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2,000 IS Fighters Defending West Mosul
An estimated 2,000 IS fighters are left in west Mosul to defend their bastion against a massive offensive by the Iraqi...
US ‘not In Iraq To Seize Anybody’s Oil’
The United States is not about to plunder Iraq's oil reserves, Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, who arrived in Baghdad on...
Iraq Digs Anti-IS Trench Around City of Ramadi
Security forces in Iraq's western region of Anbar began digging a trench around the provincial capital Ramadi Sunday to...
Key Dates In Battle For Mosul
Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on...
Forces Battling IS In Iraq’s Mosul Theatre
A wide array of Iraqi and international forces are involved in the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 48
At least 48 people have been killed in Baghdad in the third blast in the Iraqi capital in three days, security and...
Huge Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 45
A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in southern Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 45 people in the...
Baghdad Blast ‘kills 18’ In Shia District of Sadr City
At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a predominantly Shia suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad,...
Baghdad Suicide Car Bomb Kills Nine
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in a Shiite majority neighbourhood of Baghdad on Wednesday,...
North Korea’s State Killings
The Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, is the latest in...
Thousands In Iraq Pay Homage To Victims of Baghdad Protest
Thousands of Iraqis, mostly supporters of prominent cleric Moqtada Sadr, gathered in Baghdad Tuesday to pay their...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Four
A car bomb exploded in an industrial area of south Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least four people, Iraqi police said....
Baghdad’s Green Zone Hit By Rockets After Deadly Clashes
Several rockets have hit the high security Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, hours after clashes at a protest left...
Rockets Hit Baghdad Green Zone After Deadly Protest
Several rockets fired from inside Baghdad on Saturday struck the capital's fortified Green Zone area that houses most...
Seven Killed As Baghdad Reform Protest Turns Violent
Seven people were killed in clashes that erupted in central Baghdad on Saturday between the security forces and...
Whistleblower Reveals Passport Fraud
The stunning postcard-perfect vista surrounding Misael Lopez in this town about one hour from Madrid belies his...
Abadi Fends Off Calls By Iran Allies In Iraq To React To Trump Travel Ban
Iraq's prime minister has squashed a move by pro-Iranian factions in his government who wanted to retaliate against...
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Iraq's prime minister has squashed a move by pro-Iranian factions in his government who wanted to retaliate against...
Airlines Refuse to Fly Nationals to the US, after Trump’s Ban Comes into Effect.
US President Donald Trump's order banning arrivals from several Muslim-majority countries has come into effect, with...