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Iraqi officials say five people have been killed in renewed anti-government protests in the Iraqi capital after security forces fired on them on a fifth day of unrest. CBC | World News
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Iraq imposes curfews as deadly protests spill into 2nd day
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday declared a curfew in Baghdad until further notice after at least seven people were killed and more than 400 were injured during two days of nationwide anti-government protests. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 23 dead after truck bomb explodes in northeastern Iraq
At least 23 people were killed and 60 wounded when a suicide bomber set off a truck bomb near a crowded marketplace in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu, police and medical sources said on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Huge 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Iraq near Iran border – at least 10 dead
A MASSIVE 7.3-magnitude earthquake has been recorded southeast of the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq, near the border with Iran. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Assaults in Syria and Iraq oust ISIS from border bastions
Syrian troops ousted Islamic State extremists Friday from Deir el-Zour, a major city in eastern Syria, while Iraqi forces retook Qaim, the group’s last big town across the border in Iraq, in simultaneous assaults that dealt further territorial losses to the retreating militants. CBC | World News
Read More »Iraq, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters suspend hostilities
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered a 24-hour suspension to military operations against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, to allow for the peaceful deployment of Iraqi troops at the border crossings with the Kurdistan region. CBC | World News
Read More »US forces destroy deadly ISIS chemical weapons uncovered in Iraq and Syria as jihadis flee
US-LED coalition forces have found ISIS chemical weapons in both Iraq and Syria, a military spokesman has revealed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Canada suspends special forces training and assistance mission in Iraq
Canada’s special operations troops have put a temporary hold on their training of Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the wake of escalating fighting between the two factions. CBC | World News
Read More »Iraq readies for final offensive against ISIS
Iraqi forces are about to launch an offensive to recapture the last patch of Iraqi territory still in the hands of Islamic State, the military says. CBC | World News
Read More »Iraq starts operation to take back Tal Afar from ISIS
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the operation to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, from the Islamic State group has begun. CBC | World News
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