Veteran Kurdish leader Barham Salih elected as new president of Iraq

Barham Ahmed Salih, 58, is a veteran Kurdish politician, born in the city of Sulaimaniyah in northeastern Iraq. He was former prime minist...

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Pentagon raises alarm about sharp drop in Iraqi refugees coming to US

The Pentagon is concerned that not providing safe haven to more of the Iraqis, many of whom interpreted and did other key tasks for US for...

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Battle Against ISIS In Mosul: Iraqi Forces Advance on Airport

Iraqi forces continued their advance into the ISIS-held western area of the country's second-largest city on Tuesday, closing in on Mos...

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Iraq launches tricky operation to free west Mosul from Islamic State

Troops will have to engage in house-to-house fighting as many of the streets are too narrow for armoured vehicles. Iraqi forces have begu...

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Suicide Truck Bomb Kills About 100 in Iraq, Mostly Iranian Pilgrims

BAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shiite pilgrims, at a gas station Thursday south of Baghdad on...

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Mosul battle: Iraq militias 'cut off IS access to city'

An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled by so-called Islamic St...

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The Battle for Mosul Takes Toll on Civilians

As Iraqi Special Forces and militias try to push the ISIS fighters from Mosul, many civilians are displaced, injured or killed. An Iraqi ...

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In biblical lands of Iraq, Christianity in peril after ISIS

Bartella, Iraq (CNN)Behnam Lalo crunches over jagged glass and tiptoes around a fallen altar, burned Bibles and a decapitated porcelain Vir...

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