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Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation ARABIA

Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation

Iraq's joint operations command on Monday denied Turkey was participating in military operations to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers ASIA

Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers

Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting Islamic State group jihadists behind attacks elsewhere in the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul ASIA

Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul

Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic State on Sunday as coalition forces pressed their offensive against the jihadists' last stronghold in Iraq.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq says should be exempted from OPEC output freeze ASIA

Iraq says should be exempted from OPEC output freeze

Iraq's Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi said on Sunday his country should be exempted from output restrictions as it was fighting a war with Islamic State.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds ASIA

Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds

US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Sunday to review the ongoing military offensive to retake the jihadist bastion of Mosul.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey, Iraq reach agreement "in principle" on Mosul: US ARABIA

Turkey, Iraq reach agreement "in principle" on Mosul: US

Turkey and Iraq have reached an agreement in principle that could eventually allow a Turkish role in the campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday after talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS sniper kills Iraqi journalist in Kirkuk ASIA

IS sniper kills Iraqi journalist in Kirkuk

A jihadist sniper killed an Iraqi journalist in Kirkuk Friday during clashes between the security forces and groups of fighters from the Islamic State group, the police and his channel said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pentagon chief in Turkey as Mosul tensions grow ASIA

Pentagon chief in Turkey as Mosul tensions grow

US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Ankara on Friday for talks with the leaders of Turkey, a crucial but sensitive ally in the fight against the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suicide bombers in deadly twin raids in northern Iraq ASIA

Suicide bombers in deadly twin raids in northern Iraq

Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north on Friday as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US general says will not support Shia militia in Mosul ASIA

US general says will not support Shia militia in Mosul

The US-led coalition will not support Shia militia who might seek to participate in the campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State and it is up to Baghdad to decide their role, a top US general told Pentagon reporters on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Refugee from Iraq pleads guilty in US to attempting to join IS INTERNATIONAL

Refugee from Iraq pleads guilty in US to attempting to join IS

An Iraqi-born man who entered the United States as a refugee pleaded guilty on Monday in Texas to attempting to volunteer to fight with Islamic State, federal prosecutors said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq launches Mosul raid to drive out Islamic State ASIA

Iraq launches Mosul raid to drive out Islamic State

Iraqi government forces, with air and ground support from the US-led coalition, launched an offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, the militants' last major stronghold in the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016