Politics of Iraq

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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...

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Iraq Forces Launch Renewed Attack On Mosul’s Old City

Iraqi forces renewed their assault Monday against jihadists in Mosul's Old City, after days in which the battle was...

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Iraqi Snipers Target Mosul Jihadists Using Human Shields

Iraq has deployed snipers to target jihadists using civilians as human shields in Mosul, as it investigates air strikes...

International

UN Fears 200 Died In Coalition Airstrike On Mosul

The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul. A...

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Mosul Comes Alive With the Sound of Music

When the Islamic State group controlled eastern Mosul, playing music was a crime punishable by lashes. Today, music...

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Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...

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Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...

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‘Matter of Time’ Before IS Leader Baghdadi Killed

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death is...

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HRW Calls On Iraqis To Avoid Ad Hoc Mass Grave Exhumations

Iraqis should not carry out hurried or ad hoc exhumations of mass graves left by jihadists, as this makes identifying...

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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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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...

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Iraq Forces Push Into Old Mosul As Thousands Trapped

Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians...

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Fierce Fighting On Outskirts of Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces backed by helicopter strikes engaged in heavy fighting with jihadists on the outskirts of the Old City on...

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Iraq Forces Seize Ground In Mosul Old City

Iraqi forces said Friday they had seized ground inside Mosul's Old City, a district expected to see some of the...

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Iraqi Soldiers Using SHUTTLECOCK Grenades To Target ISIS

The Iraqi army is giving ISIS a taste of its own medicine by bombing them with shuttlecock grenades attached to drones....

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Adopting IS Tactic, Iraqi Forces Weaponise Small Drones

Inside an armoured vehicle in Mosul, a colonel scans live footage from a drone flying above the Iraqi city, hunting...

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Fear and Hunger In Iraq’s West Mosul

The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost...

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Amal Clooney Urges Iraq To Allow Probe of IS Crimes

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the...