Tikrit next target after Baiji
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
The Iraqi army's next target is to isolate militants holding the city of Tikrit, after having broken the Islamic State group's hold on Baiji and its refinery, a...
Iraq forces retake strategic town of Baiji
Nov 14, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces retook the strategic northern town of Baiji, near the country's largest oil refinery, on Friday after more than two weeks of fighting with the Isla...
Iraq retakes strategic town from jihadists
Nov 14, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces recaptured the strategic town of Baiji Friday in a significant victory over the Islamic State group, as the UN accused the jihadists of crimes agai...
Sacking of Iraqi army commanders a positive sign: US
Nov 13, 2014 (AFP)
The sacking of dozens of Iraqi army commanders represents a positive sign that the Baghdad government is reforming its army and reaching out to alienated Sunnis...
Iraq seeks rockets, vehicle spare parts
Nov 13, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Congress has been notified that Foreign Military sales deals are in the works for Iraq for spare parts and more than 20,000 laser-guided rockets. The r...
Iraq PM sacks 36 army officers in anti-corruption drive
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Wednesday sacked 36 army officers in an anti-corruption drive at a time when the military is locked in conflict with Isl...
US troops in Iraq's Anbar as anti-IS campaign expands
Nov 11, 2014 (AFP)
A team of US troops was on the ground in Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday as Washington steps up efforts to help Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State jihadist ...
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