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21 killed, dozens hurt as multiple bomb attacks hit Iraq
Jan 15, 2017 04:08Three bomb attacks have struck several areas across Iraq, leaving nearly two dozen people dead and 46 more wounded.
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Iraq says mediating for improvement of Iran-Saudi ties
Jan 14, 2017 15:42Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari says he has been carrying out certain mediatory measures since last year in order to help the improvement of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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Iraqi forces make more territorial gains against Daesh in, around Mosul
Jan 14, 2017 15:42Iraqi army forces have achieved a string of swift territorial gains in and around Mosul as they are joined by allied fighters and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in a multi-pronged operation to push Daesh terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.
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Iraqi forces fully recapture Mosul University from Daesh: Source
Jan 14, 2017 11:11Forces with the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) have fully liberated the Mosul University, in a key advance against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in the strategic northern city.
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Iraqi forces continue to make gains against Daesh in eastern Mosul
Jan 14, 2017 02:17Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) have made further advances against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in Mosul, pushing the terrorists out of several districts in the eastern quarter of the strategic northern city.
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Iraqi FM, Iranian MP discuss regional developments
Jan 13, 2017 17:29Head of Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commitee, Ala'eddin Boroujerdi has discussed regional developments and bilateral ties with Iraqi Foreign Minister Bashar Ja'fari in Baghdad on Friday.
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Iraqi forces enter Mosul University, seize Tigris bridge
Jan 13, 2017 11:36Iraqi forces have entered the Mosul University compound in a key advance against Daesh in the northern city, the Takfiri terror group’s last stronghold in the West Asian country.
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Violence killed over 16,000 Iraqi civilians in 2016: Research group
Jan 12, 2017 17:06A research group says violence left 16,361 civilians dead last year in Iraq, which has been hit by a campaign of death and destruction perpetrated by Takfiri Daesh terrorists over the past few years.
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Iraqi volunteer forces gearing up for Mosul operation
Jan 12, 2017 10:20Iraqi fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units are reportedly moving their heavy military equipment and armored vehicles to the western flank of Mosul in preparation from an anti-Daesh offensive.
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Iraqi forces in control of 80% of eastern Mosul: Special forces spokesman
Jan 11, 2017 12:04Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) says government forces have liberated at least 80 percent of eastern Mosul from the grip of Takfiri Daesh militants as part of a major anti-terror operation to retake the whole city.