Iraq
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ISIS cuts its militants' salaries by 50%
World | Jan 19, 2016, 10:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: As the US-led coalition continue to attack the Islamic State's oil fields and cash stores, the dreaded terror group has cut its militants' salaries by 50 per cent.According to recently-leaked documents by the
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Several Americans kidnapped in Iraq, says US Embassy
World | Jan 18, 2016, 08:07 AM ISTBAGHDAD : The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that "several" Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.U.S. Embassy spokesman Scott Bolz said, "We
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US lays out plan to take back Mosul, Raqqa from ISIS
World | Jan 14, 2016, 09:54 AM ISTFORT CAMPBELL: Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out broad plans Wednesday to defeat Islamic State militants and retake the group's key power centers in Iraq and Syria. And he announced that a special commando force
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Four Indian youth planning to join ISIS held in Syria
World | Jan 14, 2016, 10:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: Syria has taken four Indian youth in its custody, who were planning to the join terrorist outfit ISIS, and asked the Indian authorities the verify their details.Syrian Deputy Prime minister Walid Al Moaulem,
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Iraq café blasts kill 20, IS claims responsibility
World | Jan 12, 2016, 08:40 AM ISTBaghdad: A double blast at a cafe in the Iraqi town of Muqdadiyah northeast of Baghdad on Monday claimed 20 lives and wounded dozens.A bomb exploded at the cafe and a suicide bomber detonated an
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Baghdad mall attack
World | Jan 12, 2016, 08:58 AM ISTBaghdad: Gunmen set off a car bomb at the entrance to a mall in mainly Shiite eastern Baghdad on Monday. Gunmen stormed into a Baghdad mall on Monday after setting off a car bomb and
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ISIS loses 30 per cent of its territory in Iraq, Syria to US-led coalition
World | Jan 11, 2016, 12:31 PM ISTBaghdad: The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group has said that the militants have lost 30 percent of the territory they once held in Iraq and Syria.Baghdad-based spokesman Col. Steve Warren told reporters the
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Iraqi troops advance in Ramadi, pockets of ISIS remain
World | Dec 29, 2015, 07:53 AM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of the center of Ramadi on Monday and seized the main government complex there, according to military officials, who said insurgents are still
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Iraqi forces' battle with IS enters fourth day
World | Dec 26, 2015, 08:12 AM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi security forces on Friday continued their battles for the fourth consecutive day against the Islamic State (IS) militants and moved closer to the central part of Anbar's provincial capital city of Ramadi.Iraqi army
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ISIS threatens Miss Iraq, says either join us or get abducted
World | Dec 24, 2015, 03:18 PM ISTBaghdad: Shaymaa Qasim Abdelrahman was crowned Miss Iraq in a beauty contest held in Baghdad on Saturday, an event held in the war torn country after a period of 43 years.Her participation was widely hailed
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Iraqi family braves perilous journey to new life in Germany
World | Dec 23, 2015, 05:02 PM ISTHeidelberg, Germany: The Qasus do not normally cry, but this felt nothing like normal. Like hundreds of thousands before them and untold more to come, the Iraqi family had just completed a disorienting dash across
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Iraq holds first beauty pageant since 1972; winner defies ISIS threat
World | Dec 24, 2015, 11:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: 20-year-old Shaymaa Abdelrahman from the northern city of Kərkuk has been crowned 'Miss Iraq' in a competition that the country held after a gap of 33 years. The last time that the completion
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Barack Obama presses Turkey's President to lower tensions with Iraq
World | Dec 19, 2015, 08:24 AM ISTWashington: Urging an end to tensions between two U.S. partners, President Barack Obama asked Turkey on Friday to keep pulling its troops from a training camp in Iraq and respect the country's integrity as a
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Islamic State smuggles oil via Turkey: Iraqi PM Abadi
World | Dec 08, 2015, 08:35 AM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey.A statement from his office said " (Abadi) stressed on the importance to stop oil
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ISIS fears this axe-wielding 'Iraqi Rambo' who killed 1500 terrorists
World | Dec 02, 2015, 03:15 PM ISTBaghdad: Every war needs a hero, and Abu Azrael has emerged as a heroic figure in the war against Islamic StateFamous for killing over 1500 ISIS affiliates, Ayyub Faleh al-Rubaie (Real Name) got the Arabic
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Paris attack marks new global war: Iraq's foreign minister
World | Nov 30, 2015, 07:54 AM ISTParis: The wave of suicide bombers and gunmen who terrorized Paris marked a new stage in the war against extremism that will leave no country in the world untouched, Iraq's foreign minister said Sunday.In an
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France Parliament votes to extend air strikes in Syria
World | Nov 26, 2015, 07:19 AM ISTParis: French lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to extend air strikes against ISIS in Syria, which have been stepped up following the Paris attacks.The France government is trying to rally global action against the terrorist group. It
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IS claims Tunisia attack, suspected bomber's body found
World | Nov 25, 2015, 10:55 PM ISTTunis: The body of a suspected suicide bomber was found at the scene of an attack on Tunisia's presidential guard, and the Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for the attack that left 13 people
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Under Iraqi town, ISIS militants built network of tunnels
World | Nov 25, 2015, 12:52 PM ISTIRBIL, Iraq: Under the Iraqi town of Sinjar, Islamic State group militants built a network of tunnels, complete with sleeping quarters, wired with electricity and fortified with sandbags. There, they had boxes of U.S.-made ammunition,
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10 brutal Islamic State laws that can be called downright absurd
World | Nov 19, 2015, 11:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) is creating fear in minds of people more than any other man made disaster. ISIS currently poses largest terrorist threat to the world peace.On Friday,