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US to deploy additional forces to Iraq: Carter
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
The United States will deploy additional forces to Iraq and make Apache attack helicopters available to support the country's troops, US Secretary of Defence As...
Iraq PM calls on fractious parliament to do its job
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi premier Haider al-Abadi called Monday for the fractious parliament to put aside its differences and do its job, saying he hopes a new cabinet will be appr...
US defence chief in Iraq to discuss fight against IS
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter visited Baghdad Monday for talks on stepping up the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, where Washington has de...
Thousands demonstrate at Baghdad's Green Zone
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of people protested for reforms on Monday at the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone, where the government is headquartered, for the second t...
UN warns Iraq political crisis threat to fight against IS
Apr 15, 2016 (AFP)
The United Nations warned Friday that political turmoil that has repeatedly delayed efforts to change the Iraqi cabinet is a threat to the country's war against...
Iraq's 'Beast' M-1 Abrams tank tears through Islamic State
Apr 14, 2016 (UPI)
A single Iraqi M1 Abrams tank has been reportedly devastating Islamic State positions within the city of Hit in western Iraq's Anbar province, earning the nickn...
Iraq MPs vote to sack speaker, deepening political turmoil
Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi lawmakers voted Thursday to remove the parliament speaker and his deputies from office, increasing political turmoil as the country battles jihadists and ...
Iraq parliament chaos prevents cabinet vote
Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)
An emergency session of Iraq's parliament descended into chaos on Wednesday, preventing a vote on a new cabinet amid a row over political blocs controlling key ...
Iraq PM delivers new cabinet list, angering some MPs
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's premier presented a new list of cabinet nominees on Tuesday that angered some lawmakers, who criticised it as perpetuating the system of ministries being...
Washington to discuss Iraq aid with Gulf allies
Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)
The United States and its Gulf allies will discuss providing economic aid to oil-rich Iraq, US defence chief Ashton Carter said Monday, as low global crude pric...
Iraq forces fight to retake chemical attack town: commanders
Apr 10, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Shiite paramilitary forces have launched an operation to retake a town from which the Islamic State group launched a chemical weapons attack that killed t...
Political blocs aim to scrap Iraq PM cabinet nominees
Apr 10, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi political blocs want to replace some or all of the premier's cabinet nominees, a move likely to continue the system of party-affiliated ministers he calle...
Mosul easier prospect than Raqa for coalition forces: spokesman
Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)
The US-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in Iraq and Syria is better prepared to retake the Iraqi city Mosul than Syria's Raqa, a US mil...
Qatari royal freed by Iraq kidnappers
Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)
A member of the Qatari royal family has been released by kidnappers in Iraq nearly four months after being taken captive while on a hunting trip, Qatar said Wed...
IS bombings, mortar fire and clashes kill 22 in Iraq
Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)
Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group, clashes and mortar fire killed at least 22 people in Iraq on Monday, security and medical officials said. T...
Iraq's Sadr ends sit-in after PM proposes new ministers
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to end a two-week sit-in on Thursday after the country's premier proposed new ministers for a technocratic ca...
Czechs to send pilot trainers to Iraq
Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)
The Czech Republic on Wednesday said it would send instructors to Iraq in June to train pilots on how to use the combat L-159 jets bought from Prague to fight t...
Iraq PM pushes back against deadline for new cabinet
Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called Tuesday for parliament to support or reject his calls for a technocratic government, pushing back against a looming ...
Iraq lawmakers give PM until Thursday to reshuffle cabinet
Mar 28, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament gave embattled Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi until Thursday to present a cabinet of technocrats as Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr expanded his pr...
Thousands of Iraqis flee fighting south of Mosul
Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of desperate civilians were fleeing fighting Sunday on the new front opened by Iraqi forces against the Islamic State group south of the city of Mosul...
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