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Bombs, snipers slow Iraq forces' advance in Ramadi
Dec 25, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi forces dodged sniper fire, car bombs, roadside bombs and booby traps as they battled Friday to root out jihadist fighters hunkered down in a strategic com...
Iraq 'nets 40 IS operatives' in major swoop
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's intelligence service said Thursday it detained 40 members of the Islamic State group as part of a major operation in Baghdad and Diyala provinces. "The I...
Arab League denounces Turkish troop deployment in Iraq
Dec 24, 2015 (AFP)
Arab foreign ministers condemned on Thursday a Turkish military deployment in Iraq as an "assault" on the country's sovereignty, demanding Ankara withdraw the f...
Iraq forces advance into centre of IS-held Ramadi
Dec 22, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces advanced Tuesday into the centre of Ramadi for a final push aimed at retaking the city they lost to the Islamic State group in May, offici...
Iraq defence minister predicts Ramadi victory by year's end
Dec 19, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's defence minister predicted Saturday that security forces backed by US-led coalition air strikes would retake full control of the city of Ramadi by the en...
Turkey announces troop withdrawal from Iraq after Obama appeal: ministry
Dec 19, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey on Saturday said it would "continue" to pull its troops out of northern Iraq after US President Barack Obama urged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to do s...
Iraq gets first beauty queen since 1972
Dec 19, 2015 (AFP)
It was smoky, alcohol-free and there was no swimsuit contest, but Saturday's party produced the first Miss Iraq in four decades and left all feeling a small vic...
US defence chief arrives in Iraq's Arbil
Dec 17, 2015 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter visited Arbil on Thursday for talks with Iraqi Kurdish officials on the war against the Islamic State group, an AFP journalis...
Italy to send 450 troops to protect Iraq's Mosul dam
Dec 16, 2015 (AFP)
Italy is to send 450 troops to defend Iraq's strategic Mosul dam, near the city occupied by Islamic State group fighters, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced....
Gunmen kidnap at least 26 Qatari hunters in Iraq: officials
Dec 16, 2015 (AFP)
Gunmen kidnapped at least 26 Qatari hunters in southern Iraq, officials said on Wednesday, the second high-profile abduction of foreigners in the country in thr...
US defence chief reviews anti-IS war in Baghdad
Dec 16, 2015 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter held talks in Baghdad Wednesday to review progress in the war against the Islamic State group. Carter, who on Tuesday visited...
Iraq demands 'complete withdrawal' of Turkish forces
Dec 15, 2015 (AFP)
The Iraqi government on Tuesday demanded the "complete withdrawal" of Turkish forces from its territory, indicating Ankara's partial pullout the previous day wa...
Turkish troops withdrawn from camp near Iraq's Mosul
Dec 14, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey withdrew forces Monday from a north Iraq camp where Baghdad said they were deployed without its permission, a move that may help defuse a bitter diplomat...
Top Iraq Shiite cleric criticises Turkish deployment
Dec 11, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday criticised the deployment of Turkish troops and tanks to the country's north that Baghdad says...
Iraq wants UN to condemn Turkish troop deployment
Dec 10, 2015 (AFP)
Baghdad is seeking United Nations condemnation of Turkey's deployment of troops and tanks to Iraq without the country's permission, the foreign ministry said Th...
US ready to deploy attack helicopters to retake Iraqi city
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
The United States is prepared to deploy attack helicopters in support of an Iraqi offensive to retake the Islamic State-held city of Ramadi, US Defense Secretar...
Iraqi forces shore up new gains in Ramadi
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi forces on Wednesday consolidated newly gained positions in Ramadi, after achieving a breakthrough in their fight against the Islamic State group by retaki...
Iraqi Kurd leader meets Erdogan as PM defends deployment
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for key talks on Wednesday as Ankara seeks to defuse a diplomatic standoff with B...
Turkey urges citizens to leave Iraq, excluding Iraqi Kurdistan: foreign ministry
Dec 09, 2015 (AFP)
Turkey on Wednesday called on its citizens to leave all areas of Iraq, excluding Iraqi Kurdistan, due to increased security risks, the foreign ministry said. "T...
Iraq forces retake large part of key city Ramadi from IS
Dec 08, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces recaptured a large part of the city of Ramadi from the Islamic State group Tuesday, officials said, scoring a significant breakthrough in ...
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