Islamic State struggles to retain grip as it loses ground in Iraq
As the Islamic State group loses ground in Iraq, the militants are showing strains in their rule over areas they still control.
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Iraq hangs 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre
BAGHDAD –– Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group’s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq, according to provincial Gov. Yahya al-Nasiri. A Justice Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he […]
Iraq hangs 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre
BAGHDAD –– Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group’s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq, according to provincial Gov. Yahya al-Nasiri. A Justice Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he […]
Iraq hangs 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre
BAGHDAD –– Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group’s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq, according to provincial Gov. Yahya al-Nasiri. A Justice Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he […]
Retaking Mosul will be tricky, costly
It promises to be the biggest and perhaps last major battle against the Islamic State in Iraq.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the U.S. will send 560 more troops to Iraq
The increase brings the total U.S. force authorization in Iraq to 4,647, and comes just three months after Obama’s last announcement of additional troops.
Scathing report slams British Prime Minister Tony Blair over botched Iraq war
The Iraq war was mounted on flawed intelligence, was executed with “wholly inadequate” planning, and ended “a long way from success” according to a damning report released Wednesday by the head of Britain’s Iraq War inquiry.
Iraqi officials: At least 115 people killed in car bomb attack in Baghdad
Iraqi officials say that 78 people have been killed and 160 wounded in a car bombing carried out by the Islamic State group in the center of Baghdad.
Fallujah fully liberated from IS group, Iraqi commander says
Five weeks after a military operation began, a senior Iraqi commander declared Sunday that the city of Fallujah was “fully liberated” from the Islamic State group, giving a major boost to the country’s security and political leadership in its fight against the extremists.
Iraqi troops seize Fallujah hospital, clear mines
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces gained control of the main hospital in Fallujah on Saturday and were clearing mines after driving the Islamic State group from most of the city, one of its last remaining strongholds in the Anbar province west of Baghdad, a military official said.
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