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BAGHDAD (AP) -- When Islamic State militants retreated from the embattled town of Jurf al-Sakher last week, the Iraqi military was quick to flaunt a rare victory against the extremist group, with state television showing tanks and Humvees parading through the town and soldiers touring government buildings that had been occupied by the militants since ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A top Iranian cleric praised the Iraqi military forces who, with the backing of volunteer forces, could regain control of the strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar near Baghdad from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group. Addressing a large congregation of Iranian people here in the capital today, Tehran's ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Snapshots and remarks of President Rouhani about the possibility of a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1 in meetings with the new ambassadors of four European countries ...

A senior Iranian official has hailed a recent victory by the Iraqi army against the ISIL Takfiri militants, saying the triumph proves that Iraq and Syria can contain the terrorist group on their own. The Iraqi military, supported by volunteer forces, succeeded in mopping up the last of ISIL Takfiri militants in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, near the ...