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Iraqi forces push Kurds out of Kirkuk, seize oil fields
World | Oct 17, 2017, 11:26 PM ISTIraqi forces pushed their Kurdish allies out of the disputed city of Kirkuk on Monday, seizing oil fields and other facilities amid soaring tensions over last month’s Kurdish vote for independence.
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ISIS terrorists dressed-up as women to escape Iraqi forces held in Mosul
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India escalates search for 39 missing nationals as Iraqi forces reclaim Mosul from ISIS
India | Jul 10, 2017, 07:57 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today assured Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh that her ministry was making all-out efforts to trace 39 Indians, mostly from Punjab, who had been held hostage in the Iraqi city of Mosul since 2014
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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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IS chief Baghdadi 'abandons' Mosul as Iraqi forces advance
World | Mar 09, 2017, 11:57 PM ISTThe Islamic State terror organisation chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to continue the battle. With Iraqi troops making steady progress in their assault to retake Mosul
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Iraqi Special Forces enter centre of IS-held Fallujah, reclaim government compound
World | Jun 17, 2016, 04:24 PM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi forces today reclaimed the government complex and a neighborhood that served as a base for the Islamic State group militants after an enormous war against the militant group. Commander Haidar al-Obeidi of the
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Amid heavy clashes in Fallujah, fears rise for civilians
World | Jun 01, 2016, 12:34 PM ISTAs Iraqi forces pressed an offensive Tuesday to dislodge Islamic State militants from Fallujah, conditions are worsening for tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the city
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Iraqi forces push into Fallujah as IS bombings kill 24
World | May 30, 2016, 05:25 PM ISTIraqi forces started pushing into the city of Fallujah on Monday as a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital killed at least 24 people.
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Scared ISIS fighters caught dressing as woman to flee battlefield
World | Mar 15, 2015, 10:42 PM ISTIn an attempt to run away from battle, Islamic State fighters are shaving off their beards and wearing burkas, Iraqi forces said.Iraqi troops and militia are battling to push ISIS back from the area with
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ISIS seizes Iraq town near US forces: Pentagon
World | Feb 14, 2015, 10:59 AM ISTWashington: Islamic State fighters led a suicide attack on an air base where U.S. and coalition troops are training Iraqi forces after taking a nearby town, the first territorial gain by the militant group in
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Iraqi forces break militant siege of Shiite town
World | Aug 31, 2014, 05:23 PM ISTBaghdad: A military spokesman and a lawmaker say Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen have broken a two-month siege imposed by the Islamic State extremist group on the northern Shiite Turkmen town of Amirli.Army spokesman