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Iraqi Security Troops Eliminate Senior Daesh Leader in Mosul
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The leader, known as Abu Muhajir al-Rusi, and possibly of the Russian origin, was eliminated as a result of an artillery strike on a command post in in the so-called Old City district of Mosul, according to…
ISIS bomber detonated up his VBIED in west Mosul
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The dramatic moment an ISIS suicide bomber blew up his VBIED was brilliantly arrested by two fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units.
The suicide attack –in Autumn 2016 – was planned to target an Iraqi…
Iraq’s Kirkuk Provincial Council Calls Plebiscite on Kurdish Governance
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The Kirkuk Provincial Council in northern Iraq determined on Tuesday to hold a plebiscite on governance by Iraqi Kurdistan despite opposition from Arab and Turkmen members ,according to Turkey’s Daily Sabah…
Around 50 civilian victims in Mosul today among intensive US aerial bombardment
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Scores of Iraqi non-fighters were killed in Mosul across four ISIS-held neighborhoods on Monday when American airstrikes and Iraqi artillery shelling caused important direct damage, Amaq Agency stated.
Tens…
Iraq postpones Mosul operations for civilian safe passages
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The Iraqi military has temporarily came to a halt operations around the densely populated areas around west Mosul’s Old City to permit safe passage for civilians.
"Currently, there is a delay, to open safe…
Iraqi Intelligence Says ISIL Second-in-command Killed in Airstrike
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Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed as a result of an air strike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said on Saturday.
The U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition…
Russia: US concealing Daesh crimes in Iraq’s Mosul
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Russia has accused Washington of covering up the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group's concealing in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where a US airstrike last month killed hundreds of civilians.
Russian Defense Ministry…
In pictures: ISIS decapitates captive Iraqi Army soldiers
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Islamic State released 18 revolting images on Saturday showing the summary execution and beheading of a handful of captured Iraqi soldiers, supposedly members of the Popular Mobilization Units and Iraqi Army along…
PM Abadi alert Kurds over freedom in northern Iraq
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Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has alert against an independent Kurdistan in northern Iraq, claiming it would only harm the Kurds.
“That is completely objectionable. We are serious about Iraq’s…
Iraqi General Says Mosul to Be Freed from ISIL by End of Spring
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The operation to free the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIL Takfiri will be fullfiled by the end of spring, Iraqi general said.
Brig. Gen. Shaker Alwan Khafaji, one of the Iraqi Federal Police heads, told…