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ISIS booby-trapped houses
About 700 ISIS fighters are believed to be hiding in the centre and eastern outskirts of Ramadi days after Iraqi forces claimed victory over the militants in the western city, the US-led coalition sai
31 Dec 2015 5:41 AM
Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from ISIS
Iraqi security forces with the national flag enter central Ramadi, 115 kilometres west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. — AFP
29 Dec 2015 6:07 AM
Iraq forces in Ramadi near victory
Iraqi security forces enter the heavy-damaged Huz neighbourhood in Ramadi (115 km west of Baghdad), Iraq, on Saturday. — AP
28 Dec 2015 6:03 AM
Bombs, snipers slow Iraq forces
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 compound in central Ramadi.
26 Dec 2015 3:55 AM
Iraqi forces to retake Mosul from ISIS after Ramadi secured: PM Haider al-Abadi
Army commanders said that battle for Ramadi would take several days.
25 Dec 2015 3:25 PM
Iraq forces in final push to retake Ramadi
Iraqi security forces cross a bridge built by corps of Engineers over the Euphrates River as Islamic State destroyed all the bridges leading to central Ramadi to block Iraqi security forces from moving forward in Ramadi. --AP
24 Dec 2015 2:27 AM
Iraqi troops storm into centre of Ramadi
City to be cleared in 72 hours,Army faces less resistance in form of snipers & suicide bombers
23 Dec 2015 5:09 AM
Iraq forces advance into centre of IS-held Ramadi: security official
Ramadi has been under the control of Islamic State jihadists since May.
22 Dec 2015 3:12 PM
Iraq Army asks citizens in ISIS-held Ramadi to leave
A file pictures shows Iraqi pro-government tribal forces holding a position east of Ramadi and west of Baghdad.— AFP
21 Dec 2015 3:16 AM
Iraq probes ‘friendly fire’ killing 9 soldiers
Iraq has opened an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of 9 Iraqi soldiers in a coalition airstrike west of Baghdad, the defence minister said on Saturday.
20 Dec 2015 3:10 AM
Carter reviews anti-ISIS war in Iraq
Italy to send 450 troops to protect Iraq’s Mosul dam
17 Dec 2015 6:20 AM
Gunmen kidnap 26 hunters from Qatar
Gunmen kidnapped 26 members of a Qatari hunting party in southern Iraq, officials said on Wednesday, the second high-profile seizure of foreign nationals in the country in three months.
17 Dec 2015 6:16 AM
Ashton Carter in Iraq to seek new ways to battle ISIS
The focus in recent days has been the battle in Ramadi.
16 Dec 2015 3:01 PM
Islamic State releases chilling video depicting final showdown with the West
A heavily armoured ISIS vehicle can be seen approaching the Colosseum in the video.
12 Dec 2015 2:38 PM
Suicide bomber kills eight near Baghdad Shia mosque: officials
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack
09 Dec 2015 5:08 PM
‘Reckless arms transfers to Iraq helped ISIS’
Amnesty’s report on ISIS’ arms call for tougher controls to restrict proliferation of weapons
09 Dec 2015 5:37 AM
Ankara in talks with Baghdad on troops; Iraq PM claims ISIS oil flows via Turkey
Turkey has not withdrawn any troops from Iraq following an ultimatum from Baghdad, a senior Turkish official said on Monday, adding that Ankara was in discussions with Iraq’s defence ministry and coul
08 Dec 2015 6:12 AM
Turkey to stop sending soldiers to Iraq after Baghdad protests
Turkey deployed hundreds of forces in Iraq to train local groups
07 Dec 2015 1:08 PM
Baghdad calls on Turkey to 'immediately' withdraw troops from it's territory
Around 150 Turkish soldiers backed by 20 to 25 tanks entered Iraq to train local groups...
05 Dec 2015 12:56 PM
‘Deploying ground forces hostile act’
Iraq considers any country sending ground combat forces into its territory a “hostile act” and has not requested such a deployment, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said.
05 Dec 2015 5:58 AM
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