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Iraqi Army forces detain 14 ISIS members .(AFP/ File Photo)

November 14th, 2018 - 02:03 GMT

Security Sweep in North Iraq Result in Arrest of 14 ISIS Militants

At least 14 members of the Daesh terrorist group were arrested in a security sweep carried out across Iraq’s northern Nineveh province, according to a statement released by the Iraqi army.

The Iraqi army has turned its attention to driving back the Kurdish military forces after the Kurdistan region voted overwhelmingly on Sept. 25 in a referendum for independence (AFP/File)

October 17th, 2017 - 12:46 GMT

Peshmerga Surrender Sinjar After Iraqi Forces Take Kirkuk

Earlier Monday, the Iraqi army launched an operation to capture military bases and oil fields in Kirkuk (AFP/File)

October 16th, 2017 - 11:15 GMT

Iraq Captures Military Base in Kirkuk

The central government on Friday began to deploy forces in the vicinity of Taza and Bashir villages, some 10 kilometers south of Kirkuk city after the withdrawal of the Peshmerga forces in the night (AFP/File)

October 15th, 2017 - 08:01 GMT

Peshmerga Will Not Withdraw, Kirkuk Ex-Governor

Along with Kirkuk’s Hawija district, ISIS' rapidly diminishing presence in the country is now largely confined to the towns of Rawa and Al-Qaim in Iraq’s western Anbar province near the Syrian border (AFP/File Photo)

October 2nd, 2017 - 06:46 GMT

Iraqi Forces Recapture 25 Kirkuk Villages from ISIS

Iraqi forces are seen outside the town of Akashat, northwest of the al-Anbar province, as they prepare a military operation to push out ISIS (Moadh Al-Dulaimi/AFP)

September 17th, 2017 - 01:42 GMT

As Iraqi Forces Hunt Down ISIS Remnants, Civilians Suffer a Spate of Attacks

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion that targeted a shop selling alcohol in the mainly Kurdish Iraqi city of Kirkuk on September 16, 2017. (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP)

September 17th, 2017 - 08:11 GMT

Car Bomb Kills Three in Iraq's Kirkuk Ahead of Kurdish Referendum

West Mosul suffered considerable damage and loss of civilian life during the final push to retake it from ISIS (AFP)

September 9th, 2017 - 09:18 GMT

Over 2,000 Civilian Bodies Recovered From Mosul Ruins, Iraq Says

Not all US supplies end up in the hands of the right people in war-torn countries. (AFP/File)

September 5th, 2017 - 08:01 GMT

Explained: How US Tanks Ended up with Iraqi Militias

An Indonesian protester tears a picture of Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally in front of Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on September 2, 2017 (AFP)

September 4th, 2017 - 02:06 GMT

Feature: How Much of the Social Media Reporting on the Rohingya Can we Trust?

The city has been fully recaptured, but fighting is still ongoing in the wider region. (AFP/File)

August 28th, 2017 - 09:33 GMT

A Tentative Victory: Iraqi Forces Clear Tal Afar of ISIS

France, a country which has been the victim of numerous large scale IS attacks, is aiding Iraq in its fight against the extremist group by providing aerial an artillery support. (AFP/File)

August 27th, 2017 - 10:10 GMT

France Cooperating with Iraqi Forces in Recapture of Tal Afar

In the past 24 hours, 20,000 people have fled from Tal Afar in northern Iraq. (AFP/File)

August 23rd, 2017 - 07:57 GMT

Iraqi Forces Capture Two IS Neighborhoods in Tal Afar