Iraq PM appears in lead after first post-IS election
by Sarah Benhaida © Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi Prime Minister's political grouping appeared in the lead Sunday following…
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Iraq holds first nationwide election since IS defeat
by Salam Faraj with Mohammad Salim in Mosul © Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraq headed to the polls…
8 years ago
Oil-rich Iraq, ravaged by war
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraq, which on May 12 holds its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic…
8 years ago
In Iraq, death-row jihadists ‘confess’ on prime-time TV
by Sammy Ketz Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Every Friday in Iraq, a gripping show on state television beams…
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Now defeated, Iraq’s most feared jihadists await their fate
by Ammar Karim Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Their names spread terror across the Islamic State group's cross-border "caliphate,"…
8 years ago
World powers meet to pressure Syria on chemical attacks
by Valérie Leroux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Diplomats from 29 countries including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meet in…
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Iraq PM heads for May elections after defeating IS
by Ali Choukeir Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Sunday he would stand…
8 years ago
Surrender or be shot in the face, senior US soldier tells IS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US troops and their allies will shoot Islamic State jihadists in the face, beat them…
8 years ago
Iraqi Kurdistan protests turn deadly
by Shwan Mohamad Agence France-Presse (SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq) - Five people were killed and dozens wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday as security forces…
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Islamic State: What happened to all the foreign fighters?
by Michel Moutot © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take…
8 years ago
Iraq hangs 38 members of IS, Qaeda for ‘terrorism’
NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraq hanged 38 jihadists belonging to the Islamic State group or Al-Qaeda for terrorism offences on…
8 years ago
Quake hits Iran-Iraq border region
TEHRAN , Iran (AFP) -- A tremor shook Kermanshah province in western Iran near Iraq's border Monday, causing panic a…
8 years ago
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