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IS launches suspected chemical shell at US troops in Iraq

A rocket fired by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at US forces in Iraq may have carried a chemical agent, a US defence official said on Wednesday (Sept 21).

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691 killed in violence, armed conflicts in Iraq in August: UN

​Terrorist acts, violence and armed conflicts killed 691 Iraqis and wounded 1,016 others in August across Iraq, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said on Thursday.

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Kerry warns of new challenge in securing Iraq after Islamic State

The battlefield momentum in Iraq and Syria has shifted against Islamic State, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, but the international community must now also confront the challenge of stabilizing newly liberated areas.

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Iraq holds military parade in Baghdad as troops advance to recapture IS-held Mosul

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday presided over a parade in central Baghdad as Iraqi security forces made significant progress in battles against Islamic State (IS) militants to free the last major IS stronghold in Mosul.

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Massive suicide bombing tests Iraqis' faith in PM al-Abadi government: poll

The deadliest suicide bombing in Iraq in a decade will further test Iraqis' waning faith in Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his government, found a Gallup poll Wednesday.

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Islamic State lost quarter of its Iraq, Syria territory in 18 months: IHS

slamic State lost an area the size of Ireland - a quarter of its territory - to hostile forces in the last 18 months in Iraq and Syria and is likely to further step up attacks on civilians in coming months, IHS said in a report on Sunday.

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US, Britain sinning for mess, tragedies, terror spillover in Iraq

The Iraqi people demand apologies from the U.S. and Britain for their war crimes against the country, as the 2003 invasion has left hundreds of thousands of civilians killed and millions displaced, experts said Saturday.

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Terrorism, refugees and crippling debt: what are real roots of EU's multiple crises?

In the year 2016, the agility of the European Union (EU) in negotiating economic, political and social challenges is being tested.

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APD Reviews| Chilcot Report:Justice Eventually?

The long-awaited Chilcot report has given the most sound and damning judgment by far for the British campaign in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s role in it. It concluded the 2003 invasion of Iraq was not necessary and failed to meet its stated objectives.

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Citizens group investigates Japan’s backing of the Iraq War

As Britain’s Iraq Inquiry Report turns the world’s attention to former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision to go to war, a Japanese citizens group is conducting its own Iraq inquiry in lieu of a government effort.

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British inquiry reveals Western hegemonism, interventionism

A long-awaited British inquiry into the 2003 invasion of Iraq on Wednesday revealed that Britain's decision to join the U.S.-led war is a blind action to follow its U.S. ally, which spares no effort to intervene in other countries under the cover of democracy.

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UN General Assembly president outraged by deadly Baghdad attacks

​The president of the UN General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft, expressed outrage on Sunday at the bombings in the Iraqi capital, which killed at least 126 people and left many more badly injured.

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12 people killed in car bomb attacks in Baghdad

At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded in two car bombings at busy commercial areas in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Sunday, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

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News Analysis: Iraqi army firm to uproot IS militants after seizing Fallujah

​The Islamic State (IS) militant group has received a heavy blow when the Iraqi forces reclaimed most of Fallujah, one of its last two strongholds in Iraq.

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Turkey hardens resolve to crush PKK by all means

​Turkey is hardening its resolve to crush the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, a mission analysts said is not easy to accomplish.

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20 killed in two bomb attacks in Iraq's Baghdad

​A total of 20 people were killed and 47 injured on Tuesday in two bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, as Islamic State (IS) group claims the deadly suicide attack, security sources and IS online statement said.

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Iraqi forces foil multiple suicide attacks at gas plant near Baghdad

Iraqi security forces on Sunday foiled multiple suicide bomb attacks targeting a gas plant in the northern suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.