Iraqi Shia

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  Iraq's Population Rises To 45.4 Million As First Census Held In Over 30 Years

  Iraq's population has risen to 45.4 million, according to preliminary results from a national census, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday.

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  ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM

  Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the Islamic State (IS) militant group no longer poses a threat to Iraq and dialogue to end the US-led international coalition to fight the IS group continues.

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  Blinken Says Threats From Iran-Backed Terrorists "Totally Unacceptable"

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday following a trip to the occupied West Bank earlier in the day. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani met Blinken.

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  Civilians Flee As Shia Groups Close In On Flashpoint Town West Of Mosul

  Thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shia paramilitary groups close in around the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group's self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

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  Suicide Bombers In Ambulances Kill 21 In Iraq: Officials

  Suicide bombers driving ambulances packed with explosives detonated their vehicles at a checkpoint and a car park for Shia pilgrims in two Iraqi cities on Sunday, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

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  At Least 17 Civilians Killed In ISIS Bombings In Baghdad

  Separate suicide bombings ripped through busy commercial areas in Shia milita dominated neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians, officials said.

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  Iraq PM Visits Newly Reconquered Ramadi

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi today visited Ramadi, a day after federal forces announced the liberation of the city from the ISIS, clinching a landmark victory.

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  Iraqi PM, Militias Reject Foreign Troops After US Announcement

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi rejected the need for foreign troops to fight ISIS after the Untied States said on Tuesday it was deploying a special operations force, which powerful Shia Muslim militias pledged to attack.

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  Baghdad Bombings Targeting Shia Kill At Least 15

  Attacks targeting Shias in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing at a funeral in a mosque, killed at least 15 people today, security and medical officials said.

• Overnight Attacks in Iraq Kill At Least 16 people

  Attacks overnight in two Iraqi cities killed at least 16 people, officials said Monday as authorities struggle to stop the Sunni militants' offensive that has left huge areas in northern and western Iraq outside of government control.

• Humiliation at Rout Hits Iraqi Military Hard

  The Iraqi soldiers tell of how they can hardly live with the shame of their rout under the onslaught of the Islamic militants. Their commanders disappeared. Pleas for more ammunition went unanswered. Troops ran from post to post only to find them already taken by gunmen, forcing them to flee.

• United States Condemns 'Massacre' in Iraq's Tikrit as Horrifying

  The US has condemned the reports of massacre of 1700 Iraqi Shia air force recruits in Tikrit by Islamic terrorists as "horrifying" and urged all Iraqis to unite against this violence, the State Department has said.

• Attacks on Sunni, Shiite mosque in Iraq kill 9

  Iraqi officials say a Shiite and a Sunni mosque in Baghdad have been targeted in bombings that killed at least nine people.

• At least 26 killed after Iraqi forces clash with Sunni protesters: sources

  At least 26 people were killed today when Iraqi forces and Sunni Muslim protesters clashed after troops raided their anti-government demonstration camp near Kirkuk, military sources said.