Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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In Mosul, Iraqi Snipers Track Jihadists Around the Clock

A few hundred metres from an iconic mosque in west Mosul, Iraqi sniper Salah al-Zuheiri has his eye glued to his scope...

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The Battle For Mosul

Six months since Iraqi forces launched a vast operation to oust the Islamic State group from second city Mosul, they...

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IS Now Controls Less Than Seven Percent of Iraq

The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three...

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Erdogan Has Command Responsibility For Aiding Terrorism

The infamy of the crimes against humanity carried out by Islamic State is legendary, but the still untold story is how...

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Suicide Truck Bomber Kills 17 In Baghdad

A suicide truck bomber targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing 17 people and...

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Iraq Forces Launch Renewed Attack On Mosul’s Old City

Iraqi forces renewed their assault Monday against jihadists in Mosul's Old City, after days in which the battle was...

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US Admits Mosul Air Raids Where Civilians Were Killed

Coalition says it struck area in west Mosul where officials say scores of civilians were killed by aerial bombardment....

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US Airlift Backs New Assault Near Raqqa Stronghold

US-led coalition aircraft have for the first time carried out an airlift of allied fighters battling the jihadist group...

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Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...

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Allies Vow To Destroy IS As Attacks Overshadow Talks

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group vowed to crush the jihadists Wednesday at a meeting overshadowed...

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Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...

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‘Matter of Time’ Before IS Leader Baghdadi Killed

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death is...

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Iraq Forces Gain Ground, Deploy Snipers In Mosul

Iraqi forces gained ground from the Islamic State group in Mosul and have deployed snipers in the Old City to target...

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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 21

A car bomb exploded in the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 23 people and wounding 45 others in a mainly Shia...

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Iraq Forces Push Into Old Mosul As Thousands Trapped

Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians...

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Fierce Fighting On Outskirts of Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces backed by helicopter strikes engaged in heavy fighting with jihadists on the outskirts of the Old City on...

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Iraq Forces Say Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the...

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Iraq Forces Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces battled house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the mosque where the...

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Iraq Forces Seize Ground In Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces said Friday they had seized ground inside Mosul's Old City, a district expected to see some of the...