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Iraq

Iraqi forces launch assault on ISIL positions in western Mosul

Iraq's prime minister announces the start of an offensive to uproot ISIL militants from western Mosul.

19/02/2017

Iraq

Iraq: deadly car bomb blast rocks Baghdad

A car bomb has killed at least 48 people and wounded dozens more in Baghdad.

16/02/2017

Iraq

Dozens killed and injured in Sadr City bombing

A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck in Sadr City, a heavily-populated and poor Shi'ite suburb of Baghdad.

15/02/2017

World News

Car bomb in Sadr City brings internal Shi'ite tensions back to the boil

Suicide car bomb kills and maims in Sadr City

15/02/2017

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Iraqis take to the streets

Hundreds of followers of the influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets of Baghdad on Tuesday, in honour of the people who died when an anti-government rally turned violent on…

15/02/2017

Iraq

Iraqi agriculture in ruins as ISIL leaves trail of destruction

As the battle to rout ISIL from Iraq reaches its bloody crescendo, the world can catch a glimpse at the militant group leaves in its wake.

14/02/2017

World News

Iraq: Christians find hometown in ruins

Large parts of the once thriving Christian community of Quaraqosh in Northern Iraq have been left in ruins.

13/02/2017

Iraq

Baghdad anti-corruption protest ends in deadly clashes

At least seven people were killed as Iraqi security forces stopped demonstrators from entering the heavily-fortified Green Zone.

11/02/2017

Iraq

Baghdad anti-corruption protest ends in deadly violence

A huge protest against corruption in Iraq turned violent on Saturday.

11/02/2017

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Life after ISIL in eastern Mosul

People are showing off the effects of life under the so-called Islamic State and explaining what happened in eastern Mosul.

08/02/2017

France

French church shows solidarity with refugees

The Basilica d’Ainay in Lyon transformed itself into a giant screen last night to show solidarity with refugees trapped in a foreign land.

03/02/2017

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War-weary Mosul residents scramble for aid

Residents of eastern Mosul, the part of the Iraqi city recaptured from ISIL by government forces, continue to suffer a lack of basic necessities.

01/02/2017

USA

Confusion reigns over Trump's travel ban

President Donald Trump’s travel ban has divided America according to opinion polls, while also causing major confusion abroad.

01/02/2017

Iraq

East Mosul: Free from ISIL but desperate for food

They are free from ISIL’s clutches now but men, women and children in eastern Mosul are desperate for food.

31/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqis erase traces of ISIL in east Mosul with a coat of paint

The signs of two and half years of so-called Islamic State rule remain, even if the militants have retreated from eastern Mosul.

30/01/2017

USA

New York judge rules against Trump's Muslim travel ban

Trump's travel ban on 134 million people in tatters

29/01/2017

Iraq

Iraq: war of attrition on front line of battle for Mosul

The battle for Mosul is said to be entering a critical phase as Iraqi special forces try to drive ISIL fighters out of key positions on the west bank of the Tigris…

26/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi forces 'capture eastern Mosul,' defence ministry says

The Iraqi defence ministry says its forces have recaptured all of eastern Mosul from ISIL militants who had been holding on to a pocket east of the Tigris river.

23/01/2017

Iraq

Lucky to be alive - Iraqi refugees from ISIL tell their stories

The road to safety in Syria from ISIL-held Iraq can be long and dangerous, and the ordeal does not always end at the border.

19/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi army and allies take control of eastern Mosul

Eastern Mosul back under Iraqi government control

18/01/2017