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10 Killed In Iraq Funeral Bombing: Local Official
Ten people were killed and 14 wounded when explosive devices went off at a funeral for Sunni Muslim tribal fighters in the northern Iraqi town of Shirqat on Thursday, the town's leader said.
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Iraq Strikes ISIS In Mosul Days After Declaring Victory
Iraqi forces clashed with ISIS terrorists holding out in Mosul's Old City today, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the terrorists in what they had made the de facto Iraqi capital of their self-declared caliphate.
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Suicide Bomber Dressed As Woman Kills 14 In Iraqi Displacement Camp
A suicide bomber dressed as a veiled woman killed 14 people and wounded 13 others in a displacement camp west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, security sources said.
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ISIS Suicide Attacks Kill 32 In Southern Iraq
Two suicide car bombs claimed by ISIS killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa today, police and medics said.
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UN Chief Presses Iraq On National Reconciliation To Defeat ISIS
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the Iraqi government on Saturday to step up efforts to foster reconciliation between the nation's Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim communities in order to combat ISIS.
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Iraq Court Sentences 40 To Death Over 2014 Tikrit Massacre
An Iraqi court today sentenced 40 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, the judiciary said.
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Iraqi Air Force Conducting 60% Of Sorties Against ISIS: PM Haider al-Abadi
More than 60 per cent of sorties against ISIS in Iraq are carried out by the nation's air forces and about 40 per cent by the US-led coalition, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday.
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Iraqi Sunni Mosques Attacked In Apparent Retaliation For Saudi Execution
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday.Iraqi Shi'ites protesting the January 2 execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and in southern ...
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Iraq PM Vows To Hunt Down Mosque Bombers
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the security forces were tracking down the perpetrators of attacks against Sunni religious targets south of Baghdad on Monday.
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Iraq Official Blames ISIS For Bombing Sunni Mosques
An Iraqi official is blaming ISIS for the bombing of two Sunni mosques in a predominantly Shiite city in southern Iraq the previous night, saying the militant group seeks to stoke sectarian tensions.
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Before Mosul, Iraqi Army May Face Fight At The Gates Of Baghdad
Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul: Falluja, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists sitting at the western gates of the capital.
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Iraqi Army Declares Victory Over ISIS In Ramadi
Iraq's army said on Sunday it had defeated ISIS fighters in a provincial capital west of Baghdad, the first major victory for the US-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18 months ago.
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ISIS Stopping Civilians Leaving Ramadi Before Attack: Iraq Defence Ministry
ISIS militants are preventing civilians from leaving Ramadi ahead of an attack planned by the Iraqi army to retake the western city that the militants captured in May, an Iraqi Defence Ministry spokesman said today.
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Leaders Urge Restraint After Assassination in Iraq's Kirkuk
Political leaders in Kirkuk today urged restraint and unity after the assassination of a top Sunni Arab politician in the northern Iraqi city sparked fears of a flare-up.
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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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10 Killed In Iraq Funeral Bombing: Local Official
Ten people were killed and 14 wounded when explosive devices went off at a funeral for Sunni Muslim tribal fighters in the northern Iraqi town of Shirqat on Thursday, the town's leader said.
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Iraq Strikes ISIS In Mosul Days After Declaring Victory
Iraqi forces clashed with ISIS terrorists holding out in Mosul's Old City today, more than 36 hours after Baghdad declared victory over the terrorists in what they had made the de facto Iraqi capital of their self-declared caliphate.
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Suicide Bomber Dressed As Woman Kills 14 In Iraqi Displacement Camp
A suicide bomber dressed as a veiled woman killed 14 people and wounded 13 others in a displacement camp west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, security sources said.
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ISIS Suicide Attacks Kill 32 In Southern Iraq
Two suicide car bombs claimed by ISIS killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa today, police and medics said.
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UN Chief Presses Iraq On National Reconciliation To Defeat ISIS
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the Iraqi government on Saturday to step up efforts to foster reconciliation between the nation's Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim communities in order to combat ISIS.
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Iraq Court Sentences 40 To Death Over 2014 Tikrit Massacre
An Iraqi court today sentenced 40 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, the judiciary said.
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Iraqi Air Force Conducting 60% Of Sorties Against ISIS: PM Haider al-Abadi
More than 60 per cent of sorties against ISIS in Iraq are carried out by the nation's air forces and about 40 per cent by the US-led coalition, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday.
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Iraqi Sunni Mosques Attacked In Apparent Retaliation For Saudi Execution
At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday.Iraqi Shi'ites protesting the January 2 execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and in southern ...
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Iraq PM Vows To Hunt Down Mosque Bombers
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the security forces were tracking down the perpetrators of attacks against Sunni religious targets south of Baghdad on Monday.
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Iraq Official Blames ISIS For Bombing Sunni Mosques
An Iraqi official is blaming ISIS for the bombing of two Sunni mosques in a predominantly Shiite city in southern Iraq the previous night, saying the militant group seeks to stoke sectarian tensions.
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Before Mosul, Iraqi Army May Face Fight At The Gates Of Baghdad
Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul: Falluja, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists sitting at the western gates of the capital.
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Iraqi Army Declares Victory Over ISIS In Ramadi
Iraq's army said on Sunday it had defeated ISIS fighters in a provincial capital west of Baghdad, the first major victory for the US-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18 months ago.
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ISIS Stopping Civilians Leaving Ramadi Before Attack: Iraq Defence Ministry
ISIS militants are preventing civilians from leaving Ramadi ahead of an attack planned by the Iraqi army to retake the western city that the militants captured in May, an Iraqi Defence Ministry spokesman said today.
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Leaders Urge Restraint After Assassination in Iraq's Kirkuk
Political leaders in Kirkuk today urged restraint and unity after the assassination of a top Sunni Arab politician in the northern Iraqi city sparked fears of a flare-up.
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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.
