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Trap tightens on civilians as battles rage in Iraq's Fallujah ASIA

Trap tightens on civilians as battles rage in Iraq's Fallujah

The Islamic State group battled Iraqi forces and held civilians hostage Wednesday to defend its bastion of Fallujah, where three weeks of fighting has forced tens of thousands from their homes.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Operation on Iraq's Fallujah has displaced 43,000: UN ASIA

Operation on Iraq's Fallujah has displaced 43,000: UN

Iraq's offensive to retake the jihadist bastion of Fallujah has displaced 43,000 people in just over three weeks, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq makes arrests over ‘execution of Sunni men’ ASIA

Iraq makes arrests over ‘execution of Sunni men’

Iraq said yesterday it had made arrests as it investigates allegations that Shia militiamen helping the army retake Fallujah...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq arrests 500 IS suspects fleeing Fallujah with civilians ASIA

Iraq arrests 500 IS suspects fleeing Fallujah with civilians

Iraqi forces on Monday said jihadist fighters were attempting to flee Fallujah by blending in with civilians who have used recently opened corridors to escape the besieged the city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS kills 18 civilians trying to flee Fallujah ASIA

IS kills 18 civilians trying to flee Fallujah

Fighters from the Islamic State group killed at least 18 members of two families as they attempted to flee the besieged jihadist bastion of Fallujah, relatives said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
More than 22 killed, 70 wounded, in two bombings in Baghdad ASIA

More than 22 killed, 70 wounded, in two bombings in Baghdad

More than 22 people were killed and 70 wounded in two separate bombings on Thursday in Baghdad, one targeting a commercial street and the other an army checkpoint, Iraqi police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces seize part of southern Fallujah from IS ASIA

Iraqi forces seize part of southern Fallujah from IS

Iraqi government forces fighting to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State group seized a southern neighbourhood of the city on Wednesday, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Muslims mark start of Ramadan, many under cloud of war ASIA

Muslims mark start of Ramadan, many under cloud of war

More than a billion Muslims observed the start of Ramadan on Monday but in the besieged cities of Syria and Iraq residents struggled to mark the holy month.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkish warplanes target Kurdish militants, at least 27 killed ASIA

Turkish warplanes target Kurdish militants, at least 27 killed

Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq and southeast Turkey and the army killed 27 fighters near its borders with Iraq and Iran, the armed forces said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syrian army thrusts into IS bastion province Raqa ASIA

Syrian army thrusts into IS bastion province Raqa

Syrian troops pushed into the Islamic State group's bastion province Raqa on Saturday for the first time since 2014, in an advance towards the country's largest dam, a monitor said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US jet strikes target Islamic State from Mediterranean ASIA

US jet strikes target Islamic State from Mediterranean

US fighter jets on Friday launched strikes against Islamic State from an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea, the US Navy said, marking the first time a US aircraft carrier targeted areas in the Middle East from the Mediterranean since the Iraq War began in 2003.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Oil prices dip as Iraq raises exports ECONOMY

Oil prices dip as Iraq raises exports

Oil prices dipped to around $49 a barrel on Monday as Iraq raised its crude exports target ahead of an Opec meeting while Canadian production was set to restart after huge wildfires.

4:45 AM November 25 2016