Iraq
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30 killed in suicide attacks at Shiite Shrine in Iraq
World | Jul 08, 2016, 07:11 AM ISTBaghdad: An attack carried out by multiple suicide bombers and gunmen on a Shiite shrine in Balad north of Baghdad late on Thursday night killed 30 and wounded 52, according to Iraqi police and hospital
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The brutal world of Islamic State where Yazidi sex slaves struggle to escape
World | Jul 06, 2016, 11:59 PM ISTKhanke, Iraq: Lamiya Aji Bashar, an 18-year-old Yazidi girl, described how she was abducted along with her sisters and brothers when IS overran her village in 2014. The posting in Arabic appeared on an
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Baghdad blasts: Death toll rises to 119, Islamic State claims responsibility
World | Jul 03, 2016, 09:11 PM ISTBaghdad: Bombs went off Saturday midnight in two crowded commercial areas in Baghdad, killing at least 82 people and wounding over 200 , according to hospital and police officials. The bombings came near the end
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Four married men stoned to death by ISIS for ‘committing adultery’ in Iraq
World | Jun 17, 2016, 08:14 PM ISTBaghdad: In a horrific incident, four married men were stoned to death after they were found to have indulged in ‘committing adultery’ in Iraq. ISIS, one of the most dreaded terror groups in the
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No sign of missing Indian workers in Iraq, say Kurdish officials: Report
World | Jun 15, 2016, 01:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Peshmerga units of Kurdish Regional Government monitoring the Islamic State’s preparations ahead of a government offensive to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul have found no evidence that Indian or other South Asian
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Why Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's 'death' could signal a beginning to the end of the Islamic State
World | Jul 11, 2017, 07:30 PM ISTThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) told Newsweek that the monitoring group was informed by Baghdadi's death by the extremist group and that it will soon announce his successor.
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ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi injured in US-led air strike: Reports
World | Jun 10, 2016, 07:06 PM ISTChief of terror group Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been wounded in an air strike by US-led coalition forces on one of the group’s command headquarters close to the Syrian border in Iraq.
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ISIS has destroyed Iraq's ancient temple, satellite images confirm
World | Jun 09, 2016, 09:39 AM ISTGeneva: Satellite images confirm the destruction of the ancient Nabu temple in Iraq, the UN said late today, after the Islamic State group claimed to have blown it up. The UN training and research agency
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UN warns 20,000 children are trapped in Iraq’s Fallujah
World | Jun 01, 2016, 03:52 PM ISTBaghdad: The U.N. children’s fund on Wednesday issued a stark warning to Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants in the battle for Fallujah to spare the children, the most vulnerable among the tens of thousands
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ISIS video urges Muslims to destroy TV sets to prevent ‘polluting their ethics’
World | Jun 01, 2016, 08:00 AM ISTDreaded terror group Islamic State has released a video urging Muslims to destroy their satellite TV sets to prevent hostile channels ‘destroying their beliefs and polluting their ethics’.
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Iraq launches operation to retake IS-held city of Fallujah
World | May 23, 2016, 08:10 AM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of military operations to retake the Islamic State-held held city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, in a televised address on Sunday night. Iraqi forces are "approaching
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US says Iraqi forces have retaken western town of Rutba
World | May 21, 2016, 07:32 AM ISTIraq: The top American general for the Middle East said Friday he is confident that Iraq is on course to defeating the Islamic State, but his words were spare and cautious, his tone notably muted.
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Islamic State attack and bombings leave 29 dead across Iraq
World | May 16, 2016, 07:29 AM ISTBaghdad:The Islamic State group launched a coordinated assault on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, while a string of other bomb attacks in or close to the capital
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ISIS releases mobile app to brainwash children into becoming jihadi killers
World | May 13, 2016, 08:19 AM ISTISIS has launched its first mobile app to brainwash children into becoming jihadi killers. The app includes the vocabulary taught by it along with words like 'tank', 'gun' and 'rocket'.
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No proof whether 41 Indians held by ISIS in Iraq, Yemen are dead or alive: Govt
National | May 09, 2016, 08:52 AM ISTMoS for External Affairs General VK Singh on Sunday said that his Ministry has no confirmation whether the 41 Indians, including a Catholic priest from Kerala, held hostage by ISIS in Iraq and Yemen are dead or alive.
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US airstrikes in Iraq, Syria kills around 20
World | Apr 23, 2016, 06:38 AM ISTWashington: Twenty civilians were likely killed in US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria between September and February, said the US Central Command in a statement on its website on Friday. The US forces conducted nine
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Iraqi Student deboarded from US flight after he used 'Insha Allah' in conversation
World | Apr 19, 2016, 01:37 PM ISTCalifornia: A 26 year old college student got the shock of his life when he was booted from a Southwest Airlines flight and questioned by the FBI for having a conversation in Arabic. Khairuldeen Makhzoomi,
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US to deploy 200 additional troops, 8 Apache helicopters to Iraq to fight against ISIS
World | Apr 19, 2016, 07:04 AM ISTThe U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defen
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US deploys B-52 bombers in Qatar to join fight against ISIS
World | Apr 10, 2016, 12:45 PM ISTThe United States has deployed B-52 bombers to the Mideast nation of Qatar to take part in the US-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group.
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Suicide attack kills at least 14 people south of Baghdad
World | Apr 04, 2016, 04:02 PM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi officials say a suicide attack south of Baghdad has killed at least 14 people. A police officer says the suicide bomber blew himself up today inside a restaurant in Dhi Qar province that