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Iraq repels terrorist attack on Beiji oil refinery

Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:30:26

Iraqi security forces have repelled terrorists targeting the country's main oil refinery and regained partial control of a city near the Syrian border.

59 generals brought to court over abandoning Mosul

Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:28:25

Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement on Wednesday that 59 top military officers will be brought before court for fleeing their posts last week as Takfiri militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized Mosul, northern Iraq's biggest city.

At least 150 Australians fighting in Syria, Iraq: official

Thu Jun 19, 2014 09:27:17

Around 150 Australians have fought with radical militants in Syria and Iraq, raising government fears of a terrorist threat to Australia if the militants return home, the foreign minister said on Thursday.

US rules out air attack on Iraq terrorists

Thu Jun 19, 2014 08:13:08

American officials have confirmed that the Iraqi government has explicitly asked the Pentagon to conduct airstrikes against militants taking their country by storm, but the United States is reportedly ill-prepared to wage suck attacks.

ISIL militants kidnap 100 foreign nationals in Iraq

Wed Jun 18, 2014 20:58:24

Militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have abducted approximately 100 foreign nationals in northern Iraq.

ISIL to turn against Saudi Arabia, Qatar: Iraq PM

Wed Jun 18, 2014 19:29:05

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says militants belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) will turn against their Saudi Arabian and Qatari supporters who call them "revolutionaries."

Iraq aims to retake key northern town in hours

Wed Jun 18, 2014 18:37:58

Iraq aims to complete the liberation of the strategic northern town of Tal Afar from Takfiri militants in a matter of hours, a security spokesman says.

ISIL militants attack Iraq’s biggest oil refinery

Wed Jun 18, 2014 16:56:27

Members of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group have attacked a main oil refinery in Iraq as they press ahead with their offensive in the war-torn country.

Gruesome video: ISIL terrorists execute Iraqi soldiers

Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:45:23

ISIL terrorists taking-over parts of Iraq make no bones about broadcasting their reign of terror.

Another blow for Turkey, 15 Turkish workers held by ISIL in Iraq

Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:06:40

A group of Turkish construction workers were among some 60 people abducted by ISIL terrorists near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, less than a week after dozens of other Turkish nationals were taken hostage in Mosul, according to a news report.

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