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                    [Title] => IS steps up assault on western Iraqi town after losses
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The Islamic State group has stepped up attacks on the western Iraqi town of Haditha, where at least 45 Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribal fighters have been killed in clashes over the past three days and another 30 wounded, according to Iraqi officials.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-06 15:38:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1539808 [Title] => US-led coalition: IS has lost 30 percent of its territory [Summary] =>

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said yesterday that the militants have lost 30 percent of the territory they once held in Iraq and Syria.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-05 14:17:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1537976 [Title] => Iraq tells Turkey to pull out of north, threatens action [Summary] =>

Iraq on yesterday reiterated its demand that Turkish troops withdraw from a northern camp where they are training anti-Islamic State fighters, warning that it will consider military action if the soldiers remain.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-30 15:04:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1515761 [Title] => Defense chief: US to step up strikes, ground raids on IS [Summary] =>

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday that the US plans to step up its attacks against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, possibly escalating American action on the ground.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-27 17:26:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1494653 [Title] => Islamic State group seizes 200 residents of Iraqi town [Summary] =>

The mayor of a remote, Islamic State-held town in western Iraq said on Monday that some 200 residents have been detained by the group at an unknown location following clashes there.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-31 08:58:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1660518 [AuthorName] => Qassim Abdul-Zahra [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1494007 [Title] => IS detains dozens in Iraqi town after rare street protest [Summary] =>

Islamic State militants detained at least 70 people in a remote western Iraqi town on yesterday following a rare street demonstration protesting the extremist group's execution of a local resident, security officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-29 15:17:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1660518 [AuthorName] => Qassim Abdul-Zahra [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432790 [Title] => Iraqi forces, militias sweep into Islamic State-held Tikrit [Summary] =>

Iraqi soldiers and allied Shiite militiamen swept into the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on yesterday, launching a two-front offensive to squeeze extremists out of Saddam Hussein's hometown in a major test of the troops' resolve.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-12 06:22:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1732471 [AuthorName] => Sameer N. Yacoub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1414551 [Title] => A year on, Islamic State group still rules Iraq's Fallujah [Summary] =>

Nearly every night for a year, mortar and sniper fire from Islamic State group militants has pinned down outgunned Iraqi troops on the edge of Fallujah.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-19 02:16:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1788543 [AuthorName] => Vivian Salama [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1395020 [Title] => Iraqi forces, Islamic State group battle in Ramadi [Summary] =>

Iraqi soldiers backed by Sunni fighters launched a major operation yesterday to retake a section of the city of Ramadi seized by Islamic State group militants, an official and residents said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-23 03:28:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1732471 [AuthorName] => Sameer N. Yacoub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392760 [Title] => Hagel says US speeding up training of Iraqi forces [Summary] =>

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S. military is accelerating its efforts to train and advise Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-17 09:42:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702728 [AuthorName] => Robert Burns [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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