KIRKUK: (APP) Six Iraqi civilians were killed on Monday when a bomb planted by the Islamic State group went off as they tried to flee the Hawijah area, security officials said.Thousands of people have been fleeing IS rule in Hawijah, which lies about 220 kilometres (140 miles) north of Baghdad, in ...

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 ...