Iraqi Kurds To Hold Independence Referendum On Sept 25
Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will hold a referendum on statehood in September, its presidency said Wednesday, despite opposition to independence ...
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Five Facts On Targeted IS-Held Syrian City of Raqa
As US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces broke into the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa on Tuesday for the first ...
US Assures Turkey Over Arming Kurds In IS Fight
The US military offered assurances to Turkey on Thursday over supplying arms to Kurdish fighters against the Islamic State group, ...
Iraq Play First Post-Ban Friendly At Home
Iraq faced Jordan in the southern city of Basra on Thursday in their first match at home since football's governing ...
Coalition Forces Reinforce At Key Tanf Garrison In Syria
US-led coalition forces in Syria are reinforcing their garrison near the crucial Al-Tanf border crossing amid a buildup of pro-government ...
Global Outrage After ‘barbaric’ Kabul Truck Bomb Kills 90
President Donald Trump has condemned the "barbaric" truck-bombing in Kabul in a phone call with his Afghan counterpart, as global ...
Paris’s Eiffel Tower To Go Dark For Kabul Bombing Victims
The lights at the Eiffel Tower will be switched off Wednesday night to honour the scores of victims from the ...
Twelve-Year-Old Melbourne Schoolgirl Killed In Baghdad Bombing
A 12-year-old Australian schoolgirl was among 17 people killed in a car bomb attack on an ice-cream parlour in Baghdad ...
Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle IS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces ...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least Five
A car bomb exploded near one of Baghdad's main bridges on Tuesday, killing at least five people, security and medical ...
Suicide Bomber Kills Eight At Baghdad Ice Cream Shop
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop, killing at least eight people, security ...
Iraq Presses Mosul Assault, Calls On Civilians To Flee
Iraqi forces pressed forward on Monday with a broad offensive targeting Islamic State group-held areas in west Mosul and called ...
Iraq Presses Mosul Assault, Calls Civilians To Flee
Iraqi forces pressed forward on Monday with a broad offensive targeting Islamic State group-held areas in west Mosul and called ...
Iraq Forces Launch Broad Attack On IS Holdouts In Mosul
Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of battleground second city Mosul still held by the Islamic State ...
Major Attacks On Mideast Christians
Friday's attack on a bus carrying Egyptian Copts, which killed at least 28 people, was the latest in a wave ...
Iraqi Fans Jubilant As International Football Returns
Ali, a jubilant 24-year-old, is finally in the stands himself for an international football match in Iraq -- the first ...
Iraq Agrees To Nine-Month Extension of OPEC Production Cut
Iraq has agreed to a nine-month extension of a production cut pact among OPEC members that is aimed at boosting ...
International Football Returning To Iraq
After a years-long absence predominantly due to security concerns, international football will return to Iraq when the country hosts a ...
IS-Claimed Suicide Bombings Kill 35 In Iraq
Suicide bombings at checkpoints in Baghdad and south Iraq claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 35 people ...
From Antisecrecy Activist To Transgender Idol
Chelsea Manning was a meek, geeky army private who stunned the world in 2010 by leaking a massive trove of ...