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Iraq launches operation to take back IS-held town near Mosul
by Sinan Salaheddin - August 20, 2017 - 6:11pm
US-backed Iraqi forces on yesterday launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, marking the next phase in the country's war on the Islamic State group.
Turkish PM visits Iraq amid spat over unauthorized troops
by Sinan Salaheddin - January 8, 2017 - 4:23am
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim commenced a two-day visit to Iraq yesterday, the first since the two governments quarreled over the presence of unauthorized Turkish troops in northern Iraq, straining relations...
IS suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market
by Sinan Salaheddin - January 3, 2017 - 4:42am
A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad on yesterday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group hours after French President Francois...
Iraq: Blasts in, around Baghdad kill at least 11
by Sinan Salaheddin - December 26, 2016 - 5:18am
Iraqi officials say separate bombings in and around Baghdad have killed at least 11 civilians and wounded 34 others.
Rights group: State-backed Iraqi militia killed IS captives
by Sinan Salaheddin - December 19, 2016 - 5:16am
A militia backed by the Iraqi government killed suspected Islamic State fighters captured during the operation to retake Mosul, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
Iraq: Death toll from IS-claimed bombing climbs to 142
by Sinan Salaheddin - July 4, 2016 - 4:48pm
Iraqi officials say the death toll from Sunday's devastating truck bombing at a bustling Baghdad commercial street has climbed to 142.
Multiple attacks in, around Baghdad kill at least 12 people
by Sinan Salaheddin - May 8, 2016 - 8:35am
Separate attacks in and around the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens, officials said.
Iraq: Car bombing in Baghdad kills at least 12 civilians
by Sinan Salaheddin - April 25, 2016 - 8:13am
A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car Monday in a commercial area in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 12 civilians, officials said.
Iraqi police find 2 mass graves in Islamic State-free Ramadi
by Sinan Salaheddin - April 19, 2016 - 1:47pm
Iraqi police on yesterday unearthed two mass graves in the western city of Ramadi, with bodies of about 40 people killed by Islamic State militants during the militant Sunni group's reign of terror in the city, officials...
Iraq premier offers plan to trim criticized government
by Sinan Salaheddin - August 9, 2015 - 6:00pm
Iraq's prime minister unveiled a bold plan yesterday to abolish three vice presidential posts and the offices of three deputy premiers, hoping to cut spending amid mass protests against his government as the Islamic...
Suicide attack kills at least 15 in Iraq's capital
by Sinan Salaheddin - February 9, 2015 - 4:05pm
A suicide bomber set off an explosive vest in a busy Baghdad square crowded with rush-hour commuters early Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
Official: Islamic State group battle in Iraq kills 30 Kurds
by Sinan Salaheddin - January 12, 2015 - 6:23am
Islamic State group fighters attempting to retake a town in northern Iraq held by Kurdish peshmerga forces have killed at least 30 Kurds, an Iraqi military spokesman said yesterday.
IS kidnaps dozens of men in northern Iraq
by Sinan Salaheddin - January 4, 2015 - 7:30am
Militants linked to the Islamic State group have rounded up dozens of men from two villages in northern Iraq following a quarrel that led to the burning of the extremist group's flag, tribal leaders said on yes...
Islamic State group issues new curriculum in Iraq
by Sinan Salaheddin - September 16, 2014 - 4:07am
The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year. But unlike years past, there will be no art or music. Classes about history, literature and Christianity have been "permanently annul...
Iraqis in besieged town appeal to army for help
by Sinan Salaheddin - August 21, 2014 - 5:51am
Members of a minority Iraqi Shiite community whose town has been besieged by Sunni militants appealed to Iraq's military and the international community to intervene to end the siege, a lawmaker said yesterday as...
Iraq says it seizes Mosul Dam; militants deny it
by Sinan Salaheddin - August 19, 2014 - 4:55am
Backed by US airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces on yesterday wrested back control of the country's largest dam from Islamic militants, a military spokesman in Baghdad said, as fighting was reported to be underway...
Iraq analyzing tape purported to show top militant
by Sinan Salaheddin - July 7, 2014 - 6:05am
Iraqi officials are working to determine the authenticity of a video that purportedly shows the leader of the Islamic extremist group that has seized large swaths of the country delivering a sermon this week in the...
Iraq's Kurds start exporting oil unilaterally
by Sinan Salaheddin - May 23, 2014 - 1:00am
Iraq's self-ruled northern Kurdish region on Thursday started exporting crude oil to the international market through the Turkish port of Ceyhan despite objections from the central government in Baghdad, Turkey's...
UN warns of humanitarian threat in western Iraq
by Sinan Salaheddin - January 9, 2014 - 4:42am
Iraq's prime minister urged al-Qaeda-linked fighters who have overrun two cities west of Baghdad to give up the battle, vowing yesterday to press forward with a push to regain control of the mainly Sunni areas....
Iraqi general: Forces will retake western cities
by Sinan Salaheddin - January 6, 2014 - 3:00am
A senior Iraqi military commander said yesterday that it will take a few days to fully dislodge al-Qaeda-linked fighters from two key western cities.
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