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Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics
Middle East

Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics

  Months after Iraq declared victory over Islamic State, its fighters are making a comeback with a scatter-gun campaign of…
Protesters gather at entrance to Iraq’s Zubair oilfield: police
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Protesters gather at entrance to Iraq’s Zubair oilfield: police

  Iraqi police used batons and rubber hoses on Tuesday to disperse about 250 protesters who gathered at the main…
Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building
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Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building

  Iraqi police fired in the air as hundreds of protesters tried to storm the main provincial government building in…
Artist captures war as seen by children – toys included
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Artist captures war as seen by children – toys included

  US photographer Brian McCarty wants you to see the horrors of war, but through the eyes of a child.…
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Qandil, Erdogan says
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Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Qandil, Erdogan says

  Turkish warplanes have struck a meeting of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq’s Qandil mountains, President Tayyip…
Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad
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Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad

  A storage site housing half of Baghdad’s ballot boxes from Iraq’s parliamentary election in May caught fire on Sunday,…
At least 18 killed in Baghdad explosion: source
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At least 18 killed in Baghdad explosion: source

  At least 18 people were killed and over 90 wounded in an explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district on…
Populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition wins Iraq’s election
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Populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition wins Iraq’s election

  Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s political coalition has won Iraq’s parliamentary election, the election commission announced late Friday. The Saeroon…
Populist cleric Sadr all but wins Iraq election
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Populist cleric Sadr all but wins Iraq election

Populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States, has all but won Iraq’s parliamentary election, the electoral…
Shiite cleric al-Sadr leads in Iraq’s initial vote results
Middle East

Shiite cleric al-Sadr leads in Iraq’s initial vote results

The political coalition of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took an early lead in Iraq’s national elections in partial returns…
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