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At Least 13 Dead As Iraqi Forces Open Fire At Protesters
Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, abandoning weeks of comparative restraint to unleash live gunfire in a bid to crush demonstrations against the political parties that control the government.
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Iraqi Forces Seize Village In One Of Last ISIS Bastions
Iraqi security forces and paramilitary units on Tuesday seized a village in one of the last pockets of territory controlled by the ISIS group in the vast western province of Anbar, bordering Syria.
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'Victory' Over ISIS In Mosul To Be Announced In Next Hours: Report
Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul in the next hours as only a few meters are left under the control of ISIS, Iraqi state TV said on Saturday.
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'I've Never Seen Such War' Says 90-Year-Old Rescued From Mosul
Ninety-year-old Khatla Ali Abdallah has survived decades of turbulence in northern Iraq, but the frail grandmother who fled the battle for Mosul this week says the fighting there is the worst she has ever seen.
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Iraqi Forces Fighting ISIS Say Nearing Mosul Airport
Iraqi security forces drove ISIS fighters from the centre of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul on Saturday and reached within a few km (miles) of an airport on the edge of the city, a senior commander said.
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4 Killed, 90 Injured In Baghdad Green Zone Riots: Reports
At least four people were killed and 90 injured among anti-corruption protesters who stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday, hospital sources said today.
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Iraqi Forces Free Group Of Yazidi Women From ISIS: Ministry
Iraqi security forces freed a group of Yazidi women held captive by ISIS in a covert operation behind the group's lines, a defence ministry statement said on Wednesday.It did not say how many women were freed, when or where.
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4 Indians Detained In Syria Preparing To Join ISIS
Four Indians have been detained in Syria while trying to join the ISIS terror group, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al Moualem said in New Delhi today.
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Bombs Laid By ISIS Hamper Iraqi Troops In Ramadi After Victory
ISIS militants left Ramadi's streets and buildings booby-trapped with bombs, hampering efforts to rebuild the city two weeks after Iraq's elite counter-terrorism forces claimed victory against the militant group there, officials said.
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Iraq Forces Advance Into Centre Of ISIS-Held Ramadi: Security Official
Iraqi security forces advanced today into the centre of Ramadi for a final push aimed at retaking the city they lost to the ISIS group in May, officials said.
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Iraq Forces Retake Large Part Of Ramadi City From ISIS: Officials
Iraqi security forces today recaptured a large area on the southwestern side of Ramadi from the ISIS , which overran the city in May, officials said.
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Islamic State Retakes Part of Iraqi Town of Baiji: Pentagon
Islamic State fighters have regained territory in the contested city of Baiji, home to Iraq's largest oil refinery, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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Iraqi Forces Clash With Islamic State Militants at Anbar University
Iraqi security forces entered the University of Anbar in southern Ramadi today and clashed with Islamic State militants inside the compound, the joint operations command said in a statement broadcast on state television.
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Iraqis Launch Offensive Against Islamic State Near Anbar Military Base
Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribal fighters launched an offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants near the western outpost of Haditha in a bid to secure a key supply route to an important military base, police and tribal sources said.
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Brack Obama Orders Deployment of Up to 450 More US Troops to Iraq
President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered the deployment of up to 450 more U.S. troops and establishment of a new training base in Iraq's Anbar province to help rebuild Iraqi forces in preparation for a battle to retake territory lost to Islamic State.
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At Least 13 Dead As Iraqi Forces Open Fire At Protesters
Iraqi security forces shot dead at least 13 protesters in the past 24 hours, abandoning weeks of comparative restraint to unleash live gunfire in a bid to crush demonstrations against the political parties that control the government.
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Iraqi Forces Seize Village In One Of Last ISIS Bastions
Iraqi security forces and paramilitary units on Tuesday seized a village in one of the last pockets of territory controlled by the ISIS group in the vast western province of Anbar, bordering Syria.
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'Victory' Over ISIS In Mosul To Be Announced In Next Hours: Report
Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul in the next hours as only a few meters are left under the control of ISIS, Iraqi state TV said on Saturday.
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'I've Never Seen Such War' Says 90-Year-Old Rescued From Mosul
Ninety-year-old Khatla Ali Abdallah has survived decades of turbulence in northern Iraq, but the frail grandmother who fled the battle for Mosul this week says the fighting there is the worst she has ever seen.
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Iraqi Forces Fighting ISIS Say Nearing Mosul Airport
Iraqi security forces drove ISIS fighters from the centre of a town just south of the militants' main stronghold of Mosul on Saturday and reached within a few km (miles) of an airport on the edge of the city, a senior commander said.
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4 Killed, 90 Injured In Baghdad Green Zone Riots: Reports
At least four people were killed and 90 injured among anti-corruption protesters who stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday, hospital sources said today.
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Iraqi Forces Free Group Of Yazidi Women From ISIS: Ministry
Iraqi security forces freed a group of Yazidi women held captive by ISIS in a covert operation behind the group's lines, a defence ministry statement said on Wednesday.It did not say how many women were freed, when or where.
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4 Indians Detained In Syria Preparing To Join ISIS
Four Indians have been detained in Syria while trying to join the ISIS terror group, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al Moualem said in New Delhi today.
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Bombs Laid By ISIS Hamper Iraqi Troops In Ramadi After Victory
ISIS militants left Ramadi's streets and buildings booby-trapped with bombs, hampering efforts to rebuild the city two weeks after Iraq's elite counter-terrorism forces claimed victory against the militant group there, officials said.
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Iraq Forces Advance Into Centre Of ISIS-Held Ramadi: Security Official
Iraqi security forces advanced today into the centre of Ramadi for a final push aimed at retaking the city they lost to the ISIS group in May, officials said.
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Iraq Forces Retake Large Part Of Ramadi City From ISIS: Officials
Iraqi security forces today recaptured a large area on the southwestern side of Ramadi from the ISIS , which overran the city in May, officials said.
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Islamic State Retakes Part of Iraqi Town of Baiji: Pentagon
Islamic State fighters have regained territory in the contested city of Baiji, home to Iraq's largest oil refinery, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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Iraqi Forces Clash With Islamic State Militants at Anbar University
Iraqi security forces entered the University of Anbar in southern Ramadi today and clashed with Islamic State militants inside the compound, the joint operations command said in a statement broadcast on state television.
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Iraqis Launch Offensive Against Islamic State Near Anbar Military Base
Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribal fighters launched an offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants near the western outpost of Haditha in a bid to secure a key supply route to an important military base, police and tribal sources said.
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Brack Obama Orders Deployment of Up to 450 More US Troops to Iraq
President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered the deployment of up to 450 more U.S. troops and establishment of a new training base in Iraq's Anbar province to help rebuild Iraqi forces in preparation for a battle to retake territory lost to Islamic State.
