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Russia delivers Sukhoi fighter jets to Iraq

Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:44:35

The Iraqi government has received the first batch of Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets to use them against the militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Iraq’s Babil bans goods made in Turkey, Saudi Arabia

Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:13:00

Residents and merchants in Iraq’s central province of Babil have agreed to stop importing commodities from neighboring Turkey and Saudi Arabia due to the support of Ankara and Riyadh for the resent violence erupted in Iraq.

Iraqi army inflicts more losses on ISIL militants

Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:49:21

The Iraqi army has continued its mop-up operations across the country, inflicting heavy losses on the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group.

Iraq army advances, ISIL militants flee toward Iran border

Sat Jun 28, 2014 22:29:25

Iraqi forces have made fresh advances in different areas, forcing militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala to flee to a region close to Iran’s border.

Iraqi security forces seize 20 arms-loaded vehicles en route to Karbala

Sat Jun 28, 2014 20:18:08

Iraqi security forces have seized twenty arms-loaded vehicles en route from al-Anbar province in central Iraq to Karbala province, a security source said.

Iraqi girl sets herself ablaze after being raped by ISIL militants

Sat Jun 28, 2014 18:32:28

A 21-year-old girl in Iraq’s Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, has committed self-immolation after being raped by the militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group.

Iraqi army in major operation against ISIL in Saddam home-town

Sat Jun 28, 2014 16:41:35

The Iraqi army has launched a major operation against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in and around the northern city of Tikrit.

Kurdish forces violently block refugee-seekers from entering Kirkuk

Sat Jun 28, 2014 16:08:57

Kurdish forces have reportedly stopped desperate Iraqi refugees, fleeing extremist militants, to enter the oil-rich city of Kirkuk after they took control over the city.

Leader warns of enemy bid to incite Shia-Sunni conflict

Sat Jun 28, 2014 15:21:26

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has again warned of persisting enemy schemes to incite and sow discord among the followers of Islam’s Shia and Sunni schools of thoughts across the region in a bid to undermine the wave of Islamic Awakening.

83,000 Iraqis flee Nineveh over ISIL atrocities

Sat Jun 28, 2014 14:25:17

The escalation of violence by ISIL terrorists has forced 83,000 Iraqi families to flee their homes in Nineveh Province, Iraqi Red Crescent Society says.

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