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17 April 2017 by AFP
Mosul op has displaced nearly half a million: UN Nearly half a million people have fled their homes since Iraqi forces launched an operation to wrest Mosul back from jihadists exactly six months ago, the United Nations said Monday. Iraqi forces began the country's biggest milita [...]
2 January 2017 by AFP
In Iraq, Hollande says IS battle prevents attacks at home Supporting military operations against the Islamic State group is key to preventing terror attacks at home, French President Francois Hollande said Monday during a visit to Iraq. Hollande had already visited in 2014 and remains th [...]
30 December 2016 by AFP
Iraq forces fight muddy street battle against IS in Mosul Iraqi forces are fighting a muddy street battle against jihadists in southeastern Mosul, facing suicide bombers on the ground and a drone that can drop explosive charges from above. Baghdad's forces have overwhelming firepower and [...]
29 December 2016 by AFP
Iraq forces launch new assault on IS in Mosul Iraqi forces advanced Thursday after declaring a new phase in their offensive on eastern Mosul, stepping up efforts to reclaim the Islamic State group's last major stronghold in the country. Elite forces have reconquered several p [...]
27 October 2016 by AFP
From IS slaves to global voices for Yazidis Two Yazidi women who survived a nightmare ordeal of kidnapping, rape and slavery at the hands of Islamic State jihadists won the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Thursday.Nadia Murad and Lamia Haji [...]
1 October 2016 by AFP
Turkey extends mandate for troops in Iraq, Syria Turkey's parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a one-year extension of an existing mandate to use Turkish troops abroad in Syria and Iraq. The mandate was first approved by parliament in October 2014 and was renewed for a [...]
30 September 2016 by AFP
French jets in action as Mosul force readies French jets blasted off from an aircraft carrier Friday to go into action over Iraq as the international coalition builds up for the looming battle to win back Mosul from Islamic State jihadists. Eight jets took off from the Charl [...]
29 September 2016 by AFP
US eyes trove of intelligence after Mosul fight The Pentagon hopes to obtain a raft of intelligence on the Islamic State group, including its foreign networks, during its planned offensive to retake Mosul from the fighters, a military spokesman said Thursday. Many of the 615 ad [...]
24 September 2016 by AFP
Gun, suicide bomb attacks kill 12 in Iraq's Tikrit Militants killed 12 people in a shooting and a suicide bombing Saturday in the northern city of Tikrit, which was recaptured from the Islamic State group last year, police said. Tikrit was seized by IS in June 2014, but the city h [...]
7 July 2016 by AFP
Iraq war decision justified: Australia's Howard   Former Australian leader John Howard Thursday defended his decision to go to war with Iraq alongside the United States and Britain, saying it was justified at the time and there was "no lie". His comments follow an inquiry into [...]
3 July 2016 by AFP
IS-claimed Baghdad blast kills at least 119   A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through a busy Baghdad shopping district Sunday, killing at least 119 people in the deadliest attack this year in Iraq's capital. The blast hit the Karrada district [...]
3 July 2016 by AFP
IS-claimed Baghdad blast kills at least 75: officials   A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 75 people in a Baghdad shopping district in the early hours of Sunday, officials said, the deadliest single attack in the capital this year. The blast, whi [...]
2 July 2016 by Vony Rambolamanana
Iraqi Wins UN Sanctions Case Against Switzerland   Khalaf M. Al-Dulimi, the suspected finance boss of Iraqi secret services under Saddam Hussein, has won an important case against Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On June 21, the court confirmed a 2013 de [...]
30 June 2016 by AFP
Air strikes decimate IS forces fleeing Iraq's Fallujah   Iraqi and US-led coalition aircraft decimated the Islamic State group's forces fleeing the Fallujah area, destroying more than 200 vehicles and killing dozens of jihadists, officials said on Thursday. Fallujah, a city west of Ba [...]
19 January 2016 by AFP
'Staggering' death toll for Iraqi civilians since 2014: UN The number of civilians killed in violence in Iraq over the past two years is "staggering", the United Nations said Tuesday, with at least 18,802 people killed and another 36,245 injured.The figures count only documented casualtie [...]
13 November 2015 by AFP
Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidis in Iraq: report The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder. A Kurdish-speaking minori [...]
18 June 2015 by Franck Petit
IS “EXTREME VIOLENCE” A NEW TYPE OF CRIME? In recent times we see a new type of violent crimes emerging, such as those committed by Islamic State (Daech), Boko Haram in Nigeria, in the Central African Republic and by Mexican cartels. The attacks are intense, have no clear [...]