Haider Al-Abadi

• Iraq’s prime minister declares ‘total victory’ in Mosul battle

  The victory comes after nearly nine months of grueling combat to drive the militants out of Iraq's second-largest city.

  World

  Jul 10, 2017
  
• Iraqi PM says three months needed to eliminate Islamic State

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said it would take three months to eliminate Islamic State, as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from their city stronghold of Mosul.

  World

  Dec 27, 2016
  
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• Death toll reaches 157 in ISIS-claimed double bombing in Baghdad

  As the death toll from the weekend truck bombing in Baghdad climbed to 157, Iraq's embattled prime minister ordered new security measures, including abandoning the use of bomb-detection wands that U.S. experts pronounced worthless years ago.

  World

  Jul 4, 2016
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• Bombings kill 31 as Iraq grapples with political crisis

  - Two car bombs in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Sunday killed 31 people and wounded dozens, the latest in a series of large attacks claimed by the Islamic State group as the country grapples with a worsening political crisis.

  World

  Apr 30, 2016
• Do Iraqi soldiers lack the ‘will to fight’ ISIS?

  Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday Iraqi forces "showed no will to fight," despite "vastly" outnumbering ISIS militants in Ramadi.

  World

  May 25, 2015
• Biden phones Iraq’s prime minister, reinforces US support and thanks Iraqi fighting forces

  Vice-President Joe Biden has reassured Iraq's government of U.S. support in the fight against the Islamic State group in a telephone call to Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi.

  World

  May 25, 2015
• Suicide attack, bombing kill at least 22 in Iraq’s capital

  Attacks in Baghdad killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens on Monday, just days after the government lifted a nighttime curfew that had been in place in the Iraqi capital for over a decade.

  World

  Feb 9, 2015
• Iraq officials: Multiple Baghdad bombings kill 37, wound 86

  A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital Saturday killed more than three dozen people hours before the city's longtime curfew was set to come to an end.

  World

  Feb 7, 2015
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• Australian PM in Baghdad to talk fight against Islamic State

  The Iraqi army collapsed last summer as an Islamic State group blitz left about a third of Iraq and Syria in militant hands.

  World

  Jan 4, 2015
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• Iraqi PM: ISIS plot uncovered to attack New York, Paris subways

  Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that captive Islamic State militants told his intelligence agents of an alleged plot to attack subways in the United States and Paris.

  Crime

  Sep 25, 2014