Iraq
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Iraqi forces launch major operation after Kurdish independence vote
Speed Read First use of military might by Baghdad following referendum poses headache for the US
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Iraqi Kurdistan defies Baghdad with independence vote
In Depth UK and US fear referendum will take focus off battle against extremists
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Turkey in show of force on Iraqi border
Speed Read Troops and tanks roll in ahead of controversial referendum on Kurdish independence
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Israel endorses independent Kurdish state
Speed Read Iraqi Kurds are preparing to vote in a referendum on independence
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Iraq holds 1,400 Islamic State relatives in ‘de facto detention’
Speed Read Iraqi government must decide what to do with the wives and children of IS fighters held in a Mosul camp
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MoD apologises over Snatch Land Rover death in Iraq
Speed Read Mother finally wins apology for son's death in vehicle dubbed a 'mobile coffin'
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Mosul liberated after nine-month battle with Islamic State
Speed Read Thousands dead and a million displaced following end of bloody campaign
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Will Tony Blair face trial for the Iraq War?
Speed Read Lawyers for former Iraqi general argue case for prosecution in the High Court
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Egypt's Coptic Christians: Who are they and what do they believe?
In Depth Islamic State claims responsibility after Palm Sunday attacks kill at least 47 worshippers
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Mosul air strike: '200 civilians killed by US bombs'
Speed Read Children and babies reportedly among the dead as fight to win back IS stronghold continues
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Islamic State 'suicide bomber' identified as Brit paid £1m by government
Speed Read Family identify Jamal al-Harith from Manchester as man said to be responsible for attack on military base in Iraq
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Islamic State caliphate crumbles as east Mosul 'liberated'
Speed Read Militants face defeat in Iraq's second-largest city after losing a quarter of their territory last year
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UK 'risks repeating Libya mistakes in Mosul'
Speed Read Tory MP Crispin Blunt says lessons learned after 2011 assault should form basis of future foreign policy
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Saddam Hussein 'owned secret New York torture chamber'
Speed Read Dictator kept prisoners in basement of the Iraqi mission to the United Nations, claim officials
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