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Iraq lawmakers convene to form new government in battle with ‘caliphate’
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Iraq lawmakers convene to form new government in battle with ‘caliphate’

Newly elected Iraqi lawmakers convene on Tuesday, under pressure to name a unity government to keep the country from splitting…
Militants take Iraqi gas field town, president calls parliament session
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Militants take Iraqi gas field town, president calls parliament session

Militants took a town an hour from Baghdad that is home to four natural gas fields on Thursday, another gain…
Strategic north Iraq town Tal Afar, airport fall to militants
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Strategic north Iraq town Tal Afar, airport fall to militants

The strategic Shia-majority north Iraq town of Tal Afar and its airport were in the hands of Sunni Arab militants…
Sources: Sunni insurgents capture three towns in Iraq’s Anbar
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Sources: Sunni insurgents capture three towns in Iraq’s Anbar

An al Qaeda splinter group thrust east from a newly-captured Iraqi-Syrian border post on Sunday, taking three towns in the…
Iraq Kurds seize Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad
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Iraq Kurds seize Kirkuk; Sunni militants surge toward Baghdad

Iraqi Kurds seized control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday, while surging Sunni Islamist rebels advanced towards…
Militants seize Iraq’s second-largest city, say officials
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Militants seize Iraq’s second-largest city, say officials

Militants seized Iraq’s second-largest city Tuesday, officials said, in another blow to the authorities, who appear incapable of stopping rebel…
PM ‘certain’ of win as Iraqis vote despite dozens of attacks
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PM ‘certain’ of win as Iraqis vote despite dozens of attacks

Iraqis on Wednesday defied a rash of militant attacks to vote in the country's first elections since US troops withdrew,…
Iraq attacks kill nine as bomber hits university
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Iraq attacks kill nine as bomber hits university

Baghdad (AFP) - Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a university in north Baghdad, killed at least nine…
Iraq attacks kill 12 as soldiers ambush militants
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Iraq attacks kill 12 as soldiers ambush militants

Baghdad (AFP) - Attacks in Iraq left 12 people dead Tuesday while security forces said they killed 25 militants near…
Iraq suicide bomb kills 6 as UN warns of ‘divisive’ polls
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Iraq suicide bomb kills 6 as UN warns of ‘divisive’ polls

 A suicide bomber killed six army recruits Wednesday as the UN's envoy to Iraq warned that the country's election campaign…
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