BAGHDAD: (APP) Iraqi forces on Thursday launched an offensive aimed at retaking towns still under the control of the Islamic State group in western areas near the border with Syria, commanders said.Mosul Battle: Iraqi Forces and ISIS deadliest clash             "A military operation has ...

BAGHDAD: (APP) Suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed 15 people on Monday in an oasis town south of Baghdad and the city of Fallujah to its west, officials said.The attacks come as Iraqi forces battle IS in the northern city of Mosul, the last major population centre the ...

FALLUJAH: (APP) Iraqi forces took the Islamic State group's last positions in the city of Fallujah Sunday, establishing full control over one of the miltants' most emblematic bastions after a month-long operation.Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had already declared victory on June 17 after IS ...

FALLUJAH: (APP) Aid workers scrambled Sunday to cope with a massive influx of Iraqi civilians who fled Fallujah after government forces retook much of the city from the Islamic State group.Tens of thousands of civilians escaped the city, just 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Baghdad, on the back of ...

KIRKUK, Iraq, June 18, (APP): Mosul: Iraqi Army aim to retake ISIS last strong hold after Fallujah victory Iraqi forces renewed their offensive against the Islamic State group around second city Mosul on Saturday after driving the jihadists out of most of Fallujah, the defence minister ...

BAGHDAD, June 17, (APP): Iraqi Forces retake Fallujah government HQ: Commanders Iraqi forces retook the main government compound in Fallujah on Friday, top commanders said, a breakthrough in the nearly four-week-old offensive against the Islamic State group's bastion. The elite federal forces met ...

OSLO, June 16, (APP): Fallujah Crisis: Iraqi forces and ISIS fight leaves worst humanitarian ‘disaster’ Under fire and nearing  starvation, thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped in the militants  bastion of Fallujah face a "humanitarian disaster", a prominent Norwegian NGO said ...

WASHINGTON: (APP) Iraqi security forces have entered Fallujah as they continue their battle to wrest the besieged city from the Islamic State group, the Pentagon said Wednesday.Baghdad-based military spokesman Colonel Chris Garver said Iraqi counterterrorism fighters, commandos and federal police ...

BAGHDAD: Two separate suicide car bombings claimed at least 27 lives and injured over 70 people. As per report, an attack took place in a Shiite majority commercial area that killed at least 15 people and left 35 wounded. While 12 people including seven Iraqi soldiers were killed and dozens ...

BAGHDAD: ISIS kills dozens and wounded hundreds of Iraqi troops in Fallujah offensive. Sources revealed that at least 70 armed forces personnel killed in the offensive but the actual casualty toll is not described by the Iraqi officials. “We have received 1,119 wounded since the start of the ...