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'Do Not Retreat': ISIS Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Says On Mosul In Audio Message
Jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised to enter the city of Mosul where he declared a "caliphate" two years ago.
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Suicide Bombers In Deadly Twin Raids In Northern Iraq
Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north on Friday as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul.
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Iraqi Response To Displaced 'Woefully Insufficient': Amnesty
Iraq's assistance to civilians forced from their homes by conflict has been far from adequate, Amnesty International said today, warning that fresh displacement could spell catastrophe.
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Kurds Hold Off Islamic State Attack on Syria Border Town: Monitor
Kurdish fighters today held off a fierce assault by the Islamic State group on the strategic border town of Ras al-Ain in northeast Syria, a monitoring group said.
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Widespread Outrage After Islamic State Bulldozes Ancient Iraq City
Condemnation poured in Friday of the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists' latest attack on Iraqi cultural treasures that the UN termed a "war crime".
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Islamic State 'Bulldozed' Ancient Assyrian City of Nimrud, Says Iraq
The Islamic State group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on Thursday, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage.
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Kurd Troops Attack Iraq Jihadists on Three Fronts: Officers
Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State jihadist group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told AFP.
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From Exodus to Exodus, Iraq Christians Seek New Home
Threats by jihadists have sent a fresh wave of Christians fleeing their Iraqi homeland, bustling from exodus to exodus in search of a safe haven to rebuild their lives.
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Jihadists Kill 14 Iraq Kurds in Battle Over Dam, Oil Facility
Kurdish troops fought off a jihadist attack on an oil facility and a dam near the Iraqi city of Mosul but lost 14 of their number in intense combat, Kurdish sources said on Saturday.
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US Focus on Boosting Iraqi Forces to Help Fight Insurgency
The White House signaled on Wednesday that it was looking to strengthen Iraqi forces to help them deal with an insurgency rather than to meet what one U.S. official said were past Iraqi requests for U.S. air strikes.
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'Do Not Retreat': ISIS Chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Says On Mosul In Audio Message
Jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his fighters to resist as Iraqi forces were poised to enter the city of Mosul where he declared a "caliphate" two years ago.
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Suicide Bombers In Deadly Twin Raids In Northern Iraq
Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north on Friday as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul.
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Iraqi Response To Displaced 'Woefully Insufficient': Amnesty
Iraq's assistance to civilians forced from their homes by conflict has been far from adequate, Amnesty International said today, warning that fresh displacement could spell catastrophe.
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Kurds Hold Off Islamic State Attack on Syria Border Town: Monitor
Kurdish fighters today held off a fierce assault by the Islamic State group on the strategic border town of Ras al-Ain in northeast Syria, a monitoring group said.
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Widespread Outrage After Islamic State Bulldozes Ancient Iraq City
Condemnation poured in Friday of the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists' latest attack on Iraqi cultural treasures that the UN termed a "war crime".
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Islamic State 'Bulldozed' Ancient Assyrian City of Nimrud, Says Iraq
The Islamic State group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on Thursday, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage.
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Kurd Troops Attack Iraq Jihadists on Three Fronts: Officers
Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State jihadist group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told AFP.
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From Exodus to Exodus, Iraq Christians Seek New Home
Threats by jihadists have sent a fresh wave of Christians fleeing their Iraqi homeland, bustling from exodus to exodus in search of a safe haven to rebuild their lives.
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Jihadists Kill 14 Iraq Kurds in Battle Over Dam, Oil Facility
Kurdish troops fought off a jihadist attack on an oil facility and a dam near the Iraqi city of Mosul but lost 14 of their number in intense combat, Kurdish sources said on Saturday.
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US Focus on Boosting Iraqi Forces to Help Fight Insurgency
The White House signaled on Wednesday that it was looking to strengthen Iraqi forces to help them deal with an insurgency rather than to meet what one U.S. official said were past Iraqi requests for U.S. air strikes.
