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Key walks line between world and NZ
COMMENT: For those who travelled to Taji with PM, his decision to extend the deployment of 120 troops to train Iraqi forces had a sense of inevitability.
COMMENT: For those who travelled to Taji with PM, his decision to extend the deployment of 120 troops to train Iraqi forces had a sense of inevitability.
Labour leader Andrew Little says he will withdraw New Zealand troops from Iraq if his party is elected to power next year.
Four Iraqi soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing outside the camp New Zealand troops are based at.
The non-combat deployment in the battle against the Islamic State had been set to finish early next year, but would now last until November 2018.
Isis (Islamic State) insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria yesterday.
Iraqi forces have pushed into the southern edge of Fallujah, enduring car bombs and sniper fire from Isis fighters determined to hold onto the city.
She's young, beautiful and studying politics and philosophy. But this young Danish woman isn't your average uni student.
Kiwi soldiers sent to help train Iraqi security forces back in New Zealand.
A group of gunmen, including two suicide bombers, stormed a coffee shop in a town north of Baghdad, killing at least 14 people and wounding 15
Australian army Colonel Gavin Keating faced a curious quandary as he prepared to depart for Iraq - what about the rugby?
New Zealand soldiers training Iraqi troops have turned to a rudimentary fighting weapon - the bayonet.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on European countries to "step up" with stronger help to defeat the Islamic State during a brief, unannounced visit to Australian troops in Iraq.
German scientists think they have found the solution for young refugees who have entered Germany from war-torn countries and are seeking a better life.
Kiwis more comfortable with country's contribution to joint training mission to help combat Isis.
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has launched a high-level review of New Zealand troops' role in the fight against Isis.
The Paris attacks and the largely stalemated war in Iraq and Syria have prompted heavy criticism of Barack Obama's handling of the fight against Isis.
Warda Jawad came to NZ as a child when her family fled war in the Middle East.
Filmed from a camera attached to a helmet of one of the commandos, the viewer sees the scene more or less as that soldier did.
John Key said he left Iraq feeling reassured that the troops he deployed six months ago are in a safe place and were making a difference.
Whatever Paradise was, it will not be opening any time soon in the Taji Military Camp.
Any pretence that Russia's heightened involvement in Syria's messy civil war would focus on destroying the Islamic State has evaporated very quickly.
John Key has just visited the NZ troops at Taji Military Camp - a dramatic two days in a place he has described as a "god-damn awful place."
Prime Minister John Key says he has no intention of extending NZ's two year deployment to Iraq despite Barack Obama telling coalition partners it will be a long-term battle.
Prime Minister John Key will attend President Obama's summit on countering Isis early tomorrow morning New Zealand time.
More than 100,000 people attended an "anti-terrorism" rally in Istanbul yesterday to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's controversial offensive against Kurdish rebels, six weeks before....
Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by war and sectarian tensions, the head of the United States Defence Intelligence Agency said yesterday in a frank assessment that is at odds with Obama Administration policy.
A Kiwi soldier has lifted the lid on life inside Iraq's fortified Camp Taji and the fight against Isis terrorists.
German troops involved in a coalition training mission in Iraq have reported that Isis (Islamic State) fighters have used chemical weapons on a Kurdish militia.
Iraqi soldiers have graduated from the New Zealand and Australian Defence Force training at Taji Military Camp to join the fight against Isis.