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Iraqi Army Needs Kurds' Help To Retake Mosul: Hoshiyar Zebari
The Iraqi army will need Kurdish fighters' help to retake Mosul, the largest city under the control of ISIS, Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said, with the planned offensive expected to be very challenging.
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Islamic State Beheads 4 Iraq Kurd Fighters After Joint US Raid
The Islamic State group beheaded four Iraqi Kurdish fighters following a joint raid with American special forces against the jihadists, according to a video posted online.
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Washington Says Use of Mustard Gas by Islamic State 'Plausible'
A US official deemed it "plausible" Thursday that the Islamic State group used mustard gas against Iraqi Kurd fighters this week.
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Iraqi Offensive On Tikrit Stalls, Kurds Say Islamists Used Chlorine
Islamic State fighters traded sniper fire and mortar rounds with Iraqi troops and allied Shi'ite militia forces on Sunday in the city of Tikrit amid further reports the militants had obtained chlorine for possible use as a chemical weapon.
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Iraqi Kurds Liberate Besieged Sinjar Mountain, Freeing Hundreds
Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday.
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More Than 700 Iraqi Kurd Fighters Killed Since June Islamic State Offensive
Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in the conflict against the Islamic State group since the jihadists launched their offensive in June.
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20 Iraq Kurd Fighters Killed in Diyala Operation: Commander
Twenty Iraqi Kurdish fighters were killed in clashes and by bombs during an operation on Sunday to retake two areas in Diyala province, one of their commanders said.
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Iraqi Kurds Join Fight Against Islamic State in Kobane
Iraqi Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State militants in Kobane, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed by U.S.-led air strikes will keep the ultra-hardline group from seizing the Syrian border town.
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Iraqi Kurdish Forces Enter Syria to Fight Islamic State
A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied U.S. air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish defenders.
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Kurdish Convoy Heads to Syria to Take on Islamic State
A convoy of Iraqi peshmerga fighters and weaponry made its way across southeastern Turkey on Wednesday en route for the Syrian town of Kobane to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.
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Iraqi Peshmerga Fighters Head for Syria to Fight Islamic State
Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobane on Tuesday to help fellow Kurds repel an Islamic State advance that has defied US-led air strikes and become an important test of the coalition's ability to combat the Sunni insurgents.
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Islamic State Attacks Crossing as Kobane Awaits Iraq Kurd Relief
Islamic State group fighters made a new bid to cut off the Syrian border town of Kobane from neighbouring Turkey Saturday as preparations gathered pace to deploy Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements.
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Iraqi Kurds Fight Islamic State with Aged Weapons
The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with shrapnel from fierce battles with Islamic State militants.
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US Strikes Help Iraq Kurds, Army Advances Against Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish forces captured a strategic border crossing and several villages from Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq on Tuesday, scoring gains as the militants were pounded by heavy US-led air strikes and the Iraqi army advanced from the south.
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Kurdish Leader Urges World to Protect Syrian Town From Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani called on Friday for international intervention to protect a Kurdish town in neighbouring Syria from Islamic State fighters who have forced many Syrian Kurds to flee across the border into Turkey.
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Iraqi Army Needs Kurds' Help To Retake Mosul: Hoshiyar Zebari
The Iraqi army will need Kurdish fighters' help to retake Mosul, the largest city under the control of ISIS, Iraqi Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said, with the planned offensive expected to be very challenging.
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Islamic State Beheads 4 Iraq Kurd Fighters After Joint US Raid
The Islamic State group beheaded four Iraqi Kurdish fighters following a joint raid with American special forces against the jihadists, according to a video posted online.
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Washington Says Use of Mustard Gas by Islamic State 'Plausible'
A US official deemed it "plausible" Thursday that the Islamic State group used mustard gas against Iraqi Kurd fighters this week.
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Iraqi Offensive On Tikrit Stalls, Kurds Say Islamists Used Chlorine
Islamic State fighters traded sniper fire and mortar rounds with Iraqi troops and allied Shi'ite militia forces on Sunday in the city of Tikrit amid further reports the militants had obtained chlorine for possible use as a chemical weapon.
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Iraqi Kurds Liberate Besieged Sinjar Mountain, Freeing Hundreds
Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday.
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More Than 700 Iraqi Kurd Fighters Killed Since June Islamic State Offensive
Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in the conflict against the Islamic State group since the jihadists launched their offensive in June.
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20 Iraq Kurd Fighters Killed in Diyala Operation: Commander
Twenty Iraqi Kurdish fighters were killed in clashes and by bombs during an operation on Sunday to retake two areas in Diyala province, one of their commanders said.
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Iraqi Kurds Join Fight Against Islamic State in Kobane
Iraqi Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State militants in Kobane, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed by U.S.-led air strikes will keep the ultra-hardline group from seizing the Syrian border town.
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Iraqi Kurdish Forces Enter Syria to Fight Islamic State
A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobane on Thursday to help push back Islamic State militants who have defied U.S. air strikes and threatened to massacre its Kurdish defenders.
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Kurdish Convoy Heads to Syria to Take on Islamic State
A convoy of Iraqi peshmerga fighters and weaponry made its way across southeastern Turkey on Wednesday en route for the Syrian town of Kobane to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege which has defied U.S.-led air strikes.
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Iraqi Peshmerga Fighters Head for Syria to Fight Islamic State
Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobane on Tuesday to help fellow Kurds repel an Islamic State advance that has defied US-led air strikes and become an important test of the coalition's ability to combat the Sunni insurgents.
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Islamic State Attacks Crossing as Kobane Awaits Iraq Kurd Relief
Islamic State group fighters made a new bid to cut off the Syrian border town of Kobane from neighbouring Turkey Saturday as preparations gathered pace to deploy Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements.
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Iraqi Kurds Fight Islamic State with Aged Weapons
The exhausted Kurdish fighters leaned against a pair of antiquated green cannons on a hill overlooking this northern Iraqi village, the ground around them littered with shrapnel from fierce battles with Islamic State militants.
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US Strikes Help Iraq Kurds, Army Advances Against Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish forces captured a strategic border crossing and several villages from Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq on Tuesday, scoring gains as the militants were pounded by heavy US-led air strikes and the Iraqi army advanced from the south.
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Kurdish Leader Urges World to Protect Syrian Town From Islamic State
Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani called on Friday for international intervention to protect a Kurdish town in neighbouring Syria from Islamic State fighters who have forced many Syrian Kurds to flee across the border into Turkey.
