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5 Nov 2017
Iraq's elite forces of counter-terrorism service begin clearing the Al-Qaim from the grips of Islamic State.
4 Nov 2017
The "Islamic State" terrorist group has lost control of the two last major towns in its grip in Syria and Iraq. The militants are now left fighting for a final patch of territory inside Syria and in desert regions along the Iraq-Syria border.
22 Oct 2017
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday in Riyadh that the growing relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iraq was "vital" to bolstering the collective security, cooperation in the fight against Islamic State and prosperity between the U.S. and both countries.
18 Sep 2017
Kurdish leaders in Iraq are under increasing pressure not to hold a referendum on Kurdish independence.
15 Sep 2017
Three suicide attacks claimed by Islamic State killed at least 60 people in southern Iraq on Thursday, a health official and police sources said, suggesting a shift in the ultra-hardline group’s tactics since it lost control of its stronghold in Mosul.
31 Jul 2017
Iraq's military releases video they say shows one of four German women found in Mosul, under investigation for supporting Islamic State.
16 Jul 2017
Iraq holds a military parade in Baghdad to celebrate victory overvictory in Mosul.
26 Jun 2017
The Islamic State group is losing ground in Syria and Iraq, but as recent events in the UK and France have shown, its appeal to some young Muslims hasn't gone away.
25 Jun 2017
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson planning to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a list denouncing the world's worst offenders in the use of child soldiers.
3 Apr 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, flew into Iraq on Monday to get a first-hand assessment of the battle against Islamic State.
7 Mar 2017
Elite Iraqi security forces dislodged Islamic State militants from the main government buildings in Mosul on Tuesday, their last major city stronghold in Iraq.
7 Mar 2017
Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from travelling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list after his controversial first attempt was blocked by the courts.

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