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Turkey seizes military forces in northern Iraq if the Iraqi-Turkish minority is threatened. Here, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevult Cavusoglu, threatened Monday.

In the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, the controversial referendum started on independence on Monday. More than 5.2 million voters must decide whether the Kurdish autonomous territories will break apart from the rest of Iraq. A large majority is expected to be independent. However, the vote is not legally binding.

A government delegation of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq is on its way to Baghdad to discuss the planned referendum on independence. Despite the pressure of the Iraqi government and the outside world, the referendum will happen Monday, reports a Kurdish advisor.

The Iraqi forces have started an offensive to expel Islamic State from Hawija, a site about 240 kilometers north of Baghdad. Premier Haider Al-Abadi said Thursday on Iraqi television want to 'purify all terrorists from IS terrorists.'

The United States wants the Iraqi Kurds to abstain from the referendum on independence that the Kurdish semi-autonomous region has issued in Iraq. The US is 'strongly opposed' to the scheduled Monday referendum, let the US Department of Foreign Affairs know.

The Iraqi authorities have transferred about 1400 foreign women and children of alleged IS warriors to a new location north of Mosul.

Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi has formally demanded suspension of the independence referendum issued by the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan on Monday.

The terrorist group of Islamic State is increasingly being pursued in Iraq. Military sources said Sunday against Iraqi state television that the Akashat-based Akashat-based area on the border with Syria has been re-established.

The Iraqi armed forces have launched an offensive against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in an area on the border with Syria south of the River Euphrates.

The death toll by a bloody double attack in southern Iraq has risen to 84. The attacks were reported to the authorities against a checkpoint and a roadside restaurant near the city of Nassiriya.

Fifty people were killed on Thursday by attacks of terrorists at Nassiriya in southern Iraq. The attacks were aimed at a police station and two restaurants along a highway.

The 'crown prince of the jihad' is ready to take over the bloody throne of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Hamza bin Laden, Osama's favorite son, works in shadow on a reunion of Al Qaeda and Islamic State. According to him, the focus of muslim extremists must be back to deadly attacks on the West just sixteen years after '11 September '.

US General Stephen Townsend suspects Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS), is still alive. He said Baghdadi might hide in a deserted border area between Syria and Iraq, reported the BBC.

A convoy with hundreds of IS warriors and their families is reversed after air attacks. The buses are driven by the highest US general in the region by areas owned by the Syrian government.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has declared victory in the battle against the Islamic State party in the town of Tal Afar on Thursday.

Iraqi soldiers and Shiite fighters are trying to recapture a small place outside former IS building Tal Afar. It has been estimated that hundreds of hard-hardened IS fighters are imprisoned. It is the last place in the city where the jihadists still stand, say high soldiers.

France is helping Iraq with the reconstruction of the country, so the French Foreign Minister has informed Jean-Yves Le Drian after consultation with the authorities in Iraq. France is one of the United States' leading coalition partners in the fight against Islamic state.

In its own words, Iraq is about to recapture the Tal Afar city on Islamic state. The government army has penetrated into the city center and an old castle there.

Iraqi troops attacked Tal Afar, a city occupied by 2000 IS soldiers, 80 kilometers west of Mosul on Sunday.

Two American soldiers were killed during a mission in Northern Iraq. Five others were injured in Sunday's mission, reported the international coalition for the fight against terrorist group Islamic State (IS).

An Iraqi court on Tuesday condemned 27 Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamic Islamists for their involvement in a massacre in 2014. In June of that year, 1700 soldiers were killed near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, reported the BBC. It should be about young shiite soldiers.

A US court of justice has removed the conviction of a former hirer for murder in Iraq on Friday. Nicolas Slatten was sentenced to life sentence in October 2014 because of his role in the death of fourteen unarmed Iraqis in a square in Baghdad. About twenty people were injured. The judge has now ordered a new trial.

Two Iraqis who were affected by air attacks during their flight from the city of Mosul in 2015 want to know whether Dutch F-16s have been involved. In a letter sent by a letter sent by NRC Handelsblad on Thursday, their lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld asks clarification to Minister Jeanine Hennis of Defense.

Iraqi armed forces celebrated the liberation of Mosul, the last Islamic state militia in the country, Saturday with a military parade in Baghdad. Soldiers, tanks and other heavy vehicles pulled in the eyes of, among others, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi through the streets of the capital. In addition to army units, the police and shiite militias also contributed to the weapon scene.

With the possible death of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the big question is: who is following him? Largest contenders are two former officers from Saddam Hussein's army. Not strange because the backbone of Islamic State is formed from the beginning by soldiers of the former dictator, which was sold by America in 2003.

Iran congratulated the 'brave' Iraqi people and the government in Baghdad on Sunday with the liberation of the city of Mosul. Sunday the last warriors of Islamic state were expelled from the city.

The city of Mosul, released on Sunday by the Iraqi army, is one of the largest cities in Iraq after the capital city of Baghdad. It is the capital of the oily province of Nineveh and is located approximately 400 kilometers northwest of Baghdad.

A male model that was brutally murdered in Iraq would have been attacked because of its appearance. That says friends of Karar Nushi. Due to his long hair and his striking clothing style, he had already received several death threats online.

The Iraqi army and Sunni militia have re-crossed the border crossing of Al-Waleed on the border with Syria on the Islamic state terrorist group. They received air support from the US-led coalition and the Iraqi air force, reports the Iraqi army.

A suicide terrorist attacked a market in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Friday. At least twenty people died when the assailant blew himself up. 25 others were injured, reported Iraqi security sources.