Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 18:14 AFP — Iraqi forces on Thursday recaptured from the Islamic State group several military bases and villages as they launched a push to wipe out remnants of the jihadists' self-styled caliphate in the country.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 17:58 AFP — Iraqi forces recaptured from the Islamic State group several military bases and villages as they launched a push to wipe out remnants of the jihadists' self-styled caliphate in the country.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 14:48 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, whose forces Thursday battled jihadists in the west of the country and Kurds in the north, won the support of Iranian leaders at talks in Tehran.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 14:43 AFP — Iraqi forces on Thursday thrust into the last area controlled by the Islamic State group in the country as they launched a push to wipe out remnants of the jihadists' self-styled caliphate.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 12:10 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, whose forces Thursday battled jihadists in the west of the country and Kurds in the north, won the support of Iran's supreme leader at talks in Tehran.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 11:35 AFP — Turkey said on Thursday the Iraqi Kurdish offer for last month's referendum on independence to be frozen is "not enough", instead urging the Arbil government to cancel the vote.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 11:14 AFP — Iraqi troops attacked the Islamic State group's last bastion in the country on Thursday as the retreating jihadists battled to save their self-styled "caliphate" from total collapse.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 09:59 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi held talks with key ally Iran on Thursday as his forces launched an offensive against the Islamic State group's last bastion in the country.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 08:36 AFP — Iraqi troops attacked the Islamic State group's last bastion in the country on Thursday as the retreating jihadists battled to save their self-styled "caliphate" from total collapse.

Thursday, 26 October, 2017 , 07:28 AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi held talks with key ally Iran on Thursday as his forces launched an offensive against the Islamic State group's last bastion in the country.