Iraqi security forces repelled Islamic State (IS) militant attacks against military posts in villages south of the IS-held city of Mosul, a military spokesperson said.
UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien has expressed deep concern for the plight of civilians trapped in the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah, where a major military operation against the Islamic State is taking place, a UN spokesman said here Thursday.
US Vice President Joe Biden met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other top officials in an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Thursday to show support for the government as it seeks to build on wins against ISIS amid a distracting political crisis.
A joint New Zealand-Australian mission to train Iraqi troops in the fight against Islamic State insurgents has been a success over its first nine months, Defense Minister Gerry Brownlee said Thursday.
An Iraqi plane crashed on Wednesday and its crew went missing while flying over Islamic State (IS)-held area near Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, a security source said.
New Zealand troops are set to train more Iraqi troops in the fight against Islamic State insurgents after reaching an important milestone, a New Zealand Defence Force commander said Wednesday.
Up to 62 Islamic State (IS) militants and 48 security members were killed on Saturday in U.S.- led coalition air strikes, four suicide bomb attacks and clashes with Iraqi security forces, security sources said.
Iraq on Tuesday said its sovereignty is a "red line" which neighboring Turkey must respect, rejecting the deployment of Turkish troops in northern Iraq without a prior agreement between the two countries.
Turkey has considered possible measures against Russia and will impose sanctions if necessary, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday, but added that Ankara remains open to dialogue with Moscow.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State (IS) group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey.
A total of 42 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and 28 were wounded on Sunday in clashes with Iraqi security forces and air strikes by Iraqi and U. S.-led coalition aircraft in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security and medical sources told Xinhua.
Islamic State (IS) militants have kidnapped 127 children in IS-held Iraqi city of Mosul recently to train them in the ranks of the terror group, Iraqi News reported on Tuesday.
Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi on Monday escaped an assassination attempt by sniper fire near the battleground town of Baiji in Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, wounding one of his guards, a Defense Ministry statement said.
Up to 14 members of Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Monday in an air strike and clashes with the Iraqi security forces in the country's largest province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.
The recent massive bombings in Iraq are seriously threatening an ambitious plan the country's parliament has just passed on public-service reform.
U.S. defense chief said Tuesday that execution of the U.S. strategy against the extremist group, the Islamic State, fell short of expectation.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called for unity among Iraqi political and ethnic groups against terrorism challenges.
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