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Iraqi forces retake over a third of west Mosul: Commander

Iraqi forces launched the operation to retake west Mosul on February 19

Iraqi forces recapture government offices in Mosul

Mosul fell to IS militants in 2014, and is proclaimed as capital of the group's 'Islamic Caliphate'

We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

Al-Abadi has taken a measured approach, but the issues can roil already difficult internal politics

Taking Iraq's Oil

Trump wants Iraq's oil, and he's not interested in sharing

Iraqi forces raise flag over Mosul University

Residents fleeing Mosul said university had been largely destroyed by airstrikes and artillery fire

2,400-year-old tomb full of skeletons discovered in Iraq

The tomb was constructed toward the end of the Achaemenid Empire (550 to 330 BC)

Iraq PM Abadi says opponents spreading fake news of bombings

Abadi said media outlets had been fed reports of bombings that never happened

IS truck bomb in Iraq kills 70 Shiite pilgrims

Most of the victims were Iranians, the largest contingent of foreigners in the pilgrimage

80 killed, 31 injured in suicide tanker blast in Iraq

Violence and armed conflicts killed 1,792 Iraqis and wounded 1,358 others in October across the country.

Iraq truck bomb kills 70, mostly Iranian pilgrims: official

Blast struck in the village of Shomali, 120 kilometres south-east of the capital Baghdad and around 80 kilometres from Karbala

Iraqi Prime Minister warns Turkey as Ankara deploys troops

According to sources, Turkish military had deployed tanks and artillery to Southeastern districts near the Iraqi border

Iraq should be exempted from OPEC oil output freeze: Oil Minister

OPEC's second-largest producer, should get the same exemption as Nigeria and Libya, says Jabar Ali al-Luaibi

Iraq parliament in surprise vote to ban alcohol

Opponents argue, it might anger some minorities

Operation to retake Mosul from IS has begun: Iraq PM

Iraqi federal and allied forces have been tightening the noose on Mosul

Iraq's oil minister calls for increasing oil output in 2017

Jabar al-Luaibi has urged local and foreign companies to increase their production of oil and natural gas

Presence of Turkish troops hampers Mosul liberation: Iraq

Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, has been under the IS control for more than two years

Barack Obama policy on Syria, ISIS working: Tim Kaine

Kaine acknowledged that situation has deteriorated in Iraq

16 killed, 39 hurt in Baghdad bomb attacks

Iraqi security forces sealed off and blocked the roads leading to the scene, while ambulances and police vehicles evacuated the killed and wounded people to the hospitals

First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis in Qayyarah

Around 3.4 million people have already been forced to flee their homes in Iraq by conflict since the start of 2014

Iraq to sell oil through Iran if talks with Kurds fail

Iraq depends on oil sales for 95 per cent of its public income