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Iraq PM hits back in war of words with Turkey's president
Oct 11, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi hit back on Tuesday against dismissive comments by Turkey's president, mocking his appeal to the nation via video call duri...
Iraq court overturns PM decision to scrap VP posts
Oct 10, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's top court on Monday overturned Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's decision to abolish the vice presidency, declaring it unconstitutional in a blow to the p...
IS-claimed bombing kills five in Baghdad
Oct 09, 2016 (AFP)
A bombing targeting Shiites in Baghdad killed at least five people and wounded 21 others on Sunday, Iraqi officials said, an attack claimed by the Islamic State...
Info from Iraq forces led to deadly friendly fire: military
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi pro-government tribesmen provided information that resulted in a US-led coalition air strike that killed 21 of their fighters, an Iraqi military command s...
Turkish troops to stay in Iraq despite Baghdad's objections: PM
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
Turkey said Thursday that its troops will remain in Iraq despite Baghdad's growing anger ahead of a planned operation to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Isl...
Iraq-Turkey tensions soar ahead of Mosul operation
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq and Turkey on Wednesday summoned their respective ambassadors in a bitter war of words between the two neighbours ahead of a planned operation to retake th...
Pentagon probes pro-govt Iraq fighter deaths in coalition strike
Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)
The US military said Wednesday it was conducting an investigation into a US-led coalition air strike that may have killed pro-government Sunni tribal fighters s...
Australian ex-MP's Iraq visit dubbed 'stupid'
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
A former Australian politician's decision to travel to Iraq was "very stupid", Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Friday as it emerged that Wyatt Roy had been...
The son of Baghdad who fathered Iraqi Frankenstein
Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)
When Ahmed Saadawi finished writing "Frankenstein in Baghdad", a dark fantasy about the war that tore Iraq apart a decade ago, he thought his novel dealt with t...
700,000 will need aid once Mosul offensive starts: UN
Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)
The UN said Thursday it expected at least 700,000 people in Iraq's second city of Mosul would need assistance once an expected offensive on the Islamic State gr...
US says no mustard gas found in Iraq rocket attack
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
The US military has concluded that a rocket fired earlier this month at an Iraqi air base housing hundreds of US troops contained no mustard gas, as initially s...
US to send 600 more troops to Iraq for Mosul offensive
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
The United States will send about 600 extra troops to Iraq to train local forces for an offensive on the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul, Defense Secret...
On Baghdad street, a struggle between life and death
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
It had become something they just had to do: whenever the main shopping street in Baghdad's Karrada district was bombed, Hussein al-Fatlawi and his brother woul...
Bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad: officials
Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)
Bombings targeting shopping areas in Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50, security and medical o...
Push for Iraq's Mosul to start in a few weeks: UK minister
Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)
An offensive to encircle Iraq's second city of Mosul should begin "in the next few weeks", Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said Friday, after a visit...
Iraq forces launch push on IS-held town
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to retake a northern town from the Islamic State group in the latest move to prepare a broad offensive on jihadist...
Obama: Liberation of Iraq's Mosul could come quickly
Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama said Monday that US-backed Iraqi troops could be in a position "fairly rapidly" to liberate the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic S...
First families return to homes in Iraq's Fallujah
Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)
The Iraqi police and army had decked out the checkpoints with plastic flowers to welcome the first returning Fallujah residents following the city's recapture f...
Iraqi cleric's supporters demonstrate for reform
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
Several thousand supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated in central Baghdad on Friday, calling for reforms that politicians have been q...
US gives $181 million in additional relief aid to Iraq ahead of Mosul attack
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday announced it was providing $181 million (160 million euros) in additional humanitarian assistance to Iraq ahead of an operation t...
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