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Iraqi forces open new front against Daesh in northwestern Mosul
May 04, 2017 03:56Iraqi armed forces have opened a new front in northwestern Mosul in the latest phase of their campaign to liberate the city from Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
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US contractor accused of sex trafficking in Iraq
May 04, 2017 02:11A US military contractor tasked with protecting an airbase in Iraq has been involved in sex trafficking and other mischievous acts, investigators say.
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11 journalists killed covering Iraq’s conflict last year, observatory says
May 04, 2017 01:46Eleven journalists were killed in Iraq in 2016 while covering the conflict, says the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory.
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Iraqi official urges more funds, working plan for Mosul rebuilding
May 03, 2017 14:10A local Iraqi official has called for billions in funds and a plan of action to restore security and public services to Nineveh province, whose capital Mosul has been the scene of fierce fighting between the army and terrorists.
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317 civilians killed in violence, armed conflicts in Iraq in April: UN
May 01, 2017 12:01The United Nations says terrorist acts, violence and armed conflicts took the lives of more than 300 people and left hundreds of others wounded in Iraq last month.
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Mosul to be totally freed from Daesh grip in May: Iraqi Commander
May 01, 2017 00:12A high-ranking Iraqi military commander has expressed hope that government forces, backed by volunteer fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, will drive the Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the country in less than a month despite the stiff resistance that the extremists are putting up in the densely-populated Old City district of western Mosul.
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Erdogan 'warns Baghdad' against liberation of 'Iraqi parts'
Apr 30, 2017 12:05A senior Iraqi parliamentarian discosed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to hold back the Hashd al-Shaabi (Iraqi popular) forces from any operation to liberate Tal Afar.
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About 30 Daesh terrorists killed as Iraqi forces inch closer to Mosul mosque
Apr 29, 2017 16:11More than two dozen Takfiri Daesh terrorists have been killed as Iraqi government forces, backed by volunteer fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, are fighting fierce street battles to close in on the strategic Grand al-Nuri Mosque in the western part of Mosul.
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Turkey may infiltrate into Iraq, Syria overnight: Erdogan
Apr 29, 2017 15:56President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan says Ankara would not tolerate the presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq's Sinjar region and northern Syria, hinting about an operation to flush militants out of the areas in Turkey’s south.
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Iraqi volunteer forces liberate Hatra city southwest of Mosul
Apr 27, 2017 11:44Iraqi fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have managed to gain complete control of the ancient city of Hatra southwest of Mosul, as they are helping government troops with battles to drive Daesh Takfiri terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the Arab country.