Sunni Militants

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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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  Gaza Rocket Hits Israel: Army

  A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel today morning, the Israeli army said in a statement.

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  Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Bangladesh Attack on Shias: Report

  A series of blasts killed at least one person and wounded dozens as Shia Muslims gathered for a procession in the old part of Bangladesh's capital early today to mark the holy day of Ashura, police said.

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  Islamic State Attacks Iraq Provincial Capital: Officials

  Islamic State fighters attacked a government complex in the heart of Ramadi today, local officials said, part of an apparently coordinated assault to seize full control of the provincial capital west of Baghdad.

• Iran Hardliners Want Nuclear Deal But No Ties With Washington

  Iran may be ready to reach a nuclear deal with world powers to revive its economy, but is in no rush to go further by restoring relations with the United States, calculating this would imperil its domestic support.

• 175 More Indians to Reach Home From Conflict-Hit Iraq on Thursday

  A batch of 175 Indian nationals will reach New Delhi from conflict-hit Iraq on Thursday, as the number of Indians to be evacuated from that country will reach 3000 in the next few days.

• Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki Signals His Intent to Stay in Job

  Despite mounting pressure to step aside, Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki vowed on Friday not to abandon his bid for another term as prime minister and pledged to stay on until the Sunni militants who have overrun much of the country are defeated.

• Indian Nurses in Iraq's Tikrit Moved, Are In ISIS Captivity

  46 Indian nurses stranded in Tikrit in Northern Iraq are being pressured by militants to board buses and leave the hospital where they work and live, sources say.

• Sunnis, Kurds Abandon Iraq Parliament After No Replacement for PM Maliki Named

  Newly elected Iraqi lawmakers convene on Tuesday, under pressure to name a unity government to keep the country from splitting apart after an onslaught by Sunni Islamists who have declared a "caliphate" to rule over all the world's Muslims.

• Jihadists Declare 'Caliphate', Claim World Leadership

  Ruthless jihadists spearheading a Sunni militant offensive in Iraq have declared an "Islamic caliphate" and ordered Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to their chief, in a spectacular bid to extend their authority.

• Iraq Hopes for 'True Intervention' by US: Officer

  Baghdad wants a "true intervention" by the United States, which fought a bloody almost nine-year war in Iraq, to help combat a sweeping militant offensive, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

• Iraq Crisis Not to Affect Oil Supply to India: Rao Inderjit Singh

  The Centre today said the situation in Iraq was a matter of concern and hoped that the turmoil in the Gulf country will not affect the oil supplies to India.

• Militants Bomb Shiite Places of Worship in Iraq

  Sunni militants bombed two Shiite places of worship, known as husseiniyahs, in northern Iraq on Wednesday, an official and witnesses said.

• Militants Attack Iraq Air Base, US Assessment Teams Deploy

  Militants attacked one of Iraq's largest air bases on Wednesday as the first US teams arrived to assess the Iraqi security forces.

• Iraq Militants Launch Fresh Raid on Oil Refinery

  Sunni militants launched a dawn raid Wednesday on a key Iraqi oil refinery they have been trying to take for days but were repelled by security forces.