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Officials confirm Baghdad airplane shooting

Flights at Baghdad airport have been cancelled, but Transport Ministry assures safety after a Fly Dubai plane took machine gun fire.

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Q&A: Peshmerga General Secretary Jabar Yawar

The chief of Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces discusses the fight against IS militants and new efforts to train irregular forces.

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Anbar battle highlights IS challenge

Elite Iraqi forces have repelled a siege by IS militants that threatened to choke transit routes to a base for U.S. military training and coordination.

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Deadly tribal conflicts hit southern Iraq

Disputes between tribes in Basra and Missan turn violent as government security forces – spread thin by the fight against IS militants – struggle to restore order.

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Militias oversee spiking violence in Diyala

Shia militias who chased Islamic State militants from Diyala province are being blamed for intensifying sectarian violence, including the assassination of two aides to the governor.

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UPDATE: Car bomb explodes near U.S. consulate in Erbil

Attackers did not penetrate consulate security or injure any American personnel, but at least three people were killed.

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Erbil bombing suspect arrested

With a suspect in custody, Kurdistan security council says car bomb was detonated remotely.

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Shia militias skirmish with presidential guards

Tensions rise in northern Salahaddin province after militiamen confiscated vehicles and weapons from Iraqi President Fuad Masum's Kurdish Peshmerga bodyguards.

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After seizing Ramadi, IS presses Anbar campaign

After taking Anbar's capital, IS fighters are seizing more territory and threatening the Habbaniya air base, a key staging area for a potential Iraqi counter-attack.

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Q&A: Anbari tribal leaders

The fall of Ramadi was long in the making, and is only the latest symptom of long-standing dysfunction in the Iraqi government's strategy for Anbar province.

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