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India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory

India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing citizens after...

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Sniper’s Shot Puts Focus On Canada’s Iraq Role

Canada's supposed non-combat role in Iraq is being questioned after a special forces sniper took out an IS fighter in...

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Iraq Forces Repel IS Counter-Attack

Fighters of so-called Islamic State (IS) have launched counter-attacks as they come under growing pressure from Iraqi...

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Journalist With French TV Dies of Wounds From Mosul Blast

Journalist Veronique Robert, wounded in the same landmine blast that killed two colleagues in the Iraqi city of Mosul...

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French TV Journalist Dies of Wounds From Mosul Blast

Journalist Veronique Robert, wounded in the same landmine blast that killed two colleagues in the Iraqi city of Mosul...

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Kurdish Designers Bring Fight With IS To Paris Catwalk

Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when...

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Iraqi Forces Advance In Mosul Old City, Rescue Civilians

Iraqi forces said Tuesday they were fighting fierce battles with the Islamic State group and rescuing escaping...

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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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Erdogan Calls Iraqi Kurdish Referendum ‘error and Threat’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday strongly criticised the decision of the authorities in Iraq's...

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Journey To Statehood Still Long For Iraq Kurds

Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major...

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Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote

Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a...

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Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’

Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be...

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Kurdish Referendum Would Distract From IS Fight, US Warns

The United States on Thursday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence...

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Iraqi Kurds To Hold Independence Referendum On Sept 25

Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will hold a referendum on statehood in September, its presidency said Wednesday,...

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After Fleeing Mosul, Displaced Face Arrest Over Alleged IS Ties

After fleeing the battleground city of Mosul, Yusra Mohammed says her children were detained by Iraqi Kurdish forces...

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International Football Returning To Iraq

After a years-long absence predominantly due to security concerns, international football will return to Iraq when the...

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US Capital Slams

The city of Washington on Wednesday condemned a "brutal attack on peaceful protesters" after President Recep Tayyip...

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White House Approves Supply of Weapons To YPG In Syria

US President Donald Trump has approved the supplying of weapons to Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group in...

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11 Journalists Killed In Iraq In Past Year

Eleven journalists died covering conflict or were assassinated in Iraq during the past year, a Baghdad-based watchdog...