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Iraqi insurgency

Iraqi Security forces close the heavily fortified Green Zone as they tightened security measures hours after the assassination attempt on the prime minister in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. 
Violence
Drone attack on Iraq’s prime minister raises concerns of more violence
Iraqi flags wave behind a group of men in parliament
Conflict
Iraqi MP calls for peace ‘without using Iraq against Iran’
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford is stands at a podium during a press conference.
Conflict
Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS
Captives suspected of being Islamic State militants are seen southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq.
Conflict
Nearly a thousand ISIS fighters choose surrender, not martyrdom, in Iraq
Violence returns to Iraq as America plans withdrawal
Iraqi boy
Conflict
Life under ISIS rule is worse than we ever imagined, and some fighters and citizens have had enough
Policemen who fled Mosul train in a camp near Erbil to try to take their city back from ISIS.
Conflict
The men who ran from ISIS in Mosul say they’re ready to take the city back
A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds a weapon while another holds a flag in the city of Mosul, shortly after the Islamic State captured the city. The flag reads, "There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
Conflict
The so-called Islamic State is even worse than you thought
A US Army soldier from the 1st Infantry Division stationed in Tikrit closes the entrance of the dentention center at Forward Operating Base Danger on September 8, 2004.
Conflict
Torture doesn’t work — so here’s what does
Conflict
Film traces how Nouri al-Maliki’s treatment of Iraqi Sunnis helped ISIS get stronger
A demonstrator holds a banner with a picture of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest against the entry of American troops into Iraq on September 26, 2014. The words on the banner read "No No America."
Conflict
A militant Iraqi cleric wants to fight ISIS without US help, and he’s far from alone
General Malik Maliki of the 8th division of Iraq's Federal Police out on patrol on the outskirts of the mostly Shia neighborhood of Khadamiya in north Baghdad. At a checkpoint not far from here, just hours before his visit, a suicide car bomb attack kille
Conflict
Baghdad’s police are just waiting for the next car bombing
General Malik Maliki of the 8th division of Iraq's Federal Police out on patrol on the outskirts of the mostly Shia neighborhood of Khadamiya in north Baghdad. At a checkpoint not far from here, just hours before his visit, a suicide car bomb attack kille
Conflict
Baghdad’s police are just waiting for the next car bombing
Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), hold a sign during a graduation ceremony after completing their field training in Najaf, that re
Global Politics
Is US help for Iraq too little, too late?
Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), hold a sign during a graduation ceremony after completing their field training in Najaf, that re
Global Politics
Is US help for Iraq too little, too late?
Conflict & Justice
The world’s richest jihadi group could ignite the entire Middle East
A member of the Iraqi security forces stands watch over Shiite men who have volunteered to fight ISIS. While the Shiite militias have helped boost numbers in the fight against jihadis, their loyalty to the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is qu
Conflict & Justice
Baghdad is in danger as ISIS continues its ‘clean sweep’ across Iraq
Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces take part in an intensive security deployment in Baghdad's Amiriya district, June 18, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
The fight against ISIS in Iraq is just beginning
Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces take part in an intensive security deployment in Baghdad's Amiriya district, June 18, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
The fight against ISIS in Iraq is just beginning
Volunteers have joined the Iraqi security forces to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from a radical Islamic group (ISIL) who've taken over parts of northern Iraq.
Conflict & Justice
Iraq is ‘back where it was’ at height of the civil war
Global Politics
Iraq threatens to make the Middle East into a vast terrorist training ground
ISIS imposing summary justice. A still from an ISIS video, allegedly showing events in Mosul this week.
Conflict & Justice
The back story of ISIS, the jihadi group that has just seized control of northern Iraq
ISIS imposing summary justice. A still from an ISIS video, allegedly showing events in Mosul this week.
Conflict & Justice
The back story of ISIS, the jihadi group that has just seized control of northern Iraq
Fighters from ISIS on a vehicle in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, which the Sunni jihadi group overran on Wednesday, closing in on the biggest oil refinery in the country and making further gains in their rapid military advance against the Shi'ite-led governme
Conflict & Justice
Who are the jihadi extremists storming through Iraq — and what do they want?
Fighters from ISIS on a vehicle in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, which the Sunni jihadi group overran on Wednesday, closing in on the biggest oil refinery in the country and making further gains in their rapid military advance against the Shi'ite-led governme
Conflict & Justice
Who are the jihadi extremists storming through Iraq — and what do they want?
Families fleeing the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region on June 10, 2014. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday, overrunning
Conflict & Justice
Islamic militants have taken over Iraq’s second-largest city
Families fleeing the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region on June 10, 2014. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday, overrunning
Conflict & Justice
Islamic militants have taken over Iraq’s second-largest city
Lifestyle & Belief
Bloodbath in Baghdad church leaves at least 41 dead
A member of Kurdish security forces casts her ballot inside a polling station during early voting for the parliamentary election in Irbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region, on April 28, 2014.
Global Politics
Iraq is holding parliamentary elections in spite of horrific violence
A member of Kurdish security forces casts her ballot inside a polling station during early voting for the parliamentary election in Irbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region, on April 28, 2014.
Global Politics
Iraq is holding parliamentary elections in spite of horrific violence
Conflict & Justice
Insurgents are in a standoff with Iraqi forces over control of Fallujah
Fighters of al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Conflict & Justice
Just what is the current state of al-Qaeda today
A boy holds up his Kalashnikov rifle on the streets of Ramadi, Monday. He's part of a tribal militia being raised to take part in the fighting between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda linked militants. His militia appears to be on the government side at
Conflict & Justice
A former US military leader has advice for Iraq on fighting al-Qaeda in Fallujah
Global Politics
Bomb Attacks in Baghdad as Iraq on High Alert Over Syria
VIDEO: Iraqis, Americans celebrate as last U.S. troops leave the country
Iraq-U.S. security deal
Syria protests against U.S.
Control of Anbar goes back to Iraq
Global Politics
Veterans Day stories
Conflict & Justice
Al Qaeda Jailbreaks in Iraq Could Bring More Chaos
Assessing America’s Counterinsurgency in Iraq
Conflict & Justice
Iraq: Al-Qaeda Declares New Offensive as Sectarian Violence Kills More than 100
Should the US Negotiate with Al-Qaeda?
Arab League Returns to UN as Violence Escalates in Syria
Top of the Hour: At Least Five Killed in Baghdad Bombing, Morning Headlines
Suicide bombing kills 50 in Tikrit, Iraq
Last American-run prison transferred to Iraq
Conflict & Justice
Biden discloses joint mission that killed top al-Qaida officials in Iraq
Global Politics
Iraq, seven years after the invasion
Afghanistan and Iraq: Now, Sharing the Danger of IEDs
Series of suicide bombings rock Iraq killing at least 60
Global Politics
The Iraqi Army tags in for U.S. forces, paying tribal groups for assistance
Lifestyle & Belief
Targeting Iraq’s Christians
Global Politics
Iraqi cleric against pact
Conflict & Justice
Wave of attacks in Iraq
Global Politics
Syria protests against U.S.
Arts, Culture & Media
Preserving Iraq’s cultural heritage
Global Politics
Paying Iraq’s ‘Awakening Councils’
Conflict & Justice
Violence in Mosul
Global Politics
The forever war