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Iraq: Remains of hundreds executed by ISIS found at Badush prison
ISIS reportedly killed up to 600 people after seizing the jail in 2014, and held hundreds of women from Iraq's Yazidi minority.
11 Mar 2017 8:01 PM
Twin blasts hit wedding near Iraq’s Tikrit, kill 23: Government official
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Hajjaj, 20 km (14 miles) north of Tikrit.
09 Mar 2017 9:59 AM
US 'not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil': Mattis
, Mattis has also sought an exemption from Trump's travel ban for Iraqis who served with US troops, including translators.
20 Feb 2017 8:21 PM
ISIS bleeding money, its 'business model' in free fall
The report found that Islamic State revenue has declined from up to $1.9 billion in 2014 to at most $870 million in 2016.
19 Feb 2017 1:03 PM
Iraq's 'cycling girls' ride for freedom
In Iraq's conservative society, the young woman cuts an unusual figure when she rides her red bicycle in the streets of the capital.
10 Feb 2017 9:45 AM
30 Mosul residents killed in air raid targeting IS militants
The witnesses said it was not immediately clear if the attack was carried out by the US-led coalition or Iraqi forces.
14 Jan 2017 3:06 PM
UN warns of oil spill south of Mosul
The warnings came in report released on environmental damages caused by oil fires intentionally started by retreating IS militants.
13 Jan 2017 1:28 PM
Twin blasts in Baghdad kill 29
Islamic State targets crowded market ahead of New Year celebration
01 Jan 2017 6:34 AM
Iraqi troops push for Mosul after 2-week lull
Backed by airstrikes, Iraqi special forces, army troops and federal police launched a push on five neighborhoods early Thursday.
29 Dec 2016 1:16 PM
Mosul's last bridge disabled by airstrike: residents
The northern city of Mosul had five bridges spanning the Tigris River, which runs through the center of the city.
28 Dec 2016 12:39 PM
3 months needed to rout ISIS, says Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi
Abadi had previously pledged the northern city would be retaken by the end of this year.
28 Dec 2016 9:15 AM
Christmas tree of solidarity in Baghdad
The 85-foot-tall artificial tree, with a diameter of 33 feet, has been erected in the centre of an amusement park in the Iraqi capital.
17 Dec 2016 5:33 AM
Mass grave near ISIS-held Mosul under scanner
‘Likely to hold 100 bodies, many of them decapitated’.
09 Nov 2016 6:35 AM
ISIS has enemy inside gates
Iraqi forces fought their way into jihadist-held Mosul on Tuesday, the military said, as a top commander declared the “true liberation” of the city from the ISIS had begun.
01 Nov 2016 11:21 PM
Threatened in Mosul, Islamic State uses alternative tactics
Youths ride bicycles next to a burning oil well in Qayara, about 50 km south of Mosul, Iraq. The Islamic State group has pioneered brutally innovative tactics and launched diversionary attacks that have shocked its opponents, and now many fear it has more surprises in store as Iraqi forces close in on Mosul. (Photo: AP)
26 Oct 2016 6:44 AM
Iraq could soon go dry after ban
Iraq’s Parliament on Saturday voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, in a surprise move likely to anger some minorities but also to please influential religious parties.
24 Oct 2016 4:05 AM
Iraqi-Turkish split points to distrust among Mosul forces
Just days into the operation to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, a fault-line has widened between Iraq and Turkey, and the distrust among the various forces arrayed against the extremists
21 Oct 2016 2:04 AM
ISIS vows to ‘defeat America’ in new video
The Islamic State group vowed to “defeat America” in a video claiming to show jihadist fighters patrolling the streets of Mosul after the launch of a major Iraqi offensive to retake the city.
19 Oct 2016 7:21 AM
Iraq pushes IS out from town in mission Mosul
Iraq announced on Thursday that its forces have recaptured a northern town from the Islamic State group in an operation launched ahead of a push for the city of Mosul.
23 Sep 2016 6:52 AM
US food arrives for IS-free town
The UN said on Tuesday it has delivered food supplies to more than 30,000 residents of Qayyarah for the first time in two years after Iraqi forces expelled jihadists from the northern town.
07 Sep 2016 6:50 AM
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