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Iraq special forces 3km from Fallujah centre
Jun 10, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's elite counterterrorism service moved to within three kilometres of central Fallujah Friday and consolidated positions in the south of the city, the opera...
How one family escaped Iraq's besieged Fallujah
Jun 10, 2016 (AFP)
Abu Marwan, his wife and his three children are among the very few Iraqi civilians to have escaped from the heart of the Islamic State group's besieged strongho...
Baghdad area suicide attacks kill at least 18: police
Jun 09, 2016 (AFP)
Two suicide bomb attacks near the entrance of a military base north of Baghdad and by a market in the Iraqi capital killed at least 18 people Thursday, police s...
Satellite images show ancient Iraq temple destroyed
Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)
Satellite images confirm the destruction of the ancient Nabu temple in Iraq, the UN said late Wednesday, after the Islamic State group claimed to have blown it ...
Civilians die trying to flee Iraq's besieged Fallujah
Jun 06, 2016 (AFP)
Civilians desperate to flee Fallujah were having to dodge sniper fire from the Islamic State group, which was keen to keep its "human shields" inside the city a...
Iraqi forces find mass grave near Fallujah
Jun 05, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces discovered a mass grave on Sunday after retaking an area from the Islamic State group near Fallujah, where the jihadists are using thousands of civ...
Militias may move in to Fallujah if fight drags on
Jun 05, 2016 (AFP)
An Iraqi paramilitary organisation dominated by Tehran-backed militias is willing to send forces into Fallujah if efforts to retake the city are too slow, its t...
Five facts about life in besieged, IS-held Fallujah
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
Around 50,000 civilians are believed to be trapped in Fallujah, impeding an offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the city from the Islamic State group. Prime Min...
Iraq speaker concerned over abuses in Fallujah battle
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament speaker Salim al-Juburi said Thursday he was concerned over reports of abuses committed by government forces against civilians during the curr...
Iraq's Fallujah op slowed by civilians, IS resistance
Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces stalled at the fringes of Fallujah, slowed in their advance Wednesday by concerns over the fate of trapped civilians and resistance from the Islami...
Iraq forces fear protracted IS last stand in Fallujah
May 31, 2016 (AFP)
The tightening siege of Fallujah is trapping jihadists in the city and Iraqi fighters predict that the Islamic State group could make a longer and bloodier last...
Iraq faces tough IS resistance on Fallujah fringes
May 31, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces faced tough resistance from the Islamic State group Tuesday as they attempted to enter the centre of Fallujah, where there were mounting fears for ...
Iraq Kurds retake nine villages from IS: statement
May 30, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's Kurdish peshmerga forces wrapped up an operation east of the Islamic State group's northern hub of Mosul Monday after recapturing nine villages, a statem...
Iraq forces push into streets of IS-held Fallujah
May 30, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi forces thrust into Fallujah Monday, ushering a new urban phase in the week-old operation to retake the jihadist bastion that also raised concerns over the...
Bomb attacks kill 11 in Baghdad area: police
May 30, 2016 (AFP)
Three bomb blasts in and around Baghdad killed at least 11 people and wounded dozens on Monday in the latest wave of attacks to hit the Iraqi capital, police sa...
Starving Iraqis risk all to flee IS's crumbling rule
May 30, 2016 (AFP)
Eight hands stretch towards the aluminium plate -- it's the first meal of rice this Iraqi family who just escaped jihadist rule in the Fallujah area has had in ...
Iraq: from IS gains to the battle for Fallujah
May 30, 2016 (AFP)
Events in Iraq from the breakthrough by Islamic State group (IS) fighters in 2014 to the government counter-attack. On January 4, 2014, Iraq loses its first key...
Iraq forces poised for Fallujah assault
May 29, 2016 (AFP)
Elite Iraqi troops were poised Sunday to assault one of the Islamic State group's most emblematic bastions, Fallujah, as the jihadists counterattacked in both I...
Iraq forces take position around Fallujah
May 28, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's counter-terrorism forces deployed on the edge of Fallujah Saturday for the first time since an operation was launched to retake the jihadist-held city, t...
Hundreds of civilians flee Iraq's Fallujah area
May 27, 2016 (AFP)
Hundreds of people fled the Fallujah area Friday as forces pressed simultaneous offensives on the Iraqi city and on another of the Islamic State group's key bas...
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