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US to boost troops and equipment in Iraq in fight against ISIL

US to boost troop deployment in Iraq to 4,100 Apache attack helicopters to be sent to take on ISIL Peshmerga to get $400m in assistance The

Iraq

US defence secretary in Baghdad to plot assault on ISIL in Mosul

US Defence Secretary Ash Carter is in Baghdad to discuss tactics with Iraqi leaders on how to intensify pressure on ISIL in the strategic city of Mosul.

World News

Iraq PM warns political crisis could harm fight against ISIL

Iraq’s Prime Minister has warned that a political crisis gripping the country could harm the war against ISIL militants. Grappling to retain control

Iraq

Life on the frontline for one Peshmerga woman soldier facing jihadist fighters

Nineteen-year-old Naishteman is just married. But life is no domestic dream. It is the start of another day in uniform on the frontline. Her name

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Iraq

The Kurdish Peshmerga women soldiers who are fighting on the frontline

North of Iraq, on the frontline with the female soldiers. In their sights the jihadist fighters from the so-called Islamic State. The troop of women

Iraq

Kerry salutes Iraq's progress in retaking ground from ISIL

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has been in Baghdad to show support for Iraq especially over its battle against the so-called Islamic State

Iraq

John Kerry visits Iraq at key moment of struggle against ISIL

The US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Friday to show his support for Iraq, whose government is embroiled in domestic problems as

Iraq

Exclusive: under fire during an advance on ISIL

Shells target Euronews reporting team during offensive by Kurdish forces on Iraqi village.

Iraq

ISIL suicide bombers kill dozens in revenge attacks across Iraq

Dozens of people are said to have been killed in a series of suicide and other attacks across Iraq. So-called Islamic State said it was behind the

Iraq

Pictured: ISIL's remote controlled machine gun

Kurdish forces in Iraq have captured a remote controlled machine gun from ISIL. The weapon, shown to Euronews, was operated by jihadi fighters safely

Iraq

Iraq exclusive: aftermath of an ISIL occupation

Euronews gets exclusive access to a village recently retaken from ISIL militants

Iraq

Moqtada al-Sadr gives green light to proposed Iraqi cabinet reshuffle

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has presented a new cabinet to parliament, just in time for the March 31 deadline. Parliament will vote on the

Iraq

Iraq: PM al-Abadi presents new cabinet just in time for deadline

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has presented a new cabinet to parliament, just in time for the March 31 deadline. Parliament will vote on the

Iraq

Front line view of Mosul offensive as Iraq appeals for help against ISIL

The Iraqi government has appealed for more international help to liberate the country’s second-largest city Mosul from the clutches of the

Iraq

Exclusive: Battling ISIL and their chemical weapons on the frontline in Iraq

Kurdish Peshmerga Forces have described how they face attacks from chemical weapons as they seek to push back ISIL forces on the road to retake

Iraq

The men and women who escaped ISIL

It is what is hoped to be the final assault in the battle to retake the city of Mosul. Security forces, Sunni tribal fighters launched the offensive

Iraq

Iraqi families flee Mosul amid army offensive to retake city

reporting from Iraq by Mohammed Shaikhibrahim The Iraqi army has released footage of its forces retaking a village near the strategic base of

Iraq

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr enters Baghdad's Green Zone

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has entered Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, beginning a sit-in to call for government reform. On February 13, Sadr

Syria

Palmyra recaptured from ISIL, military source

"After heavy fighting during the night, the army is in full control of Palmyra -- both the ancient site and the residential neighbourhoods," a military source said.

Iraq

Video footage of suicide bomb attack on Iraq football match

Amateur footage captures the moment a suicide bomber struck a football match in a town south of Baghdad. The game had just finished and trophies were

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