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Iraqi Kurdish forces and allied militiamen retook the town of Sulaiman Bek from militants on Monday, removing a key stronghold they have held for over 11 weeks, officials said. “Sulaiman Bek is under the control of the combined forces,” but there is still danger from bombs the militants may have ...

Iraqi forces on Sunday broke through to the town of Amerli, which was besieged by ISIS, where thousands of people have been trapped for over two months with dwindling food and water. “Our forces entered Amerli and broke the siege,” security spokesman Lieutenant General Qassem Atta told AFP. Iraqi security ...

Iraqi armed forces have regained full control of the northern city of Tikrit during a major offensive against Takfiri ISIL militants. Al-Iraqiya television network reported on Tuesday that the army succeeded in recapturing the strategic city after the Iraqi air force pounded the main ISIL strongholds in Tikrit, located 140 ...

A spokesman for the Office of the Adjutant General of the Iraqi armed forces has said that his country has returned 130 military aircraft to Iraq, which were held in Iran for more than 20 years. General Qassim Atta explained in a televised press statement that the Iranian authorities have ...

Baghdad has not agreed to grant immunity from local prosecution to US forces that are being deployed to Iraq, which is fighting against Takfiri militants, reports say. According to Iraqi local media reports, a government source on Tuesday rejected the claims after reports from the Pentagon said Iraq had assured ...

A Sunni Muslim group called “Ahl al-Sunnah”, consisted of eight Sunni tribes in the Iraqi southern province of Basra, has registered to fight against radical militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Al-Alam correspondent in Basra reported on Tuesday that fighters from eight Sunni tribes registered ...

Iraqi security forces have retaken control of two border crossings in their latest battles against Takfiri militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Troops recaptured the Trebil border crossing with Jordan and al-Waleed crossing on the border with Syria on Monday. Also, Iraqi warplanes launched ...

Iraqi security forces and local tribesmen have thwarted an attack by ISIL terrorist elements in a strategic city in Nineveh province. According to reports on Sunday, at least 18 insurgents belonging to the so-called ISIL were killed and five vehicles destroyed after the attack on Tal Afar was repelled. Militants ...

The mayor of Iraq’s city of Salahuddin has confirmed that the army retook large parts of the city after it fell to rebels from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL). Mayor Ahmed Abdullah said in a statement that the army had retaken the districts of Ad-Duluiya, ...

Iraqi military forces have killed nearly 300 Takfiri militants in separate attacks across the country as they get the upper hand in the battle against the militants. According to local media sources, fierce clashes are underway between government forces and the Takfiri militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq ...