Iraq executes 36 men convicted in Islamic State massacre
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group’s massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. The men were…
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Iraqi PM fires head of Baghdad security after shrine attack
By MURTADA FARAJ Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi fired Baghdad’s security chief Friday following a series of attacks, including one at a Shiite shrine that killed 37 people and was claimed…
Iraq: Death toll from IS-claimed bombing climbs to 157
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN The death toll from the truck bombing at a bustling Baghdad commercial street rose to 157 on Monday, Iraqi authorities said, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered…
Iraqi special forces enter center of IS-held Fallujah
Iraqi special forces entered the center of Fallujah city early Friday, taking over a government complex and a neighborhood that served as a base for the Islamic State group militants…
Aid group says IS shooting civilians fleeing Fallujah battle
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN The Islamic State group has been shooting at civilians as they try to flee the nearly two-week battle between Iraqi government forces and IS militants in the…
Islamic State kills dozens of its own in hunt for spies
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there…
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah as IS bombings kill 24
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Iraqi forces started pushing into the city of Fallujah on Monday as a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad and near the…
US says Iraqi forces have retaken western town of Rutba
By ROBERT BURNS The retaking of the small western town of Rutba from two years of Islamic State occupation was an important morale booster for Iraqi security forces, the top…