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IS steps up assault on western Iraqi town after losses

January 6, 2016 - 3:38pm

The Islamic State group has stepped up attacks on the western Iraqi town of Haditha, where at least 45 Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribal fighters have been killed in clashes over the past three days and another...

World

Pentagon chief: Iraqi strike may be 'mistake' by 2 sides

By Lolita C. Baldor | December 19, 2015 - 4:15pm

The American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers on Friday seems to be "a mistake that involved both sides," US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday.

World

US conducting airstrikes to help Iraq retake Tikrit

By Robert Burns | March 26, 2015 - 9:07am

At Iraq's request, the U.S. began airstrikes in Tikrit on Wednesday in support of a stalled Iraqi ground offensive to retake...

World

Iraqi forces, militias sweep into Islamic State-held Tikrit

By Sameer N. Yacoub | March 12, 2015 - 6:22am

Iraqi soldiers and allied Shiite militiamen swept into the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on yesterday, launching a two-front offensive to squeeze extremists out of Saddam Hussein's hometown in a major test of...

World

A year on, Islamic State group still rules Iraq's Fallujah

By Vivian Salama | January 19, 2015 - 2:16am

Nearly every night for a year, mortar and sniper fire from Islamic State group militants has pinned down outgunned Iraqi troops on the edge of Fallujah.

World

Iran eclipses US as Iraq's ally in fight against militants

By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra | January 13, 2015 - 2:18am

In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country's best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and the coalition air campaign against the militants. It's Iran, which is credited with stopping...

World

Australian premier makes unannounced trip to Iraq

By Sameer N. Yacoub | January 5, 2015 - 5:46am

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott made an unannounced visit yesterday to Baghdad, meeting with top officials to discuss ways his country can help Iraqi forces in their fight against the Islamic State group....

World

Iraqi officials say IS leader wounded in airstrike

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra | November 10, 2014 - 8:17am

Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in western Anbar province. Pentagon officials said they had no immediate information on such...

World

Iran general said to mastermind Iraq ground war

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra | November 6, 2014 - 5:01am

When Islamic State militants retreated from the embattled town of Jurf al-Sakher last week, the Iraqi military was quick to flaunt a rare victory. State television showed tanks and Humvees parading through the town...

World

Iraqi forces retake 2 towns from IS

October 26, 2014 - 4:00pm

Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga freed two towns in northern and central Iraq on Saturday after fierce clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants, security source said.

World