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The name of Haider al-Abadi was not widely circulated in Iraqi media; the man liked to keep to himself and to stay out of the spotlight. People who know him, however, describe him as a “modest” and “practical” man, not a narcissist. After long weeks of debates, dialogues, political battles ...

Extremists from the Islamic State have killed at least 500 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said. Some of the victims were buried alive. The killings reported by Iraqi Human Rights Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to Reuters add to a long list of atrocities reportedly committed by the radical ...

Residents of Mosul have watched helplessly as extremists ruling the northern Iraqi city blew up some of their most beloved landmarks and shrines to impose a stark vision of their Takfiri faith. Next up for destruction, they feared: the Crooked Minaret, a more than 840-year-old tower that leans like Italy’s ...

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an overnight suicide bombing in Baghdad which killed 33 people, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the Iraqi capital. The hardline Islamist group which has led an offensive through northern and western Iraq said the explosion in Kadhimiya, site of a ...

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 ...

The spokesman for the terrorist group, the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani vowed that the battle in Iraq will “rage” in the capital and the holy city of Karbala, a day after the terrorists seized the northern city of Mosul. “Do not relent against your ...

Iraqi security forces have repelled a large-scale attack by militants on the central city of Samarra, officials say. Gunmen travelling in dozens of vehicles attacked checkpoints on the east and west on Thursday morning before taking control of several areas. The army responded with helicopter strikes in which officials said ...