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Iraqi soldiers prepare to go to battle against Islamic State militants at the frontline in Falluja, Iraq, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraqi Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 15, 2016 | Middle East

A senior Iraqi commander was killed by sniper fire from ISIS militants near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the extremist group’s main bastion in Iraq. The U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area....

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Iraq’s new Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi (front row, 3rd L) speaks to officers at the Defence Ministry in Baghdad, October 19, 2014. (Reuters)

We will liberate Mosul from ISIS: Iraq Defense Minister

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 22, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—In his first televised speech following his appointment on Saturday, Iraq’s new Defense Minister Khalid Al-Obeidi pledged that Iraqi forces would retake all areas of the country that have been taken over by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

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Iraqi soldiers in civilian clothes stand outside the Iraq airways office in Erbil on Friday, June 14, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraqi soldiers who fled ISIS advance accuse officers of treason

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi troops who fled the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters into Mosul have denied that they abandoned their posts, saying that they had received orders to flee from up the chain of command. Iraqi military forces have...

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Iraqi security forces take their positions as they hold their weapons during a patrol outside the city of Falluja May 25, 2014. (Reuters)

Insurgents overrun parts of Iraqi city of Samarra

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 5, 2014 | Middle East

Tikrit, Reuters—Sunni insurgents overran parts of the city of Samarra in northern Iraq early on Thursday, bringing them within striking distance of a Shi’ite shrine that was previously the trigger for sectarian war. The offensive is part of an escalating war...

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Iraqi security forces arrest 13 leaders from Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Anbar, Iraq, on December 14, 2012. (AFP/Stringer)

Iraq: Government continues offensive against ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 27, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has entered its second phase, with the country’s military chasing down Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Anbar province and other desert areas, an Iraqi military source...