Iraq
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Iraq says search on for 39 abducted Indians, Swaraj to discuss issue with Iraqi counterpart today
World | Jul 24, 2017, 07:01 AM ISTThe Iraq Embassy on Sunday informed India that search operations are underway to locate the 39 missing Indians, which were taken hostage by the Islamic State in Mosul in 2014
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Swaraj to hold talks with Iraqi counterpart on 39 abducted Indians
India | Jul 23, 2017, 08:44 PM ISTIraq Embassy to India today said that search operations are underway to locate the 39 missing Indians who were taken as prisoners by the Islamic State in 2014.
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to visit India next week
India | Jul 21, 2017, 09:09 PM ISTThe External Affairs Ministry today said Ibrahim al-Jaafari will pay his first official visit to India from July 24-28 at the invitation of Sushma Swaraj.
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39 abducted Indians could be in Iraq's Badush jail: Sushma Swaraj
National | Jul 16, 2017, 11:57 PM ISTSushma Swaraj said on Sunday that 39 Indians, who went missing in Iraq in 2014, could be in a prison in Badush and more clarity will emerge once the area is cleared of fighting.
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ISIS confirms death of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Report
World | Jul 11, 2017, 06:28 PM ISTToday’s report comes a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally declared Mosul liberated from the ISIS after nearly nine months of fierce fighting to dislodge the extremist militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq.
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Iraq must stop IS 2.0, says US commander
World | Jul 11, 2017, 02:07 PM ISTThe senior US commander in Iraq has warned that the war against the Islamic State (IS) terror group is not over, despite a "historic" victory in Mosul, the media reported on Tuesday.
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Iraqi PM declares 'victory' over Islamic State after recapturing Mosul
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Iraqi forces declare 'victory' over IS after recapturing Mosul
World | Jul 09, 2017, 08:34 PM ISTIraqi forces today declared victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul after eight-month long operation.
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After capturing Mosul mosque, Iraq declares end of ISIS caliphate but fight goes on
World | Jun 30, 2017, 08:12 AM ISTWith anti-Islamic State group forces on the offensive in both the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Syrian city of Raqqa, Iraq's prime minister made the bold assertion of ISIS caliphate coming to an end.
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Over 1,000 children killed in Iraq since 2014: UN
World | Jun 23, 2017, 05:31 PM ISTGeneva: According to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), since 2014 more than 1,000 children have been killed in Iraq when militants from the Islamic State seized the northern city of Mosul and entire swathe of the country.
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Iraq: 7 killed, 3 injured in suicide bomb attack
World | Jun 07, 2017, 07:05 AM ISTNo group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the Islamic State militant group, in most cases, is responsible for such suicide attacks
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Iraqi forces hope to liberate Mosul from IS by June 10
World | May 30, 2017, 01:35 PM ISTJune 10 marks the third anniversary of the ISIS rule in Iraq's second-largest city Mosul.
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18 killed in Baghdad suicide attacks
World | May 20, 2017, 01:47 PM ISTIn two separate suicide car bombings targeting the Iraqi police in Baghdad, at least 18 persons were killed and 20 others were injured.
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Jailed for smuggling arms in US, Iraq’s Interior Minister Qazim al-Araji now bats for friendship with Americans
World | May 08, 2017, 05:07 PM ISTFormer prisoner of the Unites States, Qasim al-Araji is now the head of the Interior Ministry, one of the most powerful ministries of Iraq. A decade ago, he was jailed in the US on charges of smuggling arms and for his involvement in an assassination
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In Mosul, hunger grows amid slow advances against ISIS
World | May 06, 2017, 05:08 PM ISTAs Iraqi forces continue to make slow progress in the fight against ISIS, clawing back territory house by house and block by block, food supplies are running dangerously low for civilians trapped inside militant-held territory.
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No US troops to stay in Iraq after fight against ISIS concludes, says PM
World | May 05, 2017, 03:39 PM ISTAl-Abadi said that the American troops will be advisers who will help Iraq’s security forces maintain ‘full readiness’ for any future security challenges.
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ISIS launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul
World | Apr 15, 2017, 07:00 PM ISTAn Iraqi military officer said that Islamic State militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul.
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Top Iraqi Shia cleric issues fatwa against cow slaughter in India
India | Apr 05, 2017, 02:28 PM ISTAmid the raging debate over cow-slaughter in India, a top Shia cleric from Iraq has issued a fatwa urging minorities not to kill the animal, considered sacred in Hinduism.
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Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner visits Iraq as forces inch closer to retake Mosul
World | Apr 03, 2017, 03:25 PM ISTKushner was also the latest Trump associate to be swept up into the ongoing probe into contacts with Russian officials.
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President Trump to accelerate support in fight against ISIS, says Iraqi PM
World | Mar 21, 2017, 01:00 PM ISTEmerging from his first meeting with President Donald Trump, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Monday he was assured the U.S. will accelerate its support for his country's struggle against the Islamic State group.