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Iraqi forces recapture 2 towns
    BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces have gained full control over a contested area south of the country’s largest oil refinery Friday as part of ongoing operations to secure the rest of Salahuddin province following the recapturing of Tikrit, a senior Iraqi ...
Retaking all of Anbar out of reach for now: Analysts
BAGHDAD — Baghdad has announced its next battle against Daesh (the so-called IS) group is retaking Anbar province, but analysts say entrenched militants and limited Iraqi forces put a full reconquest out of reach for now. Anbar is by far Iraq’s ...
Bombings kill 11 in Iraq
    BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say two separate bombings have targeted public places in Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital, killing 11 people. Police officials say a suicide bomber set off his explosives vest at noon on Friday inside a small ...
Daesh beheads four for robbery, murder in Iraq
    Baghdad — The Daesh (the so-called IS)  group has beheaded four men for armed robbery and murder in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, according to an online propaganda video. A masked militant in front of a large crowd reads ...
Daesh beheads four for robbery, murder in Iraq: video
      BAGHDAD — The Daesh (so called IS) group has beheaded four men for armed robbery and murder in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, according to an online propaganda video seen by AFP Tuesday.   The undated video portrays the group, which ...
Daesh shot, hammered away Iraq’s Hatra heritage site
BAGHDAD — Militants belonging to Daesh (the so-called IS) at Iraq’s ancient city of Hatra destroyed the archaeological site by smashing sledgehammers into its walls and shooting Kalashnikov assault rifles at priceless statues, a new militant video purportedly from the ...
Looters in Tikrit to be prosecuted
    BAGHDAD — Iraqi prime minister Haider Al-Abadi says the military will begin arresting and prosecuting anyone who loots abandoned properties in the newly-recaptured city of Tikrit. Saddam Hussein’s hometown was recaptured by Iraqi forces Wednesday, ending a nearly 10-month occupation ...
Ban Ki-moon holds talks in Baghdad
    BAGHDAD — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Baghdad on Monday for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and other top officials.   Ban first met President Fuad Masum and Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari and was also due to ...
Twin car bombings in Baghdad kill at least 9
    BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say a pair of car bombings in a Baghdad suburb has killed at least nine people. A police officer says the two explosive-laden cars went off simultaneously Monday in a commercial area of the Husseiniyah district ...
UN Secretary General troubled by Iraq abuse claims, warns of refugee crisis
BAGHDAD — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he was concerned about reported abuses by Iraqi pro-government forces, including militias, in their war against Daesh (the so-called IS). "I am... concerned by allegations of summary killings, abductions and destruction ...
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