Government forces are ready for an assault on the Sunni Arab city of Tikrit, the main target of a major offensive launched eight days ago against the Islamic State radical group, Iraqi officials said Tuesday. Troops have surrounded the city on all sides after capturing the centre of al-Alam, located[…]
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have bulldozed the ancient city of Hatra, Iraqi officials say. In a statement posted on its website on Saturday, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities quoted media outlets about the “looting and destruction of the ruins of the anciety[…]
Iraqi forces pressed their offensive against the Islamic State group Friday, expecting to reach the outskirts of the rebel-held city of Tikrit, a day after radicals reportedly “bulldozed” a famed archaeological site in the area. In Paris, the head of the U.N.’s cultural agency said the deliberate destruction of cultural[…]
Islamic State fighters “bulldozed” the renowned archaeological site of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq on Thursday using heavy military vehicles, the government said. Astatement from Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities didn’t elaborate on the extent of the damage, saying only that the group continues to “defy[…]
Iraqi forces have continued their offensive to retake the city of Tikrit, seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) last June, with troops claiming “gains” in the fighting, security forces told Al Jazeera’s correspondent. Citing state media and security sources, Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from[…]
Government forces backed by allied Shia and Sunni fighters have begun a large-scale military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi said on Monday: “Today, God willing, we start an important military campaign to liberate the[…]
Iraq’s prime minister called on Sunni tribal fighters to abandon the Islamic State group Sunday, ahead of a promised offensive to retake Saddam Hussein’s hometown from the extremists. Haider al-Abadi offered no timeline for an attack on Tikrit, the hometown of the late Iraqi dictator some 130 kilometers (80 miles) north[…]
The Islamic State group executed 150 civilians in western Iraq, where it is fighting to control the town of al-Baghdadi near a US airbase, a local official said Friday. Malallah al-Oubeidi, the head of al-Baghdadi’s local council, said the victims were mostly members of the Albu Oubeid tribe, which is[…]
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have launched a series of attacks in Iraq’s restive region, killing at least 23 people, including several Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers. Sources told Al Jazeera that at least 16 Peshmerga soldiers were killed on Thursday trying to repel an ISIL[…]
Kurdish Peshmerga forces say they have recaptured a strategic village in northern Iraq from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Sources told Al Jazeera on Friday that at least three Peshmerga fighters died when the group captured the village of Sultan Abd’Allah, just 80km away from the[…]
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