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Iraqi officials: U.S. captured top ISIS chemical arms engineer
U.S. special operations forces captured the head of the Islamic State group’s unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq
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As army rebuilds, Iraqi assault to retake Mosul months away
BAGHDAD — It will take many more months to prepare Iraq’s still struggling military for a long-anticipated assault on the Islamic State group’s biggest stronghold in the country, the city of Mosul, U.S. and Iraqi officials say — and it may not even be possible to retake it this year, despite repeated vows by Prime…
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Iraqi government says it fully recaptured Ramadi from IS
BAGHDAD — Iraqi government forces have regained full control of Ramadi after pushing Islamic State group fighters out of the city’s outskirts, according to Iraqi security forces and the U.S.-led coalition.
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U.S. Army study: Iraq’s Mosul dam at ‘higher risk’ of failure
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Mosul Dam has long been branded the world’s most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing and sending water crashing over millions of people.
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Obama’s envoy to anti-ISIS coalition allegedly made diplomatic visit to Syria
President Obama’s envoy to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group said he visited northern Syria over the weekend to review the ongoing fight against the extremist group.
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Iraq forces struggling despite U.S. military training
Iraq’s 72nd Brigade was slowly moving through a live-fire exercise recently under the watchful eyes of U.S., Spanish and British coalition trainers when things began to go wrong.
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UN report: Iraqi civilians dying at a ‘staggering’ rate
Iraq witnessed a sharp increase in civilian deaths following the fall of large swaths of territory to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014.
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U.S. Embassy says several Americans missing in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that “several” Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.
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Militants’ use of human shields in Ramadi slows progress
Six times in the past harrowing month, Um Omar and her family got a knock on the door of whatever home they were occupying in the extremist-held city of Ramadi: It was an Islamic State militant, she said, ordering them to pick up
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Iraq must walk a fine line amid Iranian, Saudi tensions
While many Iraqi Shiites took to the streets in outrage over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, the country’s prime minister has had to walk a more cautious line, trying to contain Iraq’s own explosive sectarian ten
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Iraqi officials: U.S. captured top ISIS chemical arms engineer
U.S. special operations forces captured the head of the Islamic State group’s unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq
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As army rebuilds, Iraqi assault to retake Mosul months away
BAGHDAD — It will take many more months to prepare Iraq’s still struggling military for a long-anticipated assault on the Islamic State group’s biggest stronghold in the country, the city of Mosul, U.S. and Iraqi officials say — and it may not even be possible to retake it this year, despite repeated vows by Prime…
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Iraqi government says it fully recaptured Ramadi from IS
BAGHDAD — Iraqi government forces have regained full control of Ramadi after pushing Islamic State group fighters out of the city’s outskirts, according to Iraqi security forces and the U.S.-led coalition.
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U.S. Army study: Iraq’s Mosul dam at ‘higher risk’ of failure
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Mosul Dam has long been branded the world’s most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing and sending water crashing over millions of people.
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Obama’s envoy to anti-ISIS coalition allegedly made diplomatic visit to Syria
President Obama’s envoy to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group said he visited northern Syria over the weekend to review the ongoing fight against the extremist group.
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Iraq forces struggling despite U.S. military training
Iraq’s 72nd Brigade was slowly moving through a live-fire exercise recently under the watchful eyes of U.S., Spanish and British coalition trainers when things began to go wrong.
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UN report: Iraqi civilians dying at a ‘staggering’ rate
Iraq witnessed a sharp increase in civilian deaths following the fall of large swaths of territory to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014.
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U.S. Embassy says several Americans missing in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that “several” Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.
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Militants’ use of human shields in Ramadi slows progress
Six times in the past harrowing month, Um Omar and her family got a knock on the door of whatever home they were occupying in the extremist-held city of Ramadi: It was an Islamic State militant, she said, ordering them to pick up
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Iraq must walk a fine line amid Iranian, Saudi tensions
While many Iraqi Shiites took to the streets in outrage over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, the country’s prime minister has had to walk a more cautious line, trying to contain Iraq’s own explosive sectarian ten
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Iraqi officials: U.S. captured top ISIS chemical arms engineer
U.S. special operations forces captured the head of the Islamic State group’s unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq
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As army rebuilds, Iraqi assault to retake Mosul months away
BAGHDAD — It will take many more months to prepare Iraq’s still struggling military for a long-anticipated assault on the Islamic State group’s biggest stronghold in the country, the city of Mosul, U.S. and Iraqi officials say — and it may not even be possible to retake it this year, despite repeated vows by Prime…
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Iraqi government says it fully recaptured Ramadi from IS
BAGHDAD — Iraqi government forces have regained full control of Ramadi after pushing Islamic State group fighters out of the city’s outskirts, according to Iraqi security forces and the U.S.-led coalition.
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U.S. Army study: Iraq’s Mosul dam at ‘higher risk’ of failure
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Mosul Dam has long been branded the world’s most dangerous dam, at risk of collapsing and sending water crashing over millions of people.
-
Obama’s envoy to anti-ISIS coalition allegedly made diplomatic visit to Syria
President Obama’s envoy to the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group said he visited northern Syria over the weekend to review the ongoing fight against the extremist group.
-
Iraq forces struggling despite U.S. military training
Iraq’s 72nd Brigade was slowly moving through a live-fire exercise recently under the watchful eyes of U.S., Spanish and British coalition trainers when things began to go wrong.
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UN report: Iraqi civilians dying at a ‘staggering’ rate
Iraq witnessed a sharp increase in civilian deaths following the fall of large swaths of territory to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014.
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U.S. Embassy says several Americans missing in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that “several” Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.
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Militants’ use of human shields in Ramadi slows progress
Six times in the past harrowing month, Um Omar and her family got a knock on the door of whatever home they were occupying in the extremist-held city of Ramadi: It was an Islamic State militant, she said, ordering them to pick up
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Iraq must walk a fine line amid Iranian, Saudi tensions
While many Iraqi Shiites took to the streets in outrage over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, the country’s prime minister has had to walk a more cautious line, trying to contain Iraq’s own explosive sectarian ten
