Recent News Headlines : Kirkuk Iraq
IRAQIS WHO FLED ISLAMIC STATE'S DEADLY RULE IN MOSUL RELISH RETURN TO PHONES
Phone cards were available in Mosul for a short period after IS took the city... READ MORE›
AS IRAQ'S KURDS EYE STATEHOOD, A BORDER TAKES SHAPE
Aware of the sensitivities, Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish fighters stationed along the frontier are reluctant to speak about the matter... READ MORE›
ATTACK CLAIMED BY ISLAMIC STATE KILLS SCORES OF SHIITE PILGRIMS IN IRAQ
During the Mosul offensive, militants have tried to carry out large-scale attacks in other parts of Iraq... READ MORE›
ARAB-KURD TENSIONS SIMMER IN SHADOW OF MOSUL CAMPAIGN
The Kurdistan Regional Government has changed course, declaring its commitment to Baghdad to retreat from territory that Kurdish forces have taken from ISIL... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURD FORCES DESTROYED ARAB HOMES
Rights group accuses Iraqi Kurdish forces of unlawfully destroying Arab homes and villages in areas once ruled by ISIL... READ MORE›
WORLD CONGRATULATES, AND FRETS, OVER TRUMP PRESIDENCY
But Hasan Shakir, 29, an Iraqi doctor who lives in Cairo and who supported Clinton, was suspicious of Trump... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN: SYRIAN KURD FORCES USED TO TAKE RAQQA 'NAIVE'
Turkish forces have carried out air strikes against Kurdish positions in northern Syria... READ MORE›
IS BOMBS KILL 17 CIVILIANS AS MOSUL BATTLE RAGES
Iraq's state-run Iraqia News TV said on Saturday that PM Haider al-Abadi had travelled to Mosul and had inspected front-line combat units... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL: HOW ISIS IS LOSING GROUND
A southern push by Iraqi army troops and Shia militias lagged behind the faster-moving eastern axis... READ MORE›
IRAQIS FEAR A??BLOODSHED WILL CONTINUEA?? AFTER MOSUL IF SECTARIAN TENSIONS ARENA??T ADDRESSED
In particular, there is the problem of how to handle the many Islamic State collaborators assumed to be among the million-plus people left in Mosul... READ MORE›
TRAPPED IN A HOUSE WITH ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS
Kirkuk, Iraq She sent just one text to her mother I am trapped in a house with Islamic State fighters... READ MORE›
TRAPPED IN A HOUSE WITH ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS
KIRKUK, Iraq -- She sent just one text to her mother I am trapped in a house with Islamic State fighters... READ MORE›
5,000 FIGHTERS JOIN IRAQ-LED OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISIS
The U.S. military estimates IS has 3,000 to 5,000 fighters inside Mosul and another 1,500-2,500 in the city's outer defensive belt... READ MORE›
IRAQ REVEALS OILFIELDS OUTPUT TO WIN OVER OPEC AHEAD OF MEETING
In the north of the country, the Kirkuk and Baba Gurgur fields produced 93,000 barrels a day for the federal North Oil Co., SOMO said... READ MORE›
CAPTURED BATTLEFIELD CELLPHONES, COMPUTERS GIVE U.S. VALUABLE INTELLIGENCE IN ISIS FIGHT
ISIS leadership includes former Iraqi military officers and others who served under ousted ruler Saddam Hussein... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES EVACUATE 1,000 CIVILIANS FROM MOSUL FRONT LINES
Says militants have committed a number of atrocities in recent days, officials said Wednesday... READ MORE›
IRAQI ARMY'S ELITE FORCE PAUSES WEEK-LONG ADVANCE NEAR MOSUL
Islamic State fighters stormed police stations and buildings in Kirkuk on Friday, killing about 100 security force members and civilians... READ MORE›
UN GETS REPORTS OF MASSACRES BY ISLAMIC STATE AROUND MOSUL
Islamic State fighters have reportedly massacred scores of people around its Iraq stronghold of Mosul UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville... READ MORE›
ISIS KILLS DOZENS IN STRONGHOLDS AROUND MOSUL TO QUELL UPRISING
Anti-isis resistance group plans to rise up in mosul, say residents... READ MORE›
SIDE ATTACKS FAIL TO DETER MOSUL OFFENSIVE AS COALITION ALSO READIES RAQQA ASSAULT
A senior U.S. military official, speaking to reporters traveling with Carter, suggested the Raqqa kick-off would likely follow some additional successes in Mosul... READ MORE›
MOSUL FIGHT UNLEASHES NEW HORRORS ON CIVILIANS
The figure would be far higher had the Islamic State not begun forcing residents of those villages to relocate toward Mosul... READ MORE›
IRAQI ARMY'S ELITE FORCE PAUSES ADVANCE NEAR MOSUL
Islamic State fighters stormed police stations and buildings in Kirkuk on Friday, killing about 100 security force members and civilians... READ MORE›
CONCERNS ABOUT 'COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT' AFTER SUNNI ARABS FLEE IRAQI CITY OF KIRKUK
He added that the Iraqi government should find suitable locations and services for displaced people in Kirkuk from other parts of Iraq... READ MORE›
FOUR WAYS IS IS FIGHTING BACK
Sources say 2,000 Kurdish fighters known as the Peshmerga were pulled back from the Mosul offensive, to help bring the situation in Kirkuk back under control... READ MORE›
COALITION HUDDLES AS FORCES INCH TOWARDS MOSUL
Iraq Coalition huddles as forces inch towards Mosul... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL: IRAQI ARMY MAKING ADVANCE
For two days ISIL forced Iraqi security forces to declare a state of emergency in the northern city of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL: HOW ISIS IS FIGHTING BACK
Battle for mosul how isis is fighting to keep its iraqi stronghold... READ MORE›
IRAQIS ON EDGE OF MOSUL FACE A DEADLY DILEMMA
Iraqis on edge of Mosul face a deadly dilemma Stay or flee... READ MORE›
IRAQIS PRESS TOWARD MOSUL, FACE QUESTIONS ABOUT AIRSTRIKE
Iraqi special forces shelled militant positions before dawn near Bartella, a historically Christian town east of Mosul that they had retaken last week... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE'S DEADLY BOOBY-TRAPS, DEFENSES MAKE FOR SLOW-GOING IN MOSUL OFFENSIVE
Karamlech is strategic because seizing the village would open up the road to Mosul, he explained... READ MORE›
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THE HISTORY OF MOSUL, IN FIVE MAPS
For a thousand years, Mosul has been at the heart of battles that shaped the Middle East... READ MORE›
IRAQI LEADER SAYS NO THANKS TO U.S. PUSH FOR TURKISH ROLE IN MOSUL FIGHT
The attack occurred as Iraqi forces advanced on militant-held Mosul about 100 miles to the northwest. Most of those killed in the assault were Kurdish security forces... READ MORE›
ISIS KILLS HUNDREDS IN MOSUL AREA, SOURCE SAYS
ISIS rounded up and killed 284 men and boys as Iraqi-led coalition forces closed in on Mosul, an Iraqi intelligence source told CNN... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADER TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE GROUPS SURVIVAL
United States officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State's shadowy leadership structure was a top priority... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS CLAIM CAPTURE OF TOWN IN ADVANCE ON MOSUL
Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdish region, told U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter that the Kurds had succeeded in liberating Bashiqa from Islamic State... READ MORE›
ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›
IRAQI ARMY TRIES TO TAKE MAIN CHRISTIAN TOWN NEAR MOSUL
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters took control of Kirkuk in 2014, after the Iraqi army withdrew from the region, fleeing an Islamic State advance through northern and western Iraq... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RETALIATES AS IRAQI FORCES PUSH ON MOSUL
Kirkuk is located east of Hawija, a pocket still under control Islamic State that lies between Baghdad and Mosul... READ MORE›
SUCCESS OF KURDISH FORCES IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN TALIBAN VOW SUPPORT FOR IS
The Pakistani Taliban has been waging its own insurgency against the Islamabad government since 1997... READ MORE›
OBAMA ORDERS US SPECIAL FORCES TO 'ASSIST' FIGHT AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA
The move came as diplomats worked in Vienna to restart talks on a political transition that would remove Syrian president Bashar al-Assad... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE 'BEGINS MASSACRING MEN AND BOYS INSIDE MOSUL'
Iraqi security forces continued to battle Isil fighters who launched a diversionary attack in the city of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DEFECTIONS MOUNT AS DEATH TOLL RISES, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
Top military officials estimate that the campaign has killed 23,000 Islamic State fighters, raising their death toll by 3,000 since mid-October... READ MORE›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
'COLLATERAL DAMAGE' VS. 'ENEMY COMBATANTS' -- RT OP-EDGE
This comes when Iraqi forces, backed by America, are also conducting a massive anti-ISIS operation in the area focusing on Mosul and surrounding villages... READ MORE›
IS LAUNCHES IRAQ COUNTER-ATTACK AT KIRKUK
Islamic State militants counter-attack in northern Iraq, killing at least 19 people in Kirkuk, as government forces advance on their stronghold, Mosul... READ MORE›
OBAMA SIGNALS 'NEW PHASE' AGAINST IS
Now what we need is ground troops, Iraqi ground troops, that can start pushing them back... READ MORE›
ISIS STILL ON ATTACK DESPITE LOSSES AND INTERNAL STRIFE
There are reports of dozens of executions and imprisonments of Islamic State fighters trying to flee the group... READ MORE›
ISIS DETAINEE TELLS US ABOUT PLAN TO USE MUSTARD GAS
He was described by three officials as a significant operative in the Islamic State's chemical weapons program... READ MORE›
IRAQ: SECURITY FORCES FIGHT ISIL GUNMEN IN KIRKUK
The Turkish president has also warned of sectarian bloodshed if the Iraqi army relies on Shia militias to retake Mosul, a predominantly Sunni city... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS FLEE IRAQI ADVANCE ON TIKRIT
Islamic state crisis thousands flee iraqi advance on tikrit... READ MORE›
US DEFENCE CHIEF ASH CARTER MAKES SURPRISE VISIT TO IRAQ
Iraqi forces began a new attempt to recapture the town of Qaraqosh near Mosul on Saturday... READ MORE›
'WE USUALLY CRY WHEN WE WATCH THE NEWS'
Mosul residents confirm that enslaved Yazidis are still inside the city, where conditions for civilians are rapidly deteriorating... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORCES 'ENCIRCLE IS IN TIKRIT'
State-run al-Iraqiya TV said government forces were advancing but progress has been slowed by roadside bombs... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE USES GRAIN TO TIGHTEN GRIP IN IRAQ
A wheat farmer from outside Mosul, Paulis and his family fled the militant group Islamic State early last month... READ MORE›
ISIL NEAR 'COLLAPSE' IN TIKRIT; MILITIA LEADER KILLED
Iraqi forces entered Tikrit on Wednesday in the first major battle against Islamic State fighters who took over much of northern Iraq last summer... READ MORE›
DISAPPOINTED WITH EUROPE THOUSANDS OF IRAQI MIGRANTS RETURN HOME
Last week, the bodies of five Iraqis who drowned in the Aegean Sea were returned to Kirkuk in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISTAN PRESIDENT: TIME HAS COME TO REDRAW MIDDLE EAST BOUNDARIES
The political map of northern Iraq has changed drastically in the 18 months since Islamic State overran Iraq's second city, Mosul... READ MORE›
IRAQI, KURDISH FORCES SAY THEY FEEL LET DOWN BY LEVEL OF U.S.-LED AIR SUPPORT
KANHASH, Iraq - Iraqi and Kurdish forces have relied heavily on U.S.-led coalition jets as they have won back territory from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
IRAQ CITY OF KIRKUK UNDER ATTACK BY ARMED MILITANTS
Witnesses in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk say armed militants have attacked a local police compound and that fighting is underway... READ MORE›