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Mosul
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| Jun.10 |
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 ISIS seizes city of Mosul  | Iraq's prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul | |
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 Tens of thousands flee Iraq's Mosul More than 150,000 people have been forced to flee Iraq's second city of Mosul after Islamist militants effectively took control of it
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| Jun.11 |
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UN condemns Iraqi militant attacks
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| Jun.16 |
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Militants 'seize' Iraq's Tal Afar  Map of Tal Afar Iraq Sunni militants captured Tal Afar, a town in the northwest of Iraq as the Obama administration reportedly prepared to open a dialogue with Iran
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| Jun.18 |
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Militants driven back from nation's main oil refinery Iraq's military claimed Wednesday to have driven back militants who stormed the country's main oil refinery in the town of Baiji
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| Jun.19 |
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Battle for key Iraqi oil refinery
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| Jun.20 |
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Fierce battles for Baiji and Tal Afar
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| Jun.23 |
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Iraq crisis: Key oil refinery 'seized by rebels' Map of Baiji Iraq Sunni rebels in Iraq say they have fully captured the country's main oil refinery at Baiji, north of Baghdad
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| Jul.3 |
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Isis rebels 'hunt opponents', say refugees
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| Jul.5 |
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Isis chief appears in first video Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamist militant group Isis, has called on Muslims to obey him, in his first video sermon
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| Jul.11 |
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Iraq conflict: Kurds seize two oil fields in north
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| Jul.21 |
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Isis militants 'seize Iraq monastery and expel monks'
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| Aug.3 |
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Islamic State takes over Iraq towns
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| Aug.6 |
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Iraq crisis: Mosul air strike 'kills 60'
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| Aug.7 |
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ISIS overtakes Iraq's largest Christian city
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| Aug.8 |
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  US steps up air strikes in Iraq The US has launched two additional air strikes against militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in northern Iraq, the Pentagon has said
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US aid drop follows fresh Iraq raids The US has conducted its second air-drop of food and water to thousands of Iraqis hiding in mountains from jihadist fighters, the Pentagon s...
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| Aug.9 |
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US in new strikes on Iraq militants The US military says it has carried out four new air strikes on militants to defend civilians in northern Iraq
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| Aug.10 |
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Iraqi Kurds ask for arms to fight IS
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| Aug.11 |
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U.S. directly arming Kurds in Iraq
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| Aug.13 |
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Yazidi: Arab neighbors joined ISIS slaughter
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Iraq crisis: US says Mount Sinjar evacuation unlikely
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| Aug.15 |
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Iraq crisis: Yazidi villagers 'massacred' by ISIS Map of Sinjar Iraq Militants in northern Iraq have massacred at least 80 men from the Yazidi faith in a village and abducted women and children, reports say
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| Aug.16 |
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U.S. jets hit ISIS near dam Map of Mosul Dam Iraq U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq near ISIS-controlled Mosul Dam early Saturday morning,
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Kurdish forces battling to retake Mosul dam Map of Mosul dam Iraq Kurdish forces supported by US air strikes are battling to retake Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) fighters in northern Iraq
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'New massacres' in Iraq and Syria
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| Aug.17 |
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Kurd forces 'take part of Mosul dam' Kurdish forces have recaptured the eastern part of the Mosul dam in Iraq from the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Kurdish officials say
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Kurds 'break IS hold on Mosul dam' Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are in near complete control of Iraq's largest dam after ousting Islamic State (IS) militants, Kurdish officials...
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Obama: Air strikes on Iraq dam 'to protect US interests'
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| Aug.18 |
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Iraq crisis: Mosul dam recaptured from militants Map of Mosul dam Iraq| Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops have retaken Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) militants, US President Barack Obama has said | |
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| Aug.19 |
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 Video shows ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley A video shows the beheading and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq
| James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – August 19, 2014) was an American freelance journalist and photojournalist of the Syrian Civil War when he was abducted on November 22, 2012 in northwestern Syria. Foley is the first American citizen to be killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Aug.23 |
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 UN warns of possible Amerli 'massacre' The UN has called for action to prevent what it says may be a possible massacre in the northern Iraqi town of Amerli
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Bombings kill 30 in Iraq after Sunni mosque attack
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| Aug.27 |
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ISIS demands $6.6M for release of 26-year-old American woman
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| Aug.28 |
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IS militants 'behead Kurdish man'
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| Aug.30 |
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US planes drop aid and strike IS positions near Iraq's Amerli
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| Aug.31 |
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Iraqi forces 'reach besieged Amerli'
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| Sep.1 |
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Shia and Kurdish forces move against IS Iraqi Shia militias and Kurdish forces are continuing their advance against Islamic State (IS) militants, a day after breaking the siege of ...
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| Sep.6 |
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Kurds retake strategic mountain from IS
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| Sep.15 |
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US airstrikes to support Iraqi troops under attack Map of Mount Sinjar Iraq| The US has carried out airstrikes in Iraq in support of troops who were being attacked by Islamic State (IS) fighters, the US military has said | |
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| Sep.19 |
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 Turkish hostages held by IS in Iraq released| Dozens of Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State (IS) in the north Iraqi city of Mosul in June are now back in Turkey, PM Ahmet Davutoglu says | |
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| Oct.25 |
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IS forces 'pushed back' in Iraq
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| Nov.8 |
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US air strikes target IS gathering in Mosul, Iraq
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| Nov.9 |
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'British jihadist' killed in Iraq
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Iraqis advance in oil refinery town
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| Nov.15 |
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Iraq 'expels IS militants from a major oil refinery'
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| Dec.18 |
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U.S. airstrikes kill 3 top ISIS leaders
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Kurds 'break IS mountain siege' Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are claiming their biggest victory yet against Islamic State (IS) militants
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| Dec.21 |
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Kurds take key town from ISIS Peshmerga fighters claimed to take control of Sinjar, the town that militants stormed in summer causing minority Yazidis to flee into nearby...
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| Dec.25 |
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ISIS governor of Mosul killed in coalition airstrikes Hassan Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri, the latest ISIS-appointed governor of Mosul was killed in coalition airstrikes on Thursday
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