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US vows to hunt Isis leader Baghdadi to the death

TheleaderofIslamicState,AbuBakral-Baghdadi,isprobablystillaliveandhidingintheborderareabetweenSyriaandIraq,aseniorUSgeneralhassaid.AstheIraqiprimeministerdeclar

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Iraq announces another major victory over IS jihadists

IraqdeclaredonThursdaythatitsforceshadretakenthenortherncityofTalAfarandthesurroundingregion,inanothermajorvictoryoverIslamicStategroupjihadists.IS,whichseizedn

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Iraq: Car bombing at busy Baghdad market kills 9 people

AcarbombrippedthroughabusymarketareaineasternBaghdadonMondaymorning,killingatleastninepeople,Iraqiofficialssaid.Theexplosives-ladencarwentoffatthewholesaleJamil

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Iraq: Car bombing at busy Baghdad market kills 12 people

ThedeathtollfromthecarbombexplosionatabusymarketareaineasternBaghdadonmondayroseto12peoplekilledand24otherswounded,Iraqiofficialssaid.Theexplosives-ladencarwent

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Iraqi forces close to liberating entire Tal Afar from ISIL

IraqisecurityforcescameclosetoliberatingthewholecityofTalAfarfromISILmilitantsonSaturdayafteraweek-longoffensivedesignedtodislodgethemilitantsfromthecityandsurr

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Iraqi forces retake three districts of IS bastion

IraqiforcesonTuesdayrecapturedfromtheIslamicStategroupthefirstthreedistrictsofjihadistbastionTalAfarasthePentagonchiefvisitedBaghdadinashowofsupport.TheUnitedNa

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Iraqi forces close in on IS-held town west of Mosul

IraqiforcesmadesignificantprogressastheyclosedinontheIslamicState-heldtownofTalAfar,westofMosul,theU.S.-ledcoalitionandanIraqimilitaryspokesmansaidMonday.U.S.Ar

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Iraqi forces recapture 12 villages from ISIL near Tal Afar

IraqisecurityforcesbattlingISILmilitantsfreed12villagesonSunday,inthefirstdayofanewoffensivelaunchedtoretakecontrolofthenortherntownTalAfarandsurroundingareasfr

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IS conflict: Iraq launches push to seize last IS city

IraqigroundforceshavebegunanoperationtoretakeTalAfar,thelastmajorcityinthecountryheldbytheIslamicStategroup,officialssay.Inatelevisedspeechannouncingtheoffensiv

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Iraq launches push to seize last IS city

IraqigroundforceshavebegunanoperationtoretakeTalAfar,thelastmajorcityinthecountryheldbytheIslamicStategroup,officialssay.Inatelevisedspeechannouncingtheoffensiv

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Iraq starts bombing IS-held Tal Afar, west of Mosul: Sumariya

IraqhasbegunanaerialbombardmentofTalAfar,atownunderIslamicStatecontrolwestofMosul,Baghdad-basedal-SumariyaTVsaidonTuesday,citinganIraqiDefenceMinistryspokesman.

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IS releases 22 abducted Christian Assyrians in northern Syria

​A total of 22 abducted Syrian Assyrians were released by the Islamic State (IS) militants, who kidnapped them along with tens of Assyrians last February, Assyrian activists said Tuesday.

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IS kidnaps 56 Christians of Assyrian minority in northern Syria

​The Islamic State (IS) militants on Monday kidnapped 56 Syrian Christians of the Assyrian minority in a northern Syrian province, a monitoring group reported.