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Turkey to Withdraw Troops from Iraq’s Bashiqa

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his administration has reached an agreement with Turkey over Baghdad’s demand for the withdrawal of Turkish military forces from a camp in the north of Iraq. Abadi made the announcement on Saturday after he met with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in the ...

January 7, 2017

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Iraq Forces Near Tigris River in Mosul: Spokesman

Iraqi forces battling the ISIL group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River, which runs through the center of the city, the spokesman for the Counter-Terrorism Service said Saturday. Iraq launched a massive operation on October 17 to retake Mosul from the ‘jihadists’, who seized the city more than two ...

January 7, 2017

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Iraqi Air Force Crushes ISIL Terrorists in Tal Afar

The Iraqi warplanes raided ISIL positions in Tal Afar in western Mosul, killing 20 terrorists. The Iraqi defense ministry added in a statement that air raids also destroyed a number of ISIL weaponry depots and booby-trapped vehicles.

January 6, 2017

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Yirdrim: Turkey Military Camp in Bashiqa Doesn’t Violate Iraq’s Sovereignty

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim stressed what he called the importance of the deployment of his country’s troops in Iraq, claiming that they are training the local fighters in Bashiqa military camp to fight ISIL terrorist group. Yildirim, who is scheduled to visit Iraq on Saturday, stated that he will ...

January 6, 2017

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President Assad tackles counterterrorism with Iraqi PM's envoy

President Assad and Iraqi National Security Advisor Affirm Need for Concerted Efforts against Terrorism

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met on Thursday Faleh al-Fayad, the National Security Advisor and Envoy of Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi. Al-Fayad conveyed to President al-Assad an oral message from al-Abadi, in which he affirmed the importance of cooperation and coordination between Syria and Iraq in their war against the ...

January 5, 2017

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Iraq Cuts Oil Production per OPEC Deal

Iraq has cut crude production by some 200,000 barrels per day as part of an OPEC oil cartel agreement aimed at boosting flagging prices, the oil ministry’s spokesman said Thursday. “Iraq reduced its production to around 4.6 million barrels (per day)” from more than 4.8 million, Assem Jihad told AFP. ...

January 5, 2017

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Iraqi troops preparing to storm ISIL strongholds in Mosul

Iraq Forces Launch Operation against ISIL near Syria Border

Iraqi forces on Thursday launched an offensive aimed at retaking towns still under the control of the ISIL Takfiri group in western areas near the border with Syria, commanders said. “A military operation has begun in the western areas of Anbar to liberate them from Daesh,” said Lieutenant General Qassem ...

January 5, 2017

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Iraq Helicopter Gunship Crash Kills Four

An Iraqi attack helicopter crashed Wednesday south of the Mosul battlefield, killing all four crew members, security officials said. “During an army aviation mission this morning, an aircraft crashed due to a technical failure,” the Joint Operations Command coordinating the fight against the ISIL Takfiri group said in a statement. ...

January 4, 2017

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Iraqi Forces Advance in Eastern Mosul

The Iraqi troops liberated on Tuesday Ma’ared area and a shopping mall on the eastern coast of Mosul city from ISIL terrorist group. The advance was reported in a statement which added that the Iraqi forces raised the national flags over the area’s buildings.

January 3, 2017

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ISIL Attack on Iraq Police Station Kills Three

An attack carried out by the ISIL Takfiri group on a police station in the Iraqi city of Samarra has left three members of the force dead, officers said Tuesday. According to security officials from Salaheddin province, in which Samarra is located, a group of four gunmen wearing suicide vests ...

January 3, 2017