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US-led coalition: IS has lost 30 percent of its territory

January 5, 2016 - 2:17pm

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said yesterday that the militants have lost 30 percent of the territory they once held in Iraq and Syria.

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

In battle against IS, Iraqi forces retake town near Tikrit

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra | March 11, 2015 - 6:15am

Iraqi security forces on yesterday retook a town next to the militant-held city of Tikrit as they pressed their offensive against Islamic State militants, two military officials said.

World

Iraqi general warns of military woes in fighting extremists

By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra | January 3, 2015 - 5:24am

Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi had 225 fighters, a single Abrams tank, a pair of mortars, two artillery pieces and about 40 armored Humvees when he set out to retake a strategic city in northern Iraq captured by Islamic...

World

Bombings in Iraq's capital kill at least 27 people

By Sameer N. Yacoub | July 20, 2014 - 6:38am

A series of bombings, including three over a span of less than 10 minutes, killed at least 27 people across Baghdad on yesterday, shaking the fragile sense of security the capital has maintained despite the Sunni...

World

Iraqi forces clash with militants in northern city

By Sinan Salaheddin and Sameer N. Yacoub | June 30, 2014 - 6:10am

Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit on yesterday as part of a government offensive to retake the predominantly Sunni hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein from Sunni militants...

World

Iraq conflict rages on, Obama downplays threat

June 29, 2014 - 4:00pm

Iraqi government troops and armed extremists continued to fight near Baghdad and in Tikrit Saturday, even as Washington downplayed the threat of Iraqi militants.

World

Militants post images of mass killing in Iraq

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sameer N. Yacoub | June 16, 2014 - 6:48am

As the Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad's defenses yesterday, the Islamic militant group that captured two major cities last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show its fighters massacring dozens of captured...

World

Hundreds of Iraqis heed calls to mobilize

June 14, 2014 - 3:42pm

World