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Saddam still haunts Washington, 10 years after his death
Dec 29, 2016 (AFP)
Ten years after Saddam Hussein's execution, the ghost of the Iraqi strongman still haunts America, serving as a potent reminder of its broken ambitions to bring...
Iraq forces in 'second phase' of east Mosul battle: commander
Dec 29, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces launched the multi-pronged "second phase" of the battle to retake eastern Mosul from jihadists on Thursday, a top commander said. Iraqi forces punc...
Iraq PM says needs three months to eliminate IS
Dec 27, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's premier said on Tuesday security forces need another three months to eliminate the Islamic State group from the country after launching their offensive a...
Bittersweet Christmas for Iraqi Christians near Mosul
Dec 25, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Christians celebrated a bittersweet Christmas in a town near Mosul from which they had fled over two years before, in a church still marred by damaged cro...
Iraqi air force drops 4 million letters on Mosul: coalition
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
The Iraqi air force dropped four million letters over Mosul on Thursday, the US-led coalition said, in a move aimed at providing "empathy and support" for resid...
Iraqi Kurdish militias using child soldiers
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
Two Iraqi militias linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are recruiting child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. The rights group said it had...
Attacks near IS-held Mosul in Iraq kill 34
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
Mortar fire and car bombs killed more than 30 people including aid workers near Mosul Thursday as Iraqi forces battled to seize the city from the Islamic State ...
Wounded Iraqis fill hospitals as Mosul op drags on
Dec 21, 2016 (AFP)
Mohammed Abdulrazzaq was gathering water in Mosul when shrapnel tore into his legs, making him one of a growing number of wounded from the battleground Iraqi ci...
World Bank approves $1.5 bn in aid for war-torn Iraq
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
The World Bank on Tuesday announced an additional $1.5 billion aid package for Iraq, to help the war-torn country implement reforms, improve public services and...
Unravelling the story of a mass grave in Iraq
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
Three men set up a fence and a ribbon of yellow and black crime scene tape around a site south of Iraq's Mosul, marking a mass grave of jihadists' victims. It i...
Bombs kill 7 near Iranian Kurdish party HQ in Iraq
Dec 20, 2016 (AFP)
Seven people were killed in a double bomb attack Tuesday near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party, in a rare assault in Iraq's relatively se...
Iraqis create market in mud of displaced camp
Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)
Mobile phones, cartons of cigarettes and fresh mutton are all on sale inside a camp for Iraqi civilians displaced in the battle to recapture Mosul -- if they ha...
Displaced Iraqis long for home, but return risky
Dec 18, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi civilians displaced by the battle to recapture Mosul long to return home but bombs left by jihadists and ongoing fighting makes going back now a dangerous...
US role in Iraq five years since military withdrawal
Dec 18, 2016 (AFP)
Five years since the American military completed its withdrawal from Iraq, US forces are once again playing a major role in the country as part of the war again...
Coalition strikes near Palmyra killed 38 jihadists: monitor
Dec 17, 2016 (AFP)
At least 38 Islamic State group fighters have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes this week near Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, a monitor said on Satu...
UN fears further looting of wrecked ancient Iraqi city
Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)
The UN's cultural agency called for emergency measures on Thursday to prevent further looting at the historic Iraqi city of Nimrud which has been wrecked by Isl...
Iraqi children battle trauma after life under IS rule
Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)
Years of life under jihadist rule and war have left thousands of Iraqi children old beyond their years and in desperate need of playtime to overcome their traum...
After IS ouster, Iraqis flock to new hospital
Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)
When it was ruled by jihadists, residents of Qayyarah in northern Iraq had to travel for hours through checkpoints if they needed medical treatment. But this we...
Iraqi gains reveal huge scale of IS arms industry
Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)
Factories churning out tens of thousands of munitions and an entire street turned into a conveyor belt for car bombs: advances by Iraqi forces around Mosul have...
Status of main battle fronts in Syria and Iraq
Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)
Here are the latest developments on the main battle fronts in Syria and Iraq, as of 1730 GMT on Tuesday: SYRIA - Battle for Aleppo Fears grew for tens of thousa...
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