Tikrit
Iraq exhumes remains of 47 from Tikrit graves: spokesman
Iraq has exhumed the remains of 47 people believed to have been massacred by jihadists from mass graves in Tikrit, the human rights ministry’s spokesman Kamel...
U.S. launches Tikrit air strikes to support Iraqi forces
At Iraq’s request, the U.S. began airstrikes in Tikrit on Wednesday in support of a stalled Iraqi ground offensive to retake the city from Islamic...
Iraqi forces poised for final Tikrit assault
Iraqi commanders were plotting a strategy for flushing out the few remaining Islamic State group jihadists from central Tikrit, a city one commander said...
Closing in on victory: Iraqi forces ‘will liberate Tikrit within 72 hours’
Iraqi commanders were plotting a strategy for flushing out the few remaining Islamic State group jihadists from central Tikrit, a city one commander said...
Closing in on victory: Iraqi forces say they’ll liberate Tikrit ‘within 72 hours’
Iraqi forces besieging dozens of die-hard jihadists from the Islamic State group in Tikrit will have liberated the city within three days, a government...
Victory close as Iraqi forces pound besieged Tikrit jihadists
Iraqi forces battled Islamic State jihadists making what looked increasingly like a last stand in Tikrit, but the group responded by vowing to expand its...
IS readies for last stand at Tikrit but ‘expands’ to Nigeria
Iraqi leaders are confident that victory — which would arguably be Iraq’s biggest one against the Islamic State militants — is only a...
IS readies for last stand at Tikrit but ‘expands’ to Nigeria
Iraqi leaders are confident that victory — which would arguably be Iraq’s biggest one against the Islamic State militants — is only a...
IS readies for last stand Tikrit but ‘expands’ to Nigeria
Iraqi leaders are confident that victory — which would arguably be Iraq’s biggest one against the Islamic State militants — is only a...
IS readies for Tikrit last stand but ‘expands’ to Nigeria
Thousands of Iraqi forces laid siege to jihadists holed up in Tikrit Thursday but the Islamic State group shrugged off setbacks by welcoming Nigeria’s...
Saudi top diplomat urges allies to face IS ‘on the ground’
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister urged the U.S.-led coalition conducting air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq to wage a ground...
Islamic State torches oil field snear Tikrit as Iraqi soldiers advance
A witness and a military source said Islamic State fighters ignited the fire at the Ajil oil field to shield themselves from attack by Shi’ite militiamen...
U.S., partners conduct nine air strikes against Islamic State
The United States and its coalition partners conducted four air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and five in Iraq on Sunday and Monday,...
Iraqi offensive unfolding without U.S. support
The United States and its allies have received no request from Iraq to carry out air strikes in support of Baghdad government troops fighting to recapture...
U.S., partners conduct 9 air strikes against Islamic State
The United States and its coalition partners conducted four air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and five in Iraq on Sunday and Monday,...
Military op to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from IS begins
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Tikrit, a key city some 80 miles north of Baghdad, from Islamic State militants, Iraqi TV says.
Iraqi army sends in 30,000 troops in a bid to get Tikrit back from IS control
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake...
Iraqi army sends in 30,000 troops in a bid to get Tikrit back from IS control
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake...
Military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from IS begins
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS), Iraqi TV says.
Iraqi troops push to retake Tikrit from rebels, parties pursue talks
Iraqi government forces backed by helicopter gunships began an offensive on Saturday to retake the northern city of Tikrit from Sunni Islamist militants...
ISIL staged ‘mass executions’ in Iraq’s Tikrit, says rights group
Photograph and satellite imagery indicate that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents have carried out mass executions in the northern...
Satellite images evidence of ISIS mass execution, rights group claims
Photograph and satellite imagery indicate that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) insurgents have carried out mass executions in the northern...
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