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US Eyes Continued Presence In Iraq After IS

The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual...

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Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’

Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...

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The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State...

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‘Alarming’ Number of Threats Over Suspected IS-Links In Iraq’s…

The UN voiced alarm Friday at rising threats against civilians in Mosul suspected of ties to the Islamic State group as...

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Iraqi Forces Show Strong Stand For IS-Mosul Battle

Iraqi government forces started on Sunday a major operation to enter the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold of the old...

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Scorpions the New Threat For Displaced Mosul Civilians

They survived the fighting in their home town but displaced Mosul residents now face the threat from snakes and...

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Iraq Forces Launch Broad Attack On IS Holdouts In Mosul

Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of battleground second city Mosul still held by the Islamic State...

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UN Braces For Up To 200,000 Iraqis To Flee Mosul

As many as 200,000 Iraqis may try in the coming days to flee areas of Mosul under the control of the Islamic State...

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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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Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sadr Urges Assad To Step Down

Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling...

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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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...

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Freed From IS, But Iraq’s Qaraqosh Is Now A Ghost Town

In the Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, time stands still. The Islamic State group was expelled in October 2016, but...

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Escaping IS-Held Mosul, Residents Head Into Unknown

Bilal Abduljabbar clambers onto the back of an Iraqi army truck with his two teenage children to start the final stage...

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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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Iraqi Families Reunite Outside War-Wracked Mosul

Surrounded by displaced Iraqis, Ahmad strides up and down a muddy stretch of land near Mosul, mobile phone in hand,...

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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...