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Iraq court deals blow to PM's cabinet reform efforts
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
An Iraqi court has dealt a blow to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's efforts to replace a cabinet dominated by entrenched political parties, invalidating the ses...
Despite fears, Iraq militiamen joined battle inside Fallujah
Jun 27, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Shiite militiamen fought alongside interior ministry forces inside Fallujah to recapture it from the Islamic State group, commanders say, despite earlier ...
US-backed Syria fighters edge into IS border hub
Jun 25, 2016 (AFP)
US-backed fighters edged further into the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij on Saturday, threatening a key stop on the jihadists' lifeline from Turkey to...
IS losses could spark more attacks, boost Al-Qaeda: analysts
Jun 24, 2016 (AFP)
As the Islamic State group sees city after city slip from its grasp, analysts warn of retaliatory terror attacks in the West and a potential boost for jihadi ri...
Iraq forces flushing IS out of last Fallujah pocket
Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces closed in on the last neighbourhood of Fallujah still held by the Islamic State group Thursday while aid groups struggled to deliver relief to desp...
US military leaders discuss extra troops in Iraq: official
Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)
US military leaders are weighing whether to request additional coalition troops to help local forces fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq, but no decisions ...
Iraq's Fallujah nearly cleared but aid effort flounders
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces hunted jihadist fighters in their last Fallujah redoubts Wednesday as tens of thousands of displaced civilians massed in overcrowded camps around t...
Families from Iraq's Fallujah flee one hell to find another
Jun 21, 2016 (AFP)
They fled starvation and jihadist tyranny in Fallujah for the safety of displacement camps but thousands of Iraqi families still have nothing to eat and nowhere...
Iraq buys Bandolier clearing charges from CSI
Jun 20, 2016 (UPI)
The Iraqi army has made an initial purchase of 500 Bandolier Lightweight Multi-Purpose Clearing Charges from Critical Solutions International. The charges will ...
Iraq faces humanitarian disaster after Fallujah breakthrough
Jun 19, 2016 (AFP)
Aid workers scrambled Sunday to cope with a massive influx of Iraqi civilians who fled Fallujah after government forces retook much of the city from the Islamic...
30,000 displaced from Iraq's Fallujah in 3 days: NGO
Jun 19, 2016 (AFP)
Fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah has displaced at least 30,000 people in three days, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Sunday, warning that a humanitaria...
Iraq forces hunt IS in Fallujah and eye Mosul
Jun 18, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces hunted down holdout jihadists in Fallujah Saturday after retaking the city centre and trained their sights on Mosul, the Islamic State's last remai...
IS attack in Iraq kills 15 members of security forces
Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)
The Islamic State group has killed 15 members of the local security forces in attacks on villages in northern Iraq, officials said on Friday. The attack was lau...
Iraq forces retake Fallujah government HQ: commanders
Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces raised the national flag over the main government compound in Fallujah on Friday, top commanders said, a breakthrough in the nearly four-week-old o...
Iraq forces push in Fallujah amid concern over civilians
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi elite forces battled Islamic State group jihadists Thursday in their bastion of Fallujah, where an aid group says nearly four weeks of fighting have ensna...
Trap tightens on civilians as battles rage in Iraq's Fallujah
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
The Islamic State group battled Iraqi forces and held civilians hostage Wednesday to defend its bastion of Fallujah, where three weeks of fighting has forced te...
IS suspects fleeing Iraq's Fallujah with civilians
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces on Monday said jihadist fighters were attempting to flee Fallujah by blending in with civilians who have been escaping the besieged city in their t...
Despair grows in Iraq camps over hundreds of missing men
Jun 14, 2016 (AFP)
When Iraqi officials and top brass visited this displacement camp south of jihadist-held Fallujah, distressed residents swarmed around them asking the same ques...
IS suicide attack kills five in Iraq's Ramadi: officers
Jun 13, 2016 (AFP)
A suicide attack carried out by Islamic State group fighters killed at least five members of the Iraqi security forces on Monday in the city of Ramadi, army off...
Iraq's Sadr warns of 'million-man' demo after Ramadan pause
Jun 11, 2016 (AFP)
Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called a halt to anti-government protests during Ramadan but warned that a "million-man" demonstration would b...
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