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Saddam’s allies moved his corpse, fearful Shi’ite militias would harm it: tribal leader
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Islamic State leader who defected from al Qaeda reported killed in Mosul
Abdul Rahman al Amjad al Pakistani is thought to be Abdullah al Punjabi, one of nine mid-level al Qaeda commanders to openly defect from the global jihadist group and join the Islamic State.
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The military claimed it killed 50 Islamic State fighters in Dhuluiyah, 20 in Taji, and two more in Sinjar, and an Islamic State leader and five fighters in Mosul The military also claimed it retook control of the Barwana district in Anbar. Iraqi military reports have been unreliable.
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UN says jihadis killed 40 minority children in northwestern Iraq
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ISIS inches closer to Iraq’s two biggest dams
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New Border Fighting Between ISIS and Lebanon’s Army
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The military claimed it killed 175 “terrorists” and captured 75 more in the southern and western parts of Baghdad province. The head of the Babil Operations Command was relieved of his command. The military said it launched an offensive against the Islamic State in Haditha. Kurdish officials claimed the Peshmerga has retaken areas in the […]
Islamic State beheads ‘Safavid’ soldiers in Anbar
The jihadist group’s Anbar Division said it beheaded the three soldiers in the Al Sejar area northeast of Fallujah.
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Special Report : The doubt at the heart of Iraq’s Sunni ‘revolution’
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The Islamic State took control of the Mosul Dam, the city of Sinjar, the town of Zumar, and several villages in Ninewa province. Kurdish forces withdrew from Zumar after heaving fighting, where they lost 17 fighters, but left the dam and Sinjar after offering minimal resistance. Nine soldiers were killed in attack in Jurf al […]
Islamic State takes control of Sinjar, Mosul Dam in northern Iraq
Kurdish forces are reported to have fled Sinjar and the Mosul Dam after minimal fighting. The town of Zumar was abandoned after heavy clashes.
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Islamic State takeover of Iraq town sparks ‘humanitarian tragedy’: UN
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The Islamic State is thought to have taken control of the town of Zumar after fighting with Kurdish forces. The military claims it killed 13 Islamic State leaders, including a Syrian, in Muqdadiyah, 60 Islamic State fighters near Haditha, 20 in in Tikrit, 20 in Sharqat, 18 north of Fallujah, and 15 more in the […]
Hezbollah ‘trainer’ killed during fighting in northern Iraq
Hezbollah, which helped establish Shia terror groups in Iraq beginning in 2005, said that Ibrahim al Hajj, a trainer, was killed while “performing his jihadi duties” in Tal Afar.
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Suicide Bomber From US Came Home Before Attack
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Razing of Mosul’s shrines sparks first signs of resistance against Islamic State
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Iraq struggles to halt Islamic State’s march on Baghdad
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The military killed 27 people during airstrikes in Jurf al Sakhar, which is under control of the Islamic State, and seven more near Fallujah. Shia militias executed 15 Sunnis in Baqubah, and then hung their bodies from electrical poles. A Hezbollah trainer was killed during fighting in northern Iraq.
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Kurdish security service takes aim at ISIS oil smuggling
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ISIS-Baghdad fight over strategic town southwest of capital
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Islamic State works to win hearts, minds with bread
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An Islamic State suicide bomber destroyed a key bridge in Thar Thar that was used by the Iraqi military to keep Samarra resupplied. The military claimed it killed 14 “gunmen” in Fadhliyah and 10 Islamic State fighters north of Baqubah. A small Awakening force is said to be organizing in Mosul to fight the Islamic […]
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Police found the bodies of 17 people thought to have been executed in different areas of Baghdad. Security forces killed 17 people in Jurf al Sakhr, which is largely controlled by the Islamic State. The Army claimed it killed a Tunisian commander in the Islamic State and six of his bodyguards in Karma. The Islamic […]
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Islamic State urges Turkish businessmen to return to Iraq
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Islamic State jihadists open ‘marriage bureau’
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Mosul inhabitants forming anti-ISIS groups: governor
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Mosul counts economic, cultural cost of insurgent rule
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Jihadists make fresh Syria advance: activists
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Destroy Hamas? Something worse would follow: Pentagon intel chief
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Islamic State destroys sacred shrine in Mosul