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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

16 Aug 2016

Islamic State attack kills nine Iraqis near Jordan border

Fighters of the Islamic State group attacked an Iraqi border guard base near Jordan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people before being beaten back, officers said.

04 Jun 2016

Iraqi forces free town near IS stronghold of Fallujah

The troops took control of the government building and raised the Iraqi flag while continuing to drive out IS militants from the town, a source said.

24 May 2016

Iraq forces begin assault on IS bastion Fallujah

Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group on Monday in the opening stages of an operation to retake Fallujah, one of the toughest targets yet in Baghdad`s war against the jihadists.

14 May 2016

19 ISIS militants killed in Iraq clashes

Nineteen Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in clashes in Iraq, security sources said on Saturday.

10 May 2016

ISIS' Anbar province chief killed in Iraq air strike: Pentagon

A top ISIS leader, along with three other jihadists from the terror group, has been killed in a US-led military strike, the Pentagon has said.

14 Mar 2016

Islamic State returns to Iraqi town, 24 hours after vacating it

Rutba lies about 390 kilometres (245 miles) west of Baghdad on the road to Jordan.

01 Mar 2016

39 killed in suicide bombings in Iraq

At least 39 people were killed as two suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi army headquarters in the province of Anbar.

15 Feb 2016

Unbelievable! ISIS militants try to flee Ramadi by shaving beards, dressing up as women!

That, however, could not save them and the terrorists were arrested by the Iraqi army.

07 Jan 2016

Iraqi military says IS spokesman Adnani wounded - state TV

IS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani has reportedly been wounded in an air strike in Iraq.

Iraqi security forces

02 Jan 2016

Security forces continue fighting IS in Iraq's Anbar

Iraqi security forces on Saturday continued fighting the Islamic State (IS), clearing new areas in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq`s western province of Anbar, security sources said.

02 Nov 2015

UN says more than 700 people killed in Iraq in October

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said in a statement that 559 of those killed in October were civilians.

16 Oct 2015

Number of displaced Iraqis hits 3.2 million: UN

The number of people who have been displaced by conflict in Iraq since the start of 2014 has reached 3.2 million, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.

07 Oct 2015

IS executed 70 Sunni tribesmen in Iraq's Anbar: UN

The Islamic State group executed 70 members of a Sunni tribe allied to the government in western Iraq earlier this week, a tribal leader and the United Nations said today.

07 Oct 2015

Iraq forces retake areas around Ramadi

Iraqi forces have retaken several areas north and west of Ramadi as efforts to close in on the Anbar provincial capital seized by jihadists in May intensify, officials said on Wednesday.

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