Haider al-Abadi

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Iraq Gains Ground In Mosul’s Old City As It Presses Assault On IS

Special forces have recaptured more of Mosul's historic heart as they press the final stages of an assault to drive the...

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Gunfire Cuts Short Celebrations At Recaptured Mosul Mosque

Iraqi soldiers snap victorious "selfies" and pose with a captured Islamic State group flag at the Mosul mosque where...

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Iraq PM Thanks Top Shiite Cleric For Role In Anti-IS War

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Friday thanked Iraq's top Shiite cleric for his role in the war against jihadists,...

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Mosul Victory In ‘days’ As Pressure On IS Mounts

Iraq will declare victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul during the "next few days," a senior commander said...

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Iraq Sees End To ‘caliphate’ As Mosul Mosque Recaptured

Iraq declared the Islamic State group's "caliphate" was coming to an end after it recaptured Mosul's iconic Nuri mosque...

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US-Backed Forces Cut Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa

US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, a monitor said,...

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Iraq Military Says It Has Retaken Iconic Mosul Mosque

The Iraqi military announced on Thursday that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where jihadist...

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IS Destroys Iconic Mosul Minaret As Iraqi Forces Advance

Mosul's trademark leaning minaret was missing from its skyline for the first time in centuries Thursday after desperate...

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Iran’s Khamenei Hails Iraq’s ‘success’ Against Jihadists

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday praised the "success" of Iraqi forces in the battle against the...

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Saudi, Iraq Hail ‘leap’ In Ties After Abadi Visit

Saudi Arabia and Iraq have made a "qualitative leap" in relations, they said Tuesday after a visit by Prime Minister...

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Iraq Paramilitaries Make Fresh Progress West of Mosul

Iraq's paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi forces said Saturday that they had retaken all areas west of Mosul from the...

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Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money

Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...

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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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Trump Son-In-Law, Top US Officer Meet Iraq Kurd Leaders

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and the US's top military officer met with Kurdish leaders in Arbil on Tuesday, the...

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Trump Son-In-Law Kushner Visits Iraq, Meets PM

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner visited Baghdad Monday with the US's top military...

International

, UN Chief Urges More Aid For People of Mosul

UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis...

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At Iraq Camp, UN Chief Urges More Aid For People of Mosul

UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis...

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UN Chief At Iraq Camp Urges More Aid For People of Mosul

UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed Friday for more aid and international solidarity for the people of Mosul, as he...

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In Iraq, UN Chief Guterres Calls For Protection of Civilians

UN chief Antonio Guterres visited Iraq on Thursday, calling for protecting civilians to be the "absolute priority" as...