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More than half of Iraq's displaced have returned home: IOM
At the end of December, more than 3.2 million displaced Iraqis had gone home while 2.6 millions still lived away
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Iraqi forces take control of Kurdish-held areas in Mosul's Niveveh's province
The areas were evacuated by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters before the arrival of the Iraqi forces
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Iraqi forces retake base, airport, oil field from Kurds
Iraqi troops and allied forces launched the operation overnight
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Iraqi military captures Hawija from Islamic State
The only area remaning under control of Islamic State now is a stretch alongside Iraq's western border with Syria
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Iraq forces launch attack on IS-held town of Hawija
Operation came after IS released what it said was audio recording of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urging resistance
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Iraq forces retake hospital near Mosul's Old City
Iraqi security forces are in the final stages of the gruelling battle to retake Mosul
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Iraq forces launch anti-IS push in western desert
The security forces are also conducting a major operation further north in Anbar aimed at retaking the last town
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Iraq forces retake more areas in west Mosul
An estimated 400,000 civilians are believed to still be there, unwilling or unable to leave
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Iraq paramilitaries say mass grave of hundreds found
Local residents said that IS used it as an execution site and a mass grave where they would dispose of victims
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Iraqi forces fight IS in Mosul as bomb blasts hit Tikrit wedding
More than 20 people have been killed in the bomb blast
