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200 residents of Iraqi town held by Daesh
    BAGHDAD — The mayor of a remote Daesh-held town in western Iraq said on Monday that some 200 residents have been detained by the group at an unknown location following clashes there. Trouble in Rutbah, in Anbar province near the Jordanian ...
Daesh burns four Iraqi fighters alive
    Baghdad — The Daesh (the so-called IS) group strung up four Iraqi fighters with chains and burned them alive, according to footage posted online, the latest gruesome execution video from the terrorists. The victims — identified as fighters in the ...
Kurdish forces free 7 villages in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Western-backed Kurdish fighters freed seven villages from the clasps of the Daesh (the so-called IS) group in northern Iraq in recent days, the US-led coalition battling the militants said. Bolstered by coalition airstrikes, the Peshmerga fighters wrestled back ...
Bomber kills two Iraq generals
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber killed two Iraqi generals on Thursday in Anbar province, a key battleground against Daesh (the so-called IS) group, as the militants made gains in northern Syria.   Daesh overran large areas of Iraq in 2014 and seized ...
Suicide attacks on Iraqi outpost kill 8
    BAGHDAD — Police and military officials say a series of suicide car bombings by the Daesh group targeting a military outpost in Anbar province have killed eight soldiers and injured six. They say the Monday morning attack west of Anbar’s ...
Sistani says reforms must continue
    BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urged the government on Friday to press ahead with reforms, but cautioned that the anti-corruption campaign must not come at the expense of the fight against Daesh (the so-called IS) group and should remain ...
Shaabola too afraid to face the music in Iraq after ridiculing Daesh
BAGHDAD — Shaaban Abdel Rahim, AKA Shaabola, is brave behind the microphone, using his lyrics as a weapon to speak out against Daesh (the so-called IS) and their evil ways. “Chopping heads is not in Islam, fess up and say ...
Inquiry finds officials grossly mismanaged Mosul crisis
BAGHDAD — Top Iraqi officials ignored ample warnings of an impending attack on the second city of Mosul and grossly mismanaged the ensuing crisis that saw Daesh (the so-called IS) militants seize it, a parliamentary report obtained by AFP says. The ...
Abadi scraps third of Cabinet positions in a reform drive
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi announced the removal of 11 of 33 Cabinet posts Sunday, the first concrete step in a reform drive to curb corruption and streamline the government. The announcement came as parliament and Abadi made preliminary ...
Council rejects calls for top judge to resign
BAGHDAD — Iraq's judicial authority on Monday rejected calls for the country's most senior Supreme Court judge to resign from his post, even though it was among the demands of protesters who took to the streets last week calling for ...
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