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Iraq releases rare 'ISIL chief' photo
Jan 29, 2014 (AFP)
The Iraqi interior ministry Wednesday published a photograph purportedly of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an Al-Qaed...
Seven Iraqi security personnel killed as unrest surges
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
Gun attacks north of Baghdad killed seven members of Iraq's security forces Tuesday, the latest in a surge in violence fuelling fears the country is slipping ba...
US to sell 24 Apache helicopters to Iraq
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
The Pentagon informed Congress on Monday it plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq in a deal worth $4.8 billion, officials said, as Baghdad battles ...
US plans to sell 24 Apache helicopters to Iraq
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
The Pentagon informed Congress on Monday it plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq in a deal worth $4.8 billion to help Baghdad battle anti-governme...
Nine killed in latest Iraq bloodshed
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
A series of attacks in Baghdad and Sunni Arab areas north of the capital killed nine people on Monday, as Iraq grapples with a months-long surge in nationwide v...
Iraq violence kills 15 as January toll tops 800
Jan 25, 2014 (AFP)
Shelling and bombings across Iraq killed 15 people on Saturday as militants bombed a key bridge linking the capital to north Iraq, the latest in a surge of nati...
Iraq shelling kills four, US pushes 'political' steps
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
Shelling in Fallujah, a town near Baghdad held by anti-government fighters, killed four people, officials said Thursday, as Barack Obama pressed "political meas...
Iraq executes 11 more 'terrorism' convicts: ministry
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq executed 11 men convicted of charges related to "terrorism" on Thursday, the justice ministry said, just days after another mass execution of 26 convicts. ...
Iraq PM calls for 'stand' against Anbar militants
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's prime minister called Wednesday for residents of restive Anbar province to "take a stand" against anti-government fighters, as air strikes were said to h...
Iraq presses Qaeda offensive, UN warns on displaced
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces pressed their attack on anti-government fighters holding parts of a city Tuesday as the UN warned of an "exponential rise" in displacement with 22,...
Iraq executes 26 men, including anti-Qaeda leader
Jan 21, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq on Tuesday announced the execution of 26 men convicted of "terrorism", including a high-profile anti-Qaeda militia commander whose arrest in 2009 prompted ...
Qaeda gunmen tighten Fallujah grip as Iraq bombs kill 18
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
Al-Qaeda-linked militants tightened their grip on Fallujah, a city on Baghdad's doorstep that has been outside of government control for weeks, as bombings in t...
'Diabolical' Arab countries behind Iraq strife: Maliki
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blamed "diabolical" and "treacherous" Arab countries for a protracted surge in nationwide violence in a speech on Sunday, bu...
ISIL chief urges fighters to 'creep towards Baghdad'
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
An Al-Qaeda-linked group urged anti-government fighters locked in a deadly standoff with Iraqi forces to "creep towards Baghdad", in an audio message posted onl...
Iraqi forces assault gunmen in crisis-hit city
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces launched a major assault Sunday on a Sunni Arab city partially in the control of anti-government fighters in a bid to end a weeks-long crisis ahead...
21 killed in wave of Baghdad attacks
Jan 18, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks across Baghdad, including car bombs at an up-scale shopping mall and near a juvenile detention centre, killed 21 people Saturday as rising violence fuel...
Iraq army presses Anbar assault as unrest kills six
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
A suicide bombing and shelling in Iraq's Anbar province killed six people as security forces pressed an assault Friday against militants for territory the gover...
US ready to train Iraqi troops in third country: official
Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)
The US military is planning to train Iraqi troops in a third country to help counter a resurgence of Al-Qaeda-linked militants, a defense official told AFP on F...
Iraq forces attack militants as 14 bodies found
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces attacked a militant stronghold in crisis-hit Anbar province on Thursday, while authorities found 14 bullet-riddled bodies in scenes harkening back ...
Suicide bombing at Iraq funeral kills 15: officials
Jan 15, 2014 (AFP)
A suicide attack on Wednesday at a funeral in a confessionally-mixed town north of Baghdad killed at least 15 people and wounded 18 others, security and medical...
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