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Iraq troops set to retake Ramadi
BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces closed in on Daesh (the so-called IS) group’s last redoubts in central Ramadi Wednesday to retake the city they lost in May and further shrink its "caliphate". A day after punching deep into the city center, forces ...
Iraq forces advance into center of Ramadi
Baghdad — Iraqi security forces advanced Tuesday into the center of Ramadi for a final push aimed at retaking the city they lost to the Daesh group in May, officials said. “We went into the center of Ramadi from several fronts ...
Iraq welcomes Turkish withdrawal announcement
BAGHDAD — Baghdad welcomed Turkey’s move to pull troops out of northern Iraq but said it would keep up efforts at the United Nations to achieve a full withdrawal. “What has been reported in the media is a step in the ...
Iraq military asks Ramadi residents to leave city
BAGHDAD — Iraqi military planes dropped leaflets on Sunday on Ramadi, asking residents to leave within 72 hours the western city which is under the control of the Daesh militants, an army spokesman said. “It is an indication that a major ...
26 from Qatar hunting group kidnapped in Iraq: Officials
BAGHDAD — Gunmen kidnapped 26 members of a Qatari hunting party in southern Iraq, officials said on Wednesday, the second high-profile seizure of foreign nationals in the country in three months. "Twenty-six Qatari hunters were kidnapped at about 3 a.m. (0000 ...
Saudi Arabia reopens Baghdad embassy after 25 years
BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, a quarter of a century after relations were broken over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, a foreign ministry official said. “The staff of the Saudi embassy arrived today in Baghdad,” the official ...
Squeezed by budget and Daesh, Iraqi health system struggles
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister responded to protests this summer over failing public services by launching a campaign against corruption and mismanagement, yet more than four months later there is little sign of improvement in one key sector: healthcare. With Iraqis ...
Iraqi PM calls for withdrawal of Turkish troops
Haider Al-Abadi BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi called for the immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern Iraq in a national address Friday night, insisting no foreign forces are needed to fight the Daesh group in his ...
Iraqi troops shore up new gains in Ramadi
BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces on Wednesday consolidated newly gained positions in Ramadi, after achieving a breakthrough in their fight against Daesh (the so-called IS) group by retaking a large part of the city. Backed by sustained airstrikes from the US-led coalition, ...
Baghdad calls on Ankara to ‘immediately’ withdraw troops
Baghdad — Iraq calls on Turkey to “immediately” withdraw forces, including tanks and artillery, it has deployed in the country’s north without Baghdad’s consent, the premier’s office said on Saturday. “The Iraqi authorities call on Turkey to... immediately withdraw from Iraqi ...
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