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'A MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE' - IRISH BACKPACKERS TRAVEL TO IRAQ BORDER WITH FREEDOM FIGHTERS BATTLING ISIS
Will, from Blanchardstown, told Independent.ie that they wanted to experience what life in Kurdistan regions was like... READ MORE›
IRAQ BOMB KILLS DOZENS RETURNING FROM RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
There has been an uptick in suicide and car bombings since Iraqi security forces launched an operation toA drive ISILA extremists from Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city... READ MORE›
JAPANESE REPORTER DETAINED IN IRAQ TO BE RELEASED SOON, KURDISH MEDIA SAYS
Journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who has been detained by local authorities in Iraq while covering the battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, is... READ MORE›
IRAN-TRAINED MILITIAS JOIN U.S-BACKED CAMPAIGN ON MOSUL, FLYING SHI'ITE FLAGS
But Amnesty International says that in previous campaigns, the Shi'ite militias have committed serious human rights violations, including war crimes against civilians fleeing Islamic State-held territory... READ MORE›
DISPLACED PEOPLE FLOOD MOSUL AS ISIS LOSES GROUND
Iraqi military inflicts 'heavy losses' on isis in mosul... READ MORE›
IRAQI SHI'ITE MILITIAS SAY OFFENSIVE TOWARD TAL AFAR STARTED
The operation will target Tal Afar, an Islamic State-held area close to Turkey where a sizeable ethnic Turkmen population lives, which could cause concern in Ankara... READ MORE›
ISIS MILITANTS 'BAD MEN. THEY WILL DIE'
Qassim al-Maliki, commander of the Iraqi 9th armored division, said at least 50 ISIS militants were killed and much of their equipment destroyed in the assault... 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›
PESHMERGA FORCES 5 MILES FROM MOSUL IN BATTLE AGAINST ISIS
Peshmerga forces 5 miles from Mosul in battle against ISIS... READ MORE›
TURKEY PREPARED TO 'TAKE MEASURES' IN IRAQ, PM YILDIRIM SAYS
Yildirim, speaking to a group of reporters, also said Turkey could not remain idle over the situation in Iraq, given its 350-km (220-mile) border with the country... READ MORE›
FLEE OR STAY FOR MOSUL RESIDENTS BOTH CHOICES ARE RISKY
Families and aid workers worry that the Islamic State will use civilians as human shields, as they did earlier this year in the fight for Falluja... READ MORE›
IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES JOIN BATTLE TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISIS
The Kurdish forces, or peshmerga, who are also taking part in the offensive, announced a large-scale operation to the north and north-east of Mosul on Thursday... READ MORE›
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BATTLE FOR MOSUL BEGINS WITH GUNFIRE AND CAR BOMBS
But the coalition is expected to encounter fierce resistance from thousands of ISIS fighters in Mosul's urban center, armed with car bombs and improvised explosive devices... READ MORE›
AMID SYRIAN CHAOS, IRAN'S GAME PLAN EMERGES
It was taken by militias along with Iraqi forces on 22 September, delivering another blow to the terrorist group and an important boost to Iran's ambitions... READ MORE›
AT THE MOSUL FRONT TRAPS SMOKE SCREENS AND SUICIDE BOMBERS
Mr. Denton, a Times photographer, and Mr. Gordon, a Times military correspondent, are with Kurdish forces near Sheikh Amir, Iraq, on the eastern approach to Mosul... READ MORE›
RETAKING MOSUL WILL TAKE 2 MONTHS, GENERAL SAYS
A huge coalition of Iraqi troops, Kurdish Peshmerga allies and Iraqi irregulars press forward with their assault to recapture Mosul from ISIS... READ MORE›
IRAN'S AIR FORCE BOMBS ISIS IN IRAQ, SAYS PENTAGON
Washington and Tehran deny coordination as part of US-led coalition against Islamic State... READ MORE›
SHI'ITE MILITIAS SAY WILL SUPPORT IRAQI ARMY OFFENSIVE ON MOSUL
The first is Tal Afar and the second is to support the forces going into the center of Mosul, a statement on the PMF website said... READ MORE›
NEARLY 120 KILLED IN OVERNIGHT BAGHDAD BOMBINGS CLAIMED BY ISLAMIC STATE
The assault on Falluja was part of a wider offensive against Islamic State, which seized swathes of Iraqi territory in 2014... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON TO DELAY PUBLICATION OF IRAQ WAR INQUIRY UNTIL AFTER EU REFERENDUM
It is beyond appalling that the Government should casually extend their misery further by delaying the publication of the Chilcot report... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES ENTER FALLUJA ENCOUNTERING LITTLE FIGHT FROM ISIS
Referring to the Islamic State in Falluja, he said It's certainly not one big amorphous mass... READ MORE›
IRAQ SAYS BALAD SUICIDE BLAST IS ISIS ATTEMPT TO STIR UP SECTARIAN WAR
Iraqi officials claim the Thursday night attack was the most brazen attempt yet by Isis to reignite sectarian chaos... READ MORE›
IRAQI CITY OF MOSUL BRACES FOR LOOMING BATTLE WITH ISIS
In military circles, the Mosul offensive draws comparisons to two other cities where Iraqi forces wrested control from ISIS Ramadi and Falluja... READ MORE›
'IF THEY LOSE IT, ISIS IS FINISHED'
Falluja is their heart, said Hayder, the driver of a Humvee ushering Iraqi police commandos to the front... READ MORE›
BEN CARSON'S REMARKABLE GIBBERISH ON SYRIA AND IRAQ, EXPLAINED
This makes a bit of sense The Islamic State defines itself as a caliphate, so if you destroy it, then presumably you have destroyed the group... READ MORE›
US CONFERRED WITH IRAN BEFORE IRAQ INVASION BOOK SAYS
After being named ambassador to Iraq in 2005, Mr. Khalilzad continued to argue privately for opening a channel to Iran... READ MORE›
IRAQ GEARS UP FOR LATE-YEAR PUSH TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Over the past two weeks, convoys of sophisticated engineering vehicles have been seen approaching Qayyara airbase, which Islamic State wrecked before withdrawing in July... READ MORE›
WOMAN DIES AFTER DROPPING CHARGING IPHONE INTO BATHTUB EUROPE
After Islamic State militants opened their second offensive against Baiji in December, Capt... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SEIZES OIL FACILITY IN NORTHERN IRAQ, 15 WORKERS MISSING
In Falluja in the western province of Anbar, hospital sources said five people, including two children, were killed during Iraqi army shelling of Islamic State positions... READ MORE›
ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE, A TANGLED WEB
It also puts the fighters three miles closer to Fallujah, the first Iraqi town to be captured by the Islamic State nearly two years ago... READ MORE›
IRAQ USING INFO FROM NEW INTELLIGENCE CENTER TO BOMB ISLAMIC STATE
Iranian military advisers help direct Baghdad's campaign against Islamic State, which aims to expand its self-proclaimed caliphate in the Middle East... READ MORE›
NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND THOUSANDS CAUGHT IN IRAQ'S ANBAR OFFENSIVE
Haditha, one of the few government-held towns in Anbar, is increasingly cut off by Islamic State fighters... READ MORE›
IN EFFORT TO DEFEAT ISIS US AND IRAN IMPEDE ONE ANOTHER
And elsewhere in the province, Shiite militias supported by Iran are carrying out kidnappings and murders and restricting the movement of Sunni Arab civilians, according to American and Iraqi officials... READ MORE›
POST-ISLAMIC STATE IRAQ SHOULD BE SPLIT IN THREE
Iraqi troops have expelled Islamic State from some key cities the militants seized in 2014, and are advancing on Mosul, the largest city under IS control... READ MORE›
FALLUJA FULLY LIBERATED FROM ISLAMIC STATE
During an insurgency waged by Isis's militant predecessor, al-Qaida, against US forces in Iraq, Falluja was the scene of some of the bloodiest urban combat... READ MORE›
IRAQI SHI'ITE MILITIAS PLEDGE TO FIGHT U.S. FORCES IF DEPLOYED
Forces deployed in the country after the United States said it was sending an elite special unit to help combat Islamic State... READ MORE›
ANTI-ISIS FIGHTERS BATTLE TO RETAKE FALLUJA, RAQQA FROM ISIS
Security forces rapidly close in on key ISIS-held territories in Iraq and Syria, military officials say... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. FALTERS IN CAMPAIGN TO REVIVE IRAQI ARMY, OFFICIALS SAY
Garver said the regular Iraqi army continues to struggle with increasing its ranks... READ MORE›
ISIS FIGHTING TO THE DEATH INSIDE FALLUJA
The CNN crew entered the Nazzal neighborhood, in central Falluja,and saw intense small arms fire break out and witnessed smoke rising from behind a mosque... READ MORE›
IRAQ SAYS MOST OF FALLUJA RETAKEN FROM ISIS
CNN Fierce clashes broke out across Falluja, Iraq, on Friday as the country's Prime Minister declared the city free... READ MORE›
THE IRAQI FAMILY THAT FLED THEIR CITY FIVE TIMES
Her family came to Baghdad to mourn Ibrahim's death with Reema... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SUICIDE BOMBERS STRIKE IN IRAQI REFINERY TOWN
Islamic State fighters are still holding positions in three neighborhoods in Baiji and they are still receiving reinforcements, said one of the army colonels... READ MORE›
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SADDAM HUSSEIN SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT TO RUN IRAQ, SAYS CIA OFFICER WHO INTERROGATED HIM
Both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump believe the United States never should have invaded Iraq in 2o03 or, at least, Trump claims he now does ... READ MORE›
IRAQIS FIND EVIDENCE OF TORTURE BY ISLAMIC STATE IN MASS GRAVE NEAR MOSUL
Iraqis expect that many more clandestine burial sites will be found in the coming weeks as Iraqi forces take more territory from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
SYMBOLIC VICTORY AS IRAQI FORCES RECAPTURE STATE TV STATION IN MOSUL
ISIL forces are putting up stiff resistance as the Iraqi troops and their allies move closer into the outskirts of Mosul's eastern suburbs... READ MORE›
IRAQ REPORT BRINGS LITTLE SOLACE TO WAR-TORN COUNTRY
US invasion left country in ruins, Iraqis say, as protesters gather in London for official report on Britain's role... READ MORE›
LONG-AWAITED BRITISH INQUIRY INTO IRAQ WAR FINDS FAILURE AT MULTIPLE LEVELS
Scathing report on Blair's Iraq War role prompts contrition, defiance and a reckoning... READ MORE›
CHILCOT INQUIRY SLAMS BLAIR OVER IRAQ WAR, REVEALS SECRET PROMISE TO BUSH
But the inquiry chairman added that Blair had over-estimated his ability to influence U.S. decisions on Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI MAN WHO TOOK A SLEDGEHAMMER TO SADDAM HUSSEIN'S STATUE WANTS HIM BACK
And on early Sunday morning, the Islamic State terrorised Baghdad once again with the deadliest single bombing since the year the invasion began 2003... READ MORE›
REPORTS: U.S.-LED AIRSTRIKES KILL AT LEAST 250 ISIL FIGHTERS NEAR FALLUJAH
The airstrikes come a day after three suicide bombers blasted Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport, killing at least 42 people and leaving more than 230 wounded... READ MORE›
U.N. SOUNDS ALARM ABOUT FALLUJA CHILDREN, FOOD SUPPLY
Iraqi security forces operating in Falluja systematically separate men and boys over 12 from their families to check possible links with Islamic State... READ MORE›
TONY BLAIR FEELS BAD ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ. BUT HE STILL WANTS TO TRY IT AGAIN.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair may have left office almost a decade ago, but he still casts quite a shadow over current events... READ MORE›
U.S. TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO IRAQ TO TACKLE ISLAMIC STATE
The United States will also deploy an additional long-range rocket artillery unit to support Iraqi ground forces in the battle for Mosul, Carter said... READ MORE›