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Islamic State 'blows up' Iraq oil wells, kills policeman: OfficialsIraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces took control of Kirkuk, home to key oilfields including Bay Hassan, in June 2014 after federal forces withdr...05 May, 2021, 04.54 PM IST- In a northern town brutalised by Islamic State, Iraq tests its powerThe hoisting of the national flag in Sinjar, home to Iraq's Yazidi religious minority, is the result of a deal months in the making for the...24 Dec, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
- IS extremists step up as Iraq, Syria, grapple with virusThe assaults are the latest in a resurgence of attacks by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. The first was a brazen suicide mission ...03 May, 2020, 01.16 PM IST
- Allegations of abuse, mismanagement shadow gains against ISThe Trump administration's decision to provide Syria's Kurds with more advanced weapons has raised concerns among the various players in Sy...31 May, 2017, 08.35 AM IST
- IS chief Baghdadi surrounded by Iraqi Army inside MosulThe battle for Mosul, where the self-declared caliph of IS is believed to be hiding, is likely to end in a decisive defeat for the terroris...02 Nov, 2016, 07.26 PM IST
- US unleashes Delta Force in Iraq to target ISIS operativesIt is a strategy that worked in May 2015, when Delta raided a compound in Syria, killing ISIS operative Abu Sayyaf and capturing his wife, ...01 Mar, 2016, 03.25 PM IST
- US to send special forces to Iraq to fight ISIS: Defence Secretary Ashton Carter"These special operators will, over time, be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture ISIS leaders," Carter sa...02 Dec, 2015, 09.21 AM IST
- US deploying elite force to boost fight against Islamic StateCarter said the new force will be larger than the one being sent into Syria, but did not specify how many troops it will include.02 Dec, 2015, 01.10 AM IST
- Conflict between groups fighting the Islamic State terror group in IraqIt seems that Kurds, an ethnic group, have been seizing on the opportunity to take over territory that they expel ISIS from.10 Jun, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
- US and Iraq plan operation to regain control of MosulCENTCOM officials said main attack force would consist of five Iraqi army brigades, which will all go through US training sites before they...20 Feb, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
- Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...01 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
- ISIS poses major threat to global security: Angela MerkelIS poses a major threat to global security, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she calls upon the nations around the world to join the...04 Oct, 2014, 01.06 PM IST
- Germany supplies arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces in IraqGermany today delivered arms and ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to boost their firepower against the Islamic State mili...27 Sep, 2014, 01.56 PM IST
- Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops against Islamic StateGermany has ruled out participation in air strikes or any other ground offensive against the Islamic State militants in Iraq.22 Sep, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
- Retaking Iraqi dam: US airstrikes have deadly effect on militants of the Islamic StateIt was not until President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes by the US military on August 7 that the Sunni fighters' advance was halted.20 Aug, 2014, 06.36 PM IST
- Evacuation of civilians from Iraqi mountain 'less likely': USThe US has said any evacuation mission on a mountain in northern Iraq besieged by Islamic State extremists is now "less likely".14 Aug, 2014, 10.38 AM IST
- Oil wealth fans ethnic flames in Iraqi townIn a mirror image of Kirkuk, the Kurdish town of Khanaqin near the border with Iran that holds sizeable oil reserves is being exposed to et...26 Sep, 2008, 08.06 AM IST
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