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                    [ArticleID] => 1402618
                    [Title] => Britain to send troops to Iraq to train local forces against IS
                    [Summary] => 

Defense Secretary Michael Fallon told The Telegraph that hundreds of British troops will be sent to Iraq next year to help train local forces to fight against Islamic State (IS).

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-14 09:03:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => 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] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1373046 [Title] => Dutch to send fighter jets to strike at IS in Iraq [Summary] =>

The Dutch government is sending six F-16 fighter jets to strike at the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher announced yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-25 05:40:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1369034 [Title] => Video shows slaying of British aid worker ? [Summary] =>

Islamic State extremists released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, who was abducted in Syria last year, and British Prime Minister David Cameron late Saturday condemned his slaying as "an act of pure evil."

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-14 12:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796237 [AuthorName] => Zeina Karam [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1366764 [Title] => Obama to lay out plan vs Islamic State group [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama will begin laying out a strategy this week to defeat Islamic State militants in the Middle East, meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday and giving a speech to the American people on Wednesday, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-08 10:45:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1248123 [AuthorName] => Darlene Superville [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1363482 [Title] => Pentagon: Iraq operations cost $560 million so far [Summary] =>

 U.S. military operations in Iraq, including airstrikes and surveillance flights, have cost about $560 million since mid-June, the Pentagon said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-30 14:37:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702728 [AuthorName] => Robert Burns [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20140817/yazidi-community-walk-delal-bridge-zakho.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359300 [Title] => Iraq says it seizes Mosul Dam; militants deny it [Summary] =>

Backed by US airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces on yesterday wrested back control of the country's largest dam from Islamic militants, a military spokesman in Baghdad said, as fighting was reported to be underway for the rest of the strategic complex.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-19 04:55:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1747630 [AuthorName] => Sinan Salaheddin [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359299 [Title] => Obama in Washington for meetings on Iraq, Missouri [Summary] =>

Taking a two-day break from summer vacation, President Barack Obama returned to work at the White House yesterday, replacing images of him bicycling and golfing on an island resort with those of him at the White House huddling over current crises with top advisers.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-19 03:14:59 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432801 [AuthorName] => Julie Pace [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1357503 [Title] => Pope appeals to UN to end tragedy in Iraq [Summary] =>

The Vatican is increasingly indicating support for military action in Iraq to protect Christians and other religious minorities from persecution by the Islamic State.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-14 07:06:02 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 503732 [Title] => Truck bomb kills at least 19 in northern Iraq [Summary] =>

A suicide truck bomber hit a Kurdish village in northern Iraq before dawn Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 30 others, officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks targeting ethnic minorities in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-10 19:30:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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