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Relatives said they received panicked phone calls from some of the workers five days after Mosul was captured, asking for help. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Killed in front of my eyes: How bodies of 38 Indians slain by IS were found

The abducted workers, most from northern India, had been employed by a construction company operating near Mosul.

20 Mar 2018 8:42 PM

More than 1,300 women and children surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga in August after government forces expelled the jihadist group from the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar. (Representational Image)

Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for ties with Islamic State

Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained, with hundreds of their children.

26 Feb 2018 3:39 PM

An AFP photographer at the site of the bombing said many ambulances had gathered and security forces had been deployed in large numbers. (Photo: AFP)

Baghdad: Double suicide bombing kills 38, injures over 105

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist group.

15 Jan 2018 12:41 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declares victory in more than three year fight against IS. (Photo: File)

World leaders congratulate Iraq following declaration of victory over IS

‘Daesh no longer hold significant territory in Iraq or Syria,’ says Theresa May.

11 Dec 2017 6:01 PM

Footage posted on Twitter showed panicked people fleeing a building in Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq, as windows shattered at the moment the quake struck late Sunday. (Photo: ISNA via AP)

328 dead, 2,504 injured as toll in Iran-Iraq border earthquake on the rise

The worst-hit towns in Iran were Qasr-e Shirin in Kermanshah and Azgaleh, about 40 kilometres northwest.

13 Nov 2017 1:44 PM

A formal declaration will be made from the city soon, after the clearing operations end. Raqqa is still full of land mines. (Photo: AP)

Syrian forces take ISIS 'capital': 5 things to know about battle of Raqqa

Raqqa was the first city to fall into the hands of Islamic State militants.

18 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Burned bodies and vehicles including buses and trucks testified to the violence of the attack. (Photo: AP)

Iraq: Toll rises to 74, including 7 Iranians, in gun, car bomb attacks claimed by ISIS

Rescue workers of security forces placed bodies in ambulances and cleared away rubble and the carcasses of burnt-out cars from the site.

15 Sep 2017 10:46 AM

In Baghdad, Mattis was meeting with senior Iraqi government leaders and with US commanders. (Photo: File)

ISIS militants trapped in Iraq-Syria military wise: Jim Mattis

Mattis arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit just after Trump made a fresh approach to the stalemated war in Afghanistan.

22 Aug 2017 1:47 PM

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, meeting with Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr in Abu Dhabi. (Photo: AP)

In bid to distance Iran, Saudi strengthen ties with Iraq

Sadr's rare visit to Saudi Arabia came at the invitation of Riyadh, which played up his meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

22 Aug 2017 1:09 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (Photo: AFP)

Alomst after 27 years, Saudi Arabia, Iraq look to reopen border

Riyadh and Baghdad reached a deal 'to renovate the Arar border post and fully open it for trade and passage for visitors'.

17 Aug 2017 12:16 PM

The blast at the 60 Kilo camp west of Anbar capital Ramadi also wounded 13 people. (Photo: File)

Suicide bomber attacks displaced Iraqis camp, 14 killed

Iraqi forces retook the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah from ISIS, but the jihadists still hold areas in western Anbar.

03 Jul 2017 9:10 AM

According to ISIS, Yazidis are neither Arab nor Muslim and believe that they are ‘devil-worshippers’. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Iraq: ISIS starves Yazidi sex slave for 3 days, deceives her to eat 1-yr-old son

The lawmaker broke down live while recollecting the ghastly, unfortunate incident following which the interview was stopped for minutes.

28 Jun 2017 9:26 PM

The destruction of two of Mosul's best-known landmarks comes on the fourth day of an Iraqi offensive backed by the US-led coalition. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

ISIS destroys 800-yr-old Mosul mosque where al-Baghdadi became 'caliph'

US-led coalition condemned the destruction as a crime against 'the people of Mosul and all of Iraq'..

22 Jun 2017 8:25 AM

Woman detonates hidden bomb in Iraq market; 31 dead, 35 hurt

ISIS claimed the attack in the town of Musayab, south of Baghdad, in a statement on its Amaq news agency.

09 Jun 2017 3:37 PM

The Islamic State group issued a statement claiming the first attack. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Baghdad: 27 killed, over 100 wounded in 2 bombings; ISIS claims first attack

In the second attack, a car bomb exploded near one of the capital's main bridges this morning, killing 11, the officials said.

30 May 2017 4:52 PM

Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes have since regained much of the territory they lost and are now fighting to retake the last jihadist-held areas in second city Mosul. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

27 killed, 100 wounded in 2 bomb attacks in Baghdad

The ISIS claimed responsibility for the first attack but the second attack is still unclaimed.

30 May 2017 7:47 AM

Iraqi special focus advance to their next position in the Islah al-Zarai area in Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Iraq forces recapture 90 per cent of west Mosul from Islamic State

Mosul is split by the Tigris River, and its western side is referred to as the right bank, while the east is known as the left bank.

16 May 2017 7:05 PM

Federal Police forces moved 200 metres deeper into the Old City, getting closer to al-Nuri mosque. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi police accuse ISIS of chemical weapons attack in Mosul

Iraq's Federal Police said it had made a new push against the ISIS holed up in the Old City.

17 Apr 2017 9:31 AM

Iraqi forces with the backing of the US-led coalition launched a major offensive to retake Mosul in October 2016. (Photo: AP)

ISIS now controls less than 7 percent of country: Iraq army

Various members of the forces, Iraqi and foreign, battling the jihadists have disagreed in the past on control of territory figures.

11 Apr 2017 5:44 PM

The IS attack comes after another helicopter went down south of Mosul at the beginning of the year due to a 'technical failure', killing four crew members. (Photo: Representational)

2 killed in Iraqi helicopter shot down by ISIS in Mosul: military

It did not specify what type of helicopter was shot down, nor say whether it was hit by gunfire or a surface-to-air missile.

06 Apr 2017 8:25 PM

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