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Lebanese Hezbollah commander killed in Iraq

A commander with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was recently killed while on a “jihadi mission” in Iraq, officials in Lebanon said Thursday. The officials, who are close to the Shiite Hezbollah, said that Ibrahim Mohammed al-Haj was killed sometime in the past week. They did not provide any details ...

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Australian teen behind Iraq suicide blast

An 18-year-old Australian man was behind a deadly suicide bomb attack in Iraq last week, authorities said Monday, with Attorney-General George Brandis calling it a “disturbing development.” The blast last Thursday near a mosque in Baghdad left several dead, including the teenager, who left Melbourne for the region last year. ...

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Two million Iraqis volunteer to fight ISIL

More than 2 million Iraqis have volunteered to fight against militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Iraqi Energy Minister Hussein al-Shahristani says. The government has no capacity to process any more volunteers, he adds. “No one knows when this battle will end, but we will ...

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Iraq foils terrorist attack on Nineveh province

The Iraqi army killed in Nineveh desert 20 ISIL terrorists. (File photo)

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 ...

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