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Bomb kills police chief of Anbar
    BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed the police chief of Iraq’s battleground province of Anbar on Sunday, officials said, after the Pentagon expressed concern about a renewed offensive by militants in the area. The attack came near the provincial capital of ...
Iraqi PM calls on political forces to unite - state TV
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi called on Iraq's bickering political factions on Friday to unite. In a message to mark the Muslim holy feast of Eid, Abadi said the battle against self proclaimed Islamic State insurgents would continue to the ...
Turkish hostages freed, militants advance in Syria
    Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) gets into his plane with hostages on Saturday at the airport of the southern Turkish city of Sanliurfa near the Syrian border. These people were part of dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by ...
Iraq needs outside help: Sistani
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s most important Shiite religious leader Ali Al-Sistani endorsed international intervention against Islamic State in the country on Friday, following US and French air strikes, but called for strict guidelines. “Even if Iraq is in need of help ...
France begins strikes on IS targets
BAGHDAD — France carried out its first air strike against the Islamic State group in Iraq Friday, boosting US-led efforts to unite the world against the growing threat posed by the extremists. More than a decade after Paris famously refused to ...
Al-Abadi seeks lifting of boycott
BAGHDAD – Newly appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi called on Monday for ending a boycott by a number of Iraqi governorates of products from neighboring countries, including Saudi Arabia. “We urge some of the provinces that have boycotted products from ...
Iraq honors its first anti-IS female tribal leader
Jawad Al-Hattab Al Arabiya News BAGHDAD – In Arabic, “sheikh” is the title given to a tribal leader. But for the first time, Iraqis have broken the rule when they granted the title, posthumously, to the country’s first female tribal head, Oumaya ...
Abadi renounces British citizenship
        BAGHDAD — Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has renounced his British citizenship since assuming office last week, three government officials close to the premier said on Sunday.   According to the officials, who declined to be named because they are not ...
Abadi orders halt to shelling of civilian areas
    BAGHDAD  — Iraq’s prime minister said on Saturday he has ordered the army to stop shelling populated areas held by militants in order to spare the lives of “innocent victims” as the armed forces struggle to retake cities and towns ...
Iraqi military failings pose challenge for anti-IS war
  An Iraqi military officer stands near the Al-Sarha bridge, which was destroyed a few days earlier by Islamic-State (IS) militants to prevent Iraqi government forces from going further in their counter-attack, on the main road between Baghdad and Kirkuk on ...
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