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Last month, the Iraqi army began a wide-ranging campaign aimed at liberating the cities of Rawa and Al-Qaim (AFP/File)

November 2nd, 2017 - 01:33 GMT

Iraqi Forces Recapture More Territory from ISIS in Anbar

Iraqi forces on Thursday recaptured more territory in the western Anbar province from ISIS, according to Iraqi military sources.

Earlier this year, army sources said security forces had stumbled upon two mass graves containing the remains of dozens of members of the Iraqi army and police who had been killed by ISIS in Hawija (AFP/File)

October 29th, 2017 - 09:14 GMT

Mass Grave of 50 Slain by ISIS Discovered in Kirkuk

After overrunning vast territories in both Iraq and Syria in 2014, ISIS recently suffered a string of major defeats at the hands of the Iraqi army and a U.S.-led coalition (AFP/File)

October 29th, 2017 - 07:44 GMT

75 ISIS Militants Killed in 72 Hours

The bomber opened fire on Sunni tribesmen manning a checkpoint in al-Kasara (AFP/File Photo)

October 10th, 2017 - 09:56 GMT

Iraqi Forces Shoot Dead ISIS Suicide Bomber

British troops look at Baghdad in 1941 (Wikimedia)

October 3rd, 2017 - 09:46 GMT

Britain's Colonial Legacy in Iraq, 85 Years After Independence

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

The Hawija enclave is one of just two areas of Iraq still held by ISIS, along with a stretch of the Euphrates Valley near the border with Syria (AFP/File Photo)

October 1st, 2017 - 06:29 GMT

Iraq's 'Sheikh of Snipers' Killed in Battle to Retake ISIS-Held Hawija

Iraqi forces liberate Tal Afar from ISIS, August 2017 (AFP)

September 3rd, 2017 - 08:56 GMT

Iraq Prepares For Next Battle in War Against ISIS: Hawija

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

Iraqi Forces. (AFP)

August 24th, 2017 - 07:16 GMT

Iraqi Forces Advance Deeper into Tal Afar, Pushing IS Another Step Back

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

The extremist group are surrounded by Iraqi forces and facing bombardment from the sky. (AFP/File)

August 20th, 2017 - 02:46 GMT

ISIS Suffer Major Losses as Iraqi Forces Advance in Tal Afar