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Politics of Iraq

IS chief Baghdadi urges 'jihad' in purported new recording

World

IS chief Baghdadi urges 'jihad' in purported new recording

By AFP

Iraq's Sadr announces alliance with pro-Iranian Ameri

World

Iraq's Sadr announces alliance with pro-Iranian Ameri

By AFP

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Iraqi forces seize Kirkuk governor's office in push against Kurds

By AFP

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Thousands flee Iraq's Kirkuk: AFP journalist

By AFP

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IS blows up Mosul mosque where Baghdadi announced 'caliphate': commander

By AFP

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2,000 IS fighters defending west Mosul: US official

By AFP

ICG: Fight or Flight – The Desperate Plight of Iraq’s ‘Generation 2000’

World

ICG: Fight or Flight – The Desperate Plight of Iraq’s ‘Generation 2000’

By International Crisis Group

ICG: Central Mali – an uprising in the making?

World

ICG: Central Mali – an uprising in the making?

By International Crisis Group

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Iraq forces push into streets of IS-held Fallujah

By AFP

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US to deploy more forces to back Iraq's anti-IS war

By AFP

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Iraqi Kurdish troops rescue Swedish teen from Islamic State

By AP

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Americans missing in Baghdad kidnapped by Iran-backed militia

By Reuters

Terrified families emerge from rubble after battle of Ramadi

World

Terrified families emerge from rubble after battle of Ramadi

By Reuters

Iraqi Prime Minister vows to defeat ISIS in 2016

World

Iraqi Prime Minister vows to defeat ISIS in 2016

By Reuters

Clearing the landmines from Iraqi Kurdistan’s future

World

Clearing the landmines from Iraqi Kurdistan’s future

By International Crisis Group

Against all odds: Obama, the War President

World

Against all odds: Obama, the War President

By J Brooks Spector

Iraq accuses Islamic State of Yazidi atrocity, US conducts new strikes

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Iraq accuses Islamic State of Yazidi atrocity, US conducts new strikes

By Reuters

Islamic State grabs Iraqi dam and oilfield in victory over Kurds

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Islamic State grabs Iraqi dam and oilfield in victory over Kurds

By Reuters

Al Qaeda says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq jail-break

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Al Qaeda says it freed 500 inmates in Iraq jail-break

By Reuters

Iraq War: Ten years, ten questions

World

Iraq War: Ten years, ten questions

By Khadija Patel

Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence

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Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence

By Reuters