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Iraqi forces free Mosul neighborhood on day 3 of renewed push
Dec 31, 2016 10:18Iraqi security forces have freed a neighborhood of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on the third day of a renewed push to liberate the city from Daesh.
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Blasts kill at least 28 people in central Baghdad
Dec 31, 2016 07:27Two explosions have rocked the central part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing at least 28 people.
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Iraqi forces make headway in fresh offensive to retake Mosul
Dec 31, 2016 05:14Iraqi government soldiers and their allied forces have made great achievements in their renewed push to take back the strategic northern city of Mosul from Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
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Abadi urges Iraq-Turkey cooperation based on ‘respect for sovereignty’
Dec 31, 2016 04:26Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have held a telephone conversation, in what is seen as a major step towards settling a yearlong feud over the presence of Turkish forces in northern Iraq.
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Blasts kill at least 18 people in central Baghdad
Dec 31, 2016 03:43Two explosions have rocked the central part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing at least 18 people.
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Biggest Shia, Sunni blocs in Iraq parliamet discuss post-Daesh future
Dec 30, 2016 10:54The biggest Shia and Sunni blocs at Iraq’s parliament have arrived at a preliminary agreement on how to get the country back on its feet after the expected defeat of the Daesh terror group, which is largely on its last legs.
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Civilian casualties possible in US-led strike on Iraq hospital: Pentagon
Dec 30, 2016 02:51Scores of civilians are believed to have lost their lives when the so-called US-led coalition carried out an airstrike against purported positions of the Takfiri Daesh terrorists in Iraq’s troubled Northern Province of Nineveh.
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Iraqi forces launch fresh offensive to retake Mosul
Dec 29, 2016 12:38Iraqi troops have launched the second phase of a major operation to retake Mosul from Daesh terrorists, pushing deeper into eastern Mosul in a multi-pronged assault after a two-week lull.
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Iraq: Saudi policies feeding regional tensions
Dec 28, 2016 03:28Baghdad has warned Riyadh over its trouble making regional policies, stressing that it will not permit such interference in Iraq.
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US wants to keep Daesh terrorists in Mideast: Iran
Dec 27, 2016 16:51Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has slammed Washington's lack of seriousness in the fight against the Daesh terrorist group, saying the US has nurtured terrorists itself and now wants them to stay in the Middle East.