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Kurds not ready to recapture Mosul: Iraqi minister
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces are not yet ready to wrest the city of Mosul back from the jihadist fighters who captured it on June 10, a top leader said Wedne...
Czechs to train Iraqi helicopter pilots
Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)
The Czech defence ministry said Wednesday it would train 31 transport helicopter pilots from Iraq, whose forces are fighting Islamist militants in the north. Th...
Donated Czech ammunition being airlifted to Iraq
Sep 16, 2014 (UPI)
Canada is providing airlift support for shipping military supplies from the Czech Republic to Iraq in the fight against Islamic State terrorists, the Department...
Iraqi bishop laments 'too late' response to IS threat
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
A Roman Catholic bishop based in Iraq on Tuesday said international mobilisation against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq had come "too late". Operatio...
Kurds retake Christian villages from Iraq jihadists
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
Kurdish peshmerga forces on Tuesday recaptured seven Christian villages in northern Iraq in clashes with Islamic State (IS) jihadists, an officer and a cleric s...
Canada sent 69 soldiers to Iraq: Harper
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
Canada has sent 69 soldiers to northern Iraq to advise security forces fighting Islamist militants in the northern part of the country, the prime minister said ...
US general says 'advisors' could join Iraqi fight
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
The United States plans to strike the Islamic State group in its Syrian strongholds and could yet send military advisors into combat alongside Iraqi troops, Ame...
Iraq parliament rejects PM's security nominees
Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)
The Iraqi parliament voted down Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's nominees for defence and interior minister Tuesday, leaving the key positions unfilled as the c...
Iran rejects US-led coalition against jihadists
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
Iran said Monday it rejected a US request for its cooperation against the jihadist Islamic State as part of an international coalition whose true aim Tehran see...
Iraq wins pledge of military support against IS
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
The world's top diplomats pledged Monday to support Iraq in its fight against Islamic State militants by "any means necessary", including "appropriate military ...
Baghdad blast turns wedding joy into funeral grief
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
Raghda Yaqub was just days away from marriage, but a bombing in east Baghdad meant the 24-year-old Iraqi was buried wearing her wedding dress instead. "Last Thu...
Hollande in Iraq as world ramps up efforts to defeat jihadists
Sep 12, 2014 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande flew into Baghdad Friday in a show of support to the Iraqi government as global efforts to defeat jihadist fighters intensifi...
Most US strikes in Iraq focused on defending Mosul dam
Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)
The majority of US air strikes in Iraq over the past month have targeted jihadists in the country's north fighting for control of the strategic Mosul dam, Penta...
Britain arming Iraqi Kurds with machine guns to fight IS
Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)
Britain is to ship heavy machine guns and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced Tues...
Iraq needs more than new government to address woes: experts
Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's new cabinet lineup is not a major change and much more is needed to address grievances that contributed to the rise of brutal jihadists who seized swathe...
Iraq MPs vote on government, Kerry to visit region
Sep 08, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament voted Monday under heavy pressure to approve an inclusive government to win broad support against jihadists, with America's top diplomat due i...
US expands air strikes to Iraq Sunni Arab heartland
Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)
Washington said Sunday it had carried out air strikes against jihadists in Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland, expanding its month-long air campaign and its involvemen...
US 'not serious' in fight against IS: Iran
Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)
Iran accused the United States Sunday of not taking the threat from Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria seriously, and charged that US aid had previously ...
Baghdad car bombs kills at least 17
Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)
Two car bombs exploded in Shiite-majority areas of the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 17 people, security and medical officials said. The first blast ...
Bangladesh lifts ban on sending workers to Iraq
Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)
Dhaka said Thursday it has resumed sending workers to Iraq after a three-month ban, despite reports of hundreds of Bangladeshi construction labourers being drag...
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