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
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
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
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
Army commanders said that battle for Ramadi would take several days.
25 Dec 2015 3:25 PM
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
City to be cleared in 72 hours,Army faces less resistance in form of snipers & suicide bombers
23 Dec 2015 5:09 AM
Ramadi has been under the control of Islamic State jihadists since May.
22 Dec 2015 3:12 PM
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 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
Italy to send 450 troops to protect Iraq’s Mosul dam
17 Dec 2015 6:20 AM
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
The focus in recent days has been the battle in Ramadi.
16 Dec 2015 3:01 PM
A heavily armoured ISIS vehicle can be seen approaching the Colosseum in the video.
12 Dec 2015 2:38 PM
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack
09 Dec 2015 5:08 PM
Amnesty’s report on ISIS’ arms call for tougher controls to restrict proliferation of weapons
09 Dec 2015 5:37 AM
Turkey has not withdrawn any troops from Iraq following an ultimatum from Baghdad, a senior Turkish official said on Monday, adding that Ankara was in discussions with Iraq’s defence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 deployed hundreds of forces in Iraq to train local groups
07 Dec 2015 1:08 PM
Around 150 Turkish soldiers backed by 20 to 25 tanks entered Iraq to train local groups...
05 Dec 2015 12:56 PM
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