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US guards sentenced to prison for 2007 Iraq killings
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US guards sentenced to prison for 2007 Iraq killings

A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison and three others got 30-year terms on Monday for…
Islamic State attacks Iraqi provincial capital
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Islamic State attacks Iraqi provincial capital

Islamic State militants attacked the capital of Iraq's vast Anbar province on multiple fronts on Friday, seizing two areas on…
Sweden to send troops to Iraq to support fight against Islamic State
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Sweden to send troops to Iraq to support fight against Islamic State

Swedish government said on Thursday the Nordic country will send armed forces to Iraq to support the operations against Islamic…
Exhumation of Iraq’s Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins
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Exhumation of Iraq’s Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins

Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many…
Iraqi PM orders the arrest of any lawless gangs in Tikrit
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Iraqi PM orders the arrest of any lawless gangs in Tikrit

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi called on security forces on Friday to arrest anyone breaking the law in the city…
Iraq’s interior minister says most of Tikrit is liberated, fight goes on
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Iraq’s interior minister says most of Tikrit is liberated, fight goes on

Iraqi troops and Shi'ite paramilitary fighters were battling Islamic State militants in northern Tikrit Wednesday, as the government forces sought…
Official: More than 70 German women have travelled to Syria, Iraq
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Official: More than 70 German women have travelled to Syria, Iraq

More than 70 German women have made their way to ISIS-controlled areas of Syria and Iraq, according to the Federal…
Iraq officer: ‘Major sacrifices’ required to retake Tikrit
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Iraq officer: ‘Major sacrifices’ required to retake Tikrit

Retaking the city of Tikrit, where jihadists have rigged streets and buildings with explosives, will require "major sacrifices" on the…
Syria monitor: Islamic State recruits 400 children since January
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Syria monitor: Islamic State recruits 400 children since January

Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called "Cubs…
‘I am responsible,’ says grieving father of Australian IS bomber
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‘I am responsible,’ says grieving father of Australian IS bomber

The heartbroken father of an Australian schoolboy believed to have died while carrying out a suicide bombing for Islamic State…
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