Iraqi insurgency

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Pride and Pain As Mosul Doctors Treat Their Own

Every time a patient is stretchered into the Athbah field hospital south of Mosul, doctor Sultan prays it isn't his...

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Iraqi Helicopter Downed In Fight To Retake Mosul

The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter operating over Mosul Thursday, as security forces announced they...

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IS Downs Iraqi Helicopter Over Mosul, Killing Two

The Islamic State group shot down an Iraqi helicopter that was supporting federal police forces in Mosul, killing two...

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Mosul Humanitarian Crisis Deepens As Displacement Peaks

The fighting in west Mosul has forced up to 15,000 people to flee their homes every day recently, straining...

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Number of Foreign Jihadists In Iraq and Syria Unknown

US intelligence agencies don't know the true number of foreign jihadists still fighting in Iraq and Syria, or the...

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Iraq Urges Residents In IS-Held Areas To Shelter At Home

Iraq's military on Wednesday urged residents to shelter in their homes in jihadist-held areas of Mosul, where its bid...

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Civilians Killed In Attack Iraq’s Tikrit

At least 26 people have been killed and 40 wounded in an attack by Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Tikrit,...

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Belgian Altar Boy Goes To Fight For ISIS, Then Returns On Welfare

With his blue eyes, brown hair and beaming smile, young Michael Delefortrie looked every inch the angelic altar boy....

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US-Led Strikes ‘likely’ Caused 229 Civilian Deaths Since 2014

Air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group have likely "unintentionally" killed 229 civilians...

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High-Tech War Kit Can’t Prevent Civilian Deaths In Iraq

Despite using state-of-the-art weaponry, the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq appears unable...

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IS Propaganda Team Killed In Iraq Air Strike

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Thursday that it had killed a propaganda chief and...

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ISIS Is Smuggling Women and Children Into Fighting Positions, US Says

The ISIS fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul have come up with yet another dastardly way to exploit the civilian...

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IS Fighters In Mosul Provoking Coalition Strikes On Civilians

Islamic State group fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul are holding civilians hostage in buildings and then...

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At Least 14 Dead In IS Truck Bomb At Baghdad Checkpoint

At least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at an entrance to Baghdad,...

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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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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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UN, Amnesty Call For More Efforts To Protect Mosul Civilians

The United Nations and Amnesty International called Tuesday for greater efforts to protect civilians in west Mosul,...

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Over 300 Civilians Killed Since Start of West Mosul Operation

Over 300 civilians have been killed since last month in an offensive against the Islamic State group in western Mosul,...

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US Probes Mosul Bombing Amid Worries of Rising Civilian Deaths

The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after...