Politics of Iraq

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Pentagon Chief Says He Thinks IS Leader Baghdadi Is Alive

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive,...

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Iraqis Accused of Siding With IS Targeted For Revenge

Revenge attacks against Iraqis accused of siding with the Islamic State group in Mosul are on the rise after Iraqi...

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Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces

Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State...

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Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces

Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally...

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UN Rights Chief Urges Justice and Healing After Mosul

UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for accountability and dialogue to heal the trauma of Mosul after...

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Amnesty Calls For Commission To Probe Mosul Crimes

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for a commission to investigate crimes against civilians in Mosul by all sides...

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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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Iraqi Forces Push To Clear Last Pockets of IS In Mosul

Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after the...

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Mosul Victory Marks Win For Pentagon Training Plan

The Iraqi military's hard-fought victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul marks a defining moment not just for...

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Exhausted and Mourning, Families Emerge From Mosul Ruins

With the battle to retake Iraq's Mosul from the Islamic State group drawing to an end, dozens of women and their...

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IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul

A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...

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Mosul Becomes ‘graveyard’ For Foreign Jihadists

The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State...

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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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Canada Prolongs Iraq Mission To 2019

Canada will continue to train Kurdish militia for another two years as part of the US-led coalition fighting the...

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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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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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Iraqi Rescuers In Perilous Search For Mosul Missing

With snipers lurking on rooftops and bombs hidden in the rubble, rescue workers are risking their lives in a desperate...

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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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In Mosul, Ghostly Civilians Emerge From Old City Hell

They all say they are back from "hell". Quivering and emaciated, the civilians emerging from Mosul's Old City have...