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UN Chief Guterres Lands In Iraq To Review Aid Efforts

UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived in Baghdad on Thursday to review the humanitarian situation, calling for protection...

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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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Coalition ‘probably’ Had Role In Civilian Casualties In Mosul

Coalition forces "probably" played a role in the deaths of numerous civilians during a recent air strike in west Mosul,...

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Disputed Iraqi Province Votes To Fly Kurdish Flag

Provincial councillors in disputed, oil-rich Kirkuk province voted Tuesday to fly the Kurdish regional flag over...

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Coalition Says It Hit Mosul Site Where Civilians Reportedly Killed

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Saturday that it struck a location in west Mosul where...

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Mosul Air Strikes Kill Dozens of Civilians

Air strikes carried out in recent days have killed dozens of civilians in west Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling...

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Over 200,000 Displaced By West Mosul Battle

More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in west Mosul since the operation to retake the area from jihadists was...

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UN Fears 200 Died In Coalition Airstrike On Mosul

The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. A...

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Iraq’s Sadr Threatens Boycott If Election Law Unchanged

Populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr told a demonstration in Baghdad on Friday that he would order a boycott of...

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400,000 ‘trapped’ In West Mosul’s Old City

About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are...

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HRW Calls On Iraqis To Avoid Ad Hoc Mass Grave Exhumations

Iraqis should not carry out hurried or ad hoc exhumations of mass graves left by jihadists, as this makes identifying...

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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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IS Bombing Kills At Least 15 In Baghdad

A car bombing on Monday evening in the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed at least 15 people and wounded 33, an interior...

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Iraq Premier Visits US As Forces Press Anti-IS Assault Lutte…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi left for Washington on Sunday to meet President Donald Trump as his forces press...

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Indian Engineer Named Saddam Hussain Cannot Get A Job

More than 10 years after being executed, Saddam Hussein remains a huge presence in the life of one man. The marine...

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More Than 150,000 Iraqis Fled West Mosul Fighting

Iraqi authorities said Thursday that more than 150,000 people have fled fighting in and around west Mosul since...

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Nearly 100,000 Iraqis Flee Battle For West Mosul

Nearly 100,000 Iraqis have fled the battle to retake west Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, the...

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Over 80,000 Iraqis Displaced In West Mosul Fighting

More than 80,000 people have fled west Mosul since the battle to retake the area began last month, the International...