Samarra

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  ISIS Gunmen Attack Police Station In Iraq's Samarra

  Terrorist gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a police station in the Iraqi city of Samarra Monday, sparking clashes with the security forces, officials said.

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  Islamic State Fighters Attack Iraqi City of Samarra Ahead of Army Offensive

  Islamic State suicide bombers and fighters struck targets on Saturday in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, where security forces and their Shi'ite militia allies have been gathering for an offensive against the radical militants.

• IS Jihadists Execute Iraqi Journalist, 12 Other People

  Islamic State militants executed an Iraqi news cameraman and 12 other people on Friday in several towns and villages north of Baghdad, officials, relatives and witnesses said.

• More Than 1,200 Chinese Evacuated From North Iraq

  State media say more than 1,200 Chinese workers who had been trapped in the embattled northern Iraqi city of Samarra have been evacuated to Baghdad.

• Militants Ready New Assault on Iraq's Samarra: Witnesses

  Militants were gathering Friday for a new attempt to take the Iraqi city of Samarra, home to a revered Shiite shrine whose 2006 bombing sparked a sectarian war, witnesses said.

• Six Policemen Killed in Iraq

  At least six policemen were killed and 45 people were injured Thursday when dozens of Sunni militants took control of six districts in the Iraqi city of Samarra, an official said.

• Militants seize Iraq city council headquarters, take hostages: officials

  Militants seized the city council headquarters in the Iraqi city of Samarra and took employees hostage on Tuesday, officials said, the second such attack in recent months.

• 21 militants killed by own car bomb in Iraq: security

  A car bomb mistakenly went off in a militant compound north of Baghdad on Monday, killing 21 insurgents including a suicide bomber, an anti-Qaeda militia leader and a police officer said.

• Baghdad cafe bombing kills at least 38 people

  A suicide bomber driving a minibus blew himself up outside a cafe in a mainly Shi'ite Muslim district of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 38 people, police and medics said.

• UN warns against escalation after Iraq blasts kill 73

  The UN warned on Sunday against retaliatory attacks in Iraq after two blasts killed 73 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad, a day after a Sunni mosque bombing.