All news on the topic: Iraq

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Brit bases on high alert for backlash after fresh RAF bombing of Houthi rebels
Four UK Typhoons joined US forces to smash targets in Yemen on Monday night after attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden continued - Rishi Sunak has not ruled out further strikes
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US troops injured by missiles at air base in Iraq as tension in region explodes
The base hosted American forces in western Iraq and was attacked with "at least a dozen missiles," according to a US defense source and an Iraqi police official.
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US military might in Middle East uncovered as missiles launched in Yemen strikes
The US and UK struck Houthi targets in Yemen last night in response to the rebel group's attacks on trade ships passing through the Red Sea as US military officials vowed not to "tolerate attacks on our personnel"
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UFO seen diving into lake after US military 'hunt' as expert claims 'it's real'
A video has emerged of a UFO speeding across the sky in Iraq with an investigative film-maker claiming it comes from the US military and that troops were ordered to "hunt it down"
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Royals 'should've tried harder' to stop Meghan and Harry exit, says BBC expert
It was always likely that Prince Harry would leave the Royal Family, but more should have been done to try and find a solution, says BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell
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Woman who travels to dangerous places came face to face with the Taliban
Jacqui Kunz, from New York in the US, is officially the 'Most Intrepid Traveller' in the world according to NomadMania and has been to some of the most dangerous places in the world
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World's most dangerous countries to visit in 2024 shown in interactive map
An interactive map has shown the world's most dangerous countries people might want to avoid visiting in 2024, including Ukraine, Libya and Iraq, according to International SOS
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Inside Saddam Hussein's dirt-ridden underground lair where he hid before capture
Saddam Hussein lived a life of luxury as millions of Iraqis faced horrors - but the dictator was captured in morbid squalor as The Mirror's Chris Hughes recalls the 'rank' conditions 20 years on
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US kills multiple Iraq militants in airstrikes after another attack on Airbase
In response to a recent attack on the al-Asad Airbase in Iraq by Iran-proxy forces, the US conducted airstrikes, killing several militants as Israel's war menacing in Gaza spills conflict across the Middle East
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Israel rules out ceasefire unless all hostages freed as Hezbollah fires warning
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a ceasefire unless Hamas returns 240 hostages taken during its October 7 attack that sparked airstrikes
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'Repeating Tony Blair's catastrophic Iraq error could derail Keir Starmer'
Kevin Maguire says Keir Starmer is caught between a rock and a hard place as he could alienate either the Jewish community or the Muslim population with his stance on the war in Gaza
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Bride 'can't speak' and groom is 'dead inside' after wedding fire kills family
Newlyweds Haneen and Ravan were enjoying their slow dance during their big day when tragedy struck on Tuesday, with flames falling from the ceiling and razing the building - killing more than 100
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'I was in a gang like TV Top Boy, but joining the Army saved my life'
Johnson Beharry was a member of a London gang, and was once stopped by police while carrying a gun and drugs in his car - but his life has now completely changed
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Bride loses entire family when fire breaks out at wedding during first dance
The footage shown on local TV showed flames spreading over the wedding hall in Iraq while newlyweds Haneen and Ravan were dancing, before the fire soon engulfed the whole room
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Horror moment wedding fire that killed 100 erupts during couple's 'first dance'
The footage shown on local TV showed flames spreading over the wedding hall in Iraq while the couple were dancing, before the fire soon engulfed the whole room
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Huge fire at wedding venue kills more than 100 as flames rip through building
More than 100 people have been killed at at least 200 have been injured after a fire ripped through a wedding venue in Al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern Nineveh province
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ISIS bride let slave girl, 5, die of thirst next to crying mother
Jennifer Wenisch, from Germany, joined ISIS in Iraq and allowed a young girl to die of thirst for wetting the bed, after exploiting the child and her mum as slaves
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ISIS targets children with explosives placed in fake PlayStation controllers
Household items such as phones and TV remotes have been turned into weapons to target civilians and children. They have been discovered by the Mines Advisory Group charity
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Extraordinary bond between former hostage and man whose brother was murdere
Former Beirut hostage Sir Terry Waite and Phil Bigley, whose brother Ken was murdered by fanatics in Iraq, have spoken about their work together helping others
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British counter terror forces to help train Iraqi commandos in how to smash ISIS
In the next few weeks the British will help train the Iraqi commandos to hunt down other ISIS cells
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Symptoms of killer virus spreading across Europe and 'highly likely' to reach UK
An urgent health warning has been issued for - what has been described as - the current biggest threat to public health over new cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
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Deadly virus spreading across Europe is 'biggest threat to public health'
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is being spread by ticks across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with scientists warning it is "highly likely" it will reach Britain
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Iraq's amputee football team defy war injuries to represent rise from ashes
Bravery and determination – something we have seen all over Baghdad 20 years on from the 2003 invasion – drove Mohammed al-Najjar to create the team
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'We'll never forget dozens of unarmed students who were shot by US forces'
The Mirror has returned to the scene of the bloodshed after negotiating via contacts for safe passage
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'Carousel of corporate greed has hit the buffers as water companies struggle'
Under a deeply flawed system, they were allowed to load their companies with debt to pay their shareholders billions in dividends