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Iraq officials: Suicide car bomb kills 8 in Baghdad district
On Tuesday, at least 12 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at an outdoor market in al-Rashidiya
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Iraq war was illegal, says Blair's former deputy
John Prescott, made the remarks in a piece to be published in the Sunday Mirror newspaper
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Iraq PM announces recapture of key base from IS militants
Iraq's second-largest city fell to IS militants during their summer 2014 onslaught that captured large swaths of northern and western Iraq
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Iraq executes five after devastating Baghdad blast: Ministry
IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but has since lost signficant ground to Iraqi forces
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Attack west of Baghdad kills 14, wounds 32
Attack struck an Abu Ghraib mosque last night as worshippers gathered to pray after breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan
30,000 displaced from Iraq's Fallujah in 3 days: NGO
Fallujah was the first city to fall out of government control in Jan 2014, as jihadists began to establish a foothold on it
Iraq forces retake central Fallujah from ISIS
It is the latest setback for the jihadists who have also lost territory in neighbouring Syria and in Libya in recent weeks
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New Zealand, Australian forces train 7,000 Iraqi troops
Around 100 NZDF personnel and 300 Australian Defence Force troops are involved in the mission at Camp Taji
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Iraqi forces discover 400 bodies in mass grave near Fallujah
Police of Anbar said the mass burial site was discovered in the town of Saqlawiya, northwest of Fallujah in the Euphrates Valley
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Iraq will probe abuses in Fallujah operation
Prime Minister has ordered the creation of a human rights committee to examine violation to the instructions on the protection of civilians
Bombings kill 15 in and around Iraqi capital
Attacks by ISIS come as Iraqi forces are attempting to retake the western city of Fallujah from Islamic State militants
Iraq's Fallujah operation slowed by civilians, ISIS resistance
Fighting also raged hundreds of kilometres further up the Euphrates Valley in Syria
US says bid to retake Iraq's Mosul from ISIS making progress
The Iraqi army said in late March that its troops had launched what was expected to be a long offensive to retake Mosul
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7 dead, 22 wounded in raid on Iraqi gas plant claimed by ISIS
According to the government, ISIS controls only 14% of Iraqi territory, down from the 40% it held in 2014
Iraqi forces must fight for their own country: US
The US further added that it can only provide a training and advisory role in the war-torn nation, after it emerged that ISIS had killed a third American soldier
51 people killed in Iraq bombing
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack
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Suicide car bomb kills 29 south of Baghdad: Police
A doctor at Hilla hospital said at least 11 of the wounded were in a very serious condition
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Violence kills 670 across Iraq in February: UN
The last month saw significant deterioration in Iraq's security situation
Death toll mounts to 34 in Iraq's suicide bombing
According to a UN report, over 22,300 people were either killed or injured in armed conflict in 2015.