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Over 300 dead this month as #Iraq marks #US invasion #anniversary
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Wrapped in the Iraqi flag, police and security gather along Street 60 after the southern districts of the city of Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, were recaptured by government forces from militants, on March 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal) Wrapped in the Iraqi flag, police and security gather along Street 60 after the southern districts of the city of Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, were recaptured by government forces from militants, on March 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal)

Attacks killed eight people across Iraq Thursday, a day after bombings, shootings and shelling left 46 people dead, bringing the death toll for March to over 300, according to an AFP tally. Thursday’s attacks came (...)

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Jihadist #ISIS captures Fallujah from Iraqi forces
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Smoke billows from a police car following clashes between jihadists and Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, West of Baghdad, on January 1, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal)

The Iraqi government has lost control of Fallujah to #al-Qaeda-linked militants, a senior security official said Saturday, after days of fighting sparked by an anti-government protest camp’s removal. Parts of the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, west of Baghdad, have been held by militants for days. Fighting erupted in the Ramadi area Monday, when security forces removed the main anti-government protest camp set up after demonstrations broke out in late 2012 against what minority Sunnis say is the marginalization and targeting of their community. read (...)

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#militants make gains in #Iraq city : police
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Smoke billows from a police car following clashes between Jihadists and Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, West of Baghdad, on January 1, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal) Smoke billows from a police car following clashes between Jihadists and Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, West of Baghdad, on January 1, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal)

Al-Qaeda-linked militants on Friday advanced into new areas of one major Iraqi city, as part of another remained outside the control of security forces, police said to AFP. Districts of Ramadi and Fallujah west of Baghdad have been held by militants for days, harking back to the years after the 2003 US-led illegal invasion (...)

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Clashes kill four more at #Iraq protest camp
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Smoke billows from the Iraqi city of Ramadi, West of Baghdad during clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters, on December 30, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal) Smoke billows from the Iraqi city of Ramadi, West of Baghdad during clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters, on December 30, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal)

Four people died in fresh clashes Tuesday between Iraq’s security forces and gunmen in Ramadi, as tension spiked following the forced closure of a nearby anti-government protest site. Monday’s removal of the sprawling protest camp on the edge of the city west of Baghdad was ordered by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has long wanted it gone. But it will (...)

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#Iraq dismantles anti-government #protest_site
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An armed Iraqi man stands guard as people gather to protest near the home of arrested MP Ahmed al-Alwani in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on December 29, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal)

Police were on Monday dismantling Iraq’s main anti-government protest site, which Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has termed a “headquarters for the leadership of al-Qaeda,” Iraqiya state TV said. “Local police are removing the tents from the protest site in Anbar” province, Iraqiya said in a text alert that was followed by another saying the move came after an agreement between security forces, religious leaders and tribal sheikhs. read (...)

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