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US military chief in Baghdad amid Iraqi offensive
  Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, confers with his French counterpart, Gen. Pierre de Villiers, aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Arabian Gulf on Sunday. — AP      BAGHDAD —  The US ...
UN chief calls on world to stop destruction of Iraqi sites
BAGHDAD — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community Sunday to halt the destruction by self-proclaimed Islamic State extremists of Iraqi archaeological sites, branding the smashing of priceless and ancient artifacts a "war crime". Ban's comments came hours after Iraq's ...
IS militants bulldoze ancient city
    BAGHDAD — Islamic State fighters have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said, in their latest assault on some of the world’s greatest archeological and cultural treasures. A tribal source from the nearby city ...
Iraq to track down antiquities after museum rampage
        BAGHDAD — Militants linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group who destroyed priceless antiquities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have kept some artifacts to sell, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said, vowing to prevent the terrorists from smuggling them ...
Large-scale operation to retake Tikrit begins
    BAGHDAD — Backed by allied Shiite and Sunni fighters, Iraqi security forces on Monday began a large-scale military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from the self-proclaimed Islamic State group, state TV said, a major step in a campaign to ...
UN: Iraq violence killed at least 1,100 in February
    BAGHDAD — The UN mission to Iraq said on Sunday that violence claimed the lives of at least 1,100 Iraqis in February, including more than 600 civilians. The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said in a statement that 611 civilians ...
IS militants attack Samarra ahead of army offensive
BAGHDAD — Suicide bombers and militants linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group struck targets on Saturday in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, where security forces and their Shiite militia allies have been gathering for an offensive against these ...
Attacks kill 8 people in Iraq
    BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities say eight people have been killed in a series of bombings and mortar strikes around Baghdad. Police officials say mortar shells landed on some houses in the capital’s southern district of Dora on Friday morning, killing ...
Air strike near kills 17 IS militants
    BAGHDAD — A coalition air strike near the Iraqi border town of Al-Qaim killed at least 17 Islamic State militants and nine civilians Wednesday night, a hospital source said. Arabic channel Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath said Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi ...
Bombings kill 8 in, around Baghdad
    BAGHDAD — Officials say bombings in and around Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, have killed at least eight people. Police say a bomb near a restaurant killed three civilians and wounded eight on Tuesday in the northwestern Shula neighborhood. They say a ...
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