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Two chemical attacks by Islamic State kill child, wound 600
The wounded are suffering from infected burns, suffocation and dehydration, said Helmi Hamdi, a nurse at the Taza hospital.
13 Mar 2016 10:40 AM
ISIS bomb blast kills 60 in Iraq
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 70, medical and s
07 Mar 2016 3:13 AM
ISIS losing battle, says US envoy
The Islamic State (ISIS) is losing a battle against forces arraigned against if from many sides in Iraq and Syria and the focus would turn to stabilizing cities seized back from them, the US envoy to
06 Mar 2016 4:36 AM
4 ISIS bombers penetrate Iraq Army HQ, kill general, 5 others
Iraq launches major anti-ISIS ops north of Baghdad
02 Mar 2016 7:13 AM
24 killed in ISIS-claimed Baghdad bombs
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) group killed at least 24 people in a Shia area of Baghdad Sunday, the deadliest attacks to hit the Iraqi capital this year.
29 Feb 2016 6:12 AM
Missing radioactive matter found in southern Iraq
Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near a petrol station in the southern town of Zubair, officials said on Sunday, ending speculation it could be acquired by Islamic
22 Feb 2016 5:47 AM
Iraq court sentences 40 to death over 2014 Tikrit massacre
Court found 40 of 47 defendants guilty of involvement in the ‘Speicher’ massacre where the victims were captured before being executed.
18 Feb 2016 6:13 PM
US refuelling plane saves F-16 pilot in emergency over IS territory
Without mid-air refuelling, the pilot faced the dangerous prospect of having to eject over Islamic State territory.
15 Feb 2016 9:45 AM
US refuelling plane saves pilot in Iraq
Quick-thinking by the crew of a US Air Force refuelling plane has saved the life of a pilot and his expensive F-16 fighter jet over Islamic State (ISIS) territory, according to a media report.
15 Feb 2016 2:54 AM
‘No information about Indians in ISIS ranks in Iraq’
Hundreds of militants from around the world, including from Pakistan, are fighting alongside the dreaded Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, according to top military commanders of the war-torn Arab country
15 Feb 2016 2:52 AM
ISIS militants shave beards for safe escape
Iraqi Army has arrested a group of ISIS fighters when they tried to escape from the fallen city of Ramadi after shaving their beards and dressing up as women.
15 Feb 2016 2:46 AM
Iraq weighs risk to Mosul Dam in anti-ISIS fight
The risk of Iraq’s largest dam collapsing and unleashing a huge wave onto Mosul is affecting plans to retake the city from jihadists, an adviser to the Premier’s office said.
11 Feb 2016 5:57 AM
Iraqi Hezbollah warns against Arab troops
One of Iraq’s most powerful Iranian-backed Shia militias on Sunday warned that Arab forces sent to Syria or Iraq would “open the gates of hell”, in comments clearly aimed at Sunni Arab countries that
09 Feb 2016 2:25 AM
‘Time has come for Iraqi Kurds to hold referendum’
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the “time has come” for the country’s Kurds to hold a referendum on sta-tehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Bag-hdad.
04 Feb 2016 6:19 AM
ISIS sex slaves forced to undergo two-finger virginity test: HRW
These women were forced to undergo virginity tests conducted by Kurdish officials to determine rape, according to HRW.
30 Jan 2016 1:25 PM
Mass grave of ISIS victims found in Ramadi
Security forces found a mass grave in the Iraqi city of Ramadi containing the remains of at least 18 people killed by the Islamic State group, the police said Tuesday.
27 Jan 2016 6:44 AM
‘3 US men seized from suspicious flat in Baghdad’
Three American nationals missing in Iraq were kidnapped from a “suspicious apartment” in Baghdad, a spokesman for the security command responsible for the capital said on Monday.
19 Jan 2016 5:50 AM
Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi vows to expel IS after deadly mall attack
Gunmen stormed the shopping mall after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at the entrance.
12 Jan 2016 1:09 PM
Islamic State claims responsibility for Baghdad attack
Iraqi officials say the attack which lasted over an hour, killed at least 18 people.
12 Jan 2016 9:27 AM
10 killed as hostages taken in Baghdad mall
Gunmen set off a car bomb at the entrance to a mall in mainly Shia eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 25 as the attackers raced inside and took hostages, Iraqi official
12 Jan 2016 5:15 AM
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