BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi expects two victories from the battle underway in Falluja, an Islamic States stronghold near Baghdad. The first is over IS, the second over ...

In Fallujah, US troops are engaged in the battle Secretary Rumsfeld says will -tip- Iraqi opinion toward democracy once and for all. But while the US wants an Iraqi face on the action, Iraqi troops ...

Events in Iraq from the breakthrough by Islamic State group (IS) fighters in 2014 to the government counter-attack. 2014: Jihadist breakthrough On January 4, Iraq loses its first key town since the US ...

BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite militia leader accused government forces of "betrayal" as a split emerged between the Iranian-backed paramilitaries and the army over tactics for ...

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BAGHDAD, May 31 (UNHCR) – The number of Iraqis who have escaped the besieged city of Falluja his risen to around 3,700, the UN Refugee Agency said today, noting reports that hundreds of families still ...

The Islamic State group battled Iraqi forces and held civilians hostage Wednesday to defend its bastion of Fallujah, where three weeks of fighting has forced tens of thousands from their homes.

NEAR FALLUJAH — In every street of the city, there were insurgents, the lieutenant said. In every corner, they were waiting. The fighters would shoot at the Iraqi soldiers and then disappear through ...