Iraq forces retake Hawija from ISIL: army
Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from ISIL, the military said in a statement. With the capture of Hawija, Read more
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Iraqi Kurds overwhelmingly back split from Baghdad
Iraqi Kurds overwhelmingly voted in favour of a split from Iraq, according to regional officials, as tensions soared between Erbil and Baghdad following a contested Read more
Iraqi PM: Kurds must hand over airports or face embargo
The Iraqi government has threatened to impose an international air embargo on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) if it does not hand over control of Read more
Iraq PM announces offensive to recapture Hawija
Iraq’s prime minister says government forces have begun the operation to retake the town of Hawija from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Read more
Woman detonates bomb in crowded Friday market in Iraq, killing at least 30
A woman detonated her explosive belt in a market east of the Shi’ite holy city of Kerbala on Friday, killing at least 30 and wounding Read more
Islamic State kill 31 in Tikrit attacks
At least 31 people were killed, including 14 police officers, and more than 40 wounded in attacks overnight by Islamic State militants in the northern Read more
Over 300,000 People displaced from Mosul – U.N.
More than 300,000 people have fled Mosul since the start of the U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State from the northern Iraqi city in October, Read more
Breaking: Islamic State’s second-in-command killed in airstrike
Ayad al-Jumaili, the man believed to be the deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been killed in an air strike, Iraqi State Read more
Mosul: Iraq denies air strike caused civilian deaths
raq’s military has cast doubt on reports that an air strike by the US-led coalition caused the deaths of dozens of civilians in west Mosul. Read more
Iraqi general says 30 percent of west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State
MOSUL, Iraq – Iraqi forces have retaken around 30 percent of west Mosul from Islamic State militants, a commander of the elite Counter Terrorism Service Read more
US Could Send 1,000 More Soldiers in Islamic State Counteroffensive
PENTAGON — The new plan by the U.S. to counter Islamic State in Syria and Iraq involves the deployment of 1,000 soldiers to Kuwait, a Read more
Iraq security forces take Mosul’s main government complex, museum building
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Elite Iraqi security forces dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government buildings in Mosul on Tuesday, their last major city stronghold Read more
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on IS-held Mosul government buildings
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled their way to within firing range of Mosul’s main government buildings, a major target in Read more
raqi forces punch into western Mosul, launch air strikes in Syria
SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed into western Mosul on Friday after retaking the city’s airport from Islamic State, as aid Read more
Thousands of ISIS fighters hoping for possible return to home countries as group loses ground
Security services are examining plans for how to deal with thousands of Western jihadists who would seek to return to Europe as Isis continues to lose Read more
ISIS captures up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqis – UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers on Thursday and subsequently executed 12 of them, the U.N. Read more