Iraq

Iraq

Turkish PM meets Iraqi Kurdish leader in Erbil

Turkey’s diplomatic drive in Iraq has continued, the Turkish prime minister meeting the leader of Iraq’s Kurdish region, on the second day of his visit to the…

08/01/2017

Iraq

Iraq: car bomb at Baghdad market kills over a dozen

ISIL has claimed an attack in which a car was detonated after being driven into a vegetable market in a Shi'ite area.

08/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi troops advance on Tigris, as thousands flee Mosul neighbourhoods

Iraqi troops have pushed to within several hundred metres of the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul.

07/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi troops enter Mosul from the north

A spokesman for Iraq's elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) says troops took the territory in an overnight raid across a tributary of the Tigris River in eastern Mosul.

06/01/2017

Iraq

Iraq mounts new bid to retake cities under Islamic State militant control

Iraqi forces have launched a fresh offensive to retake cities controlled by the so-called Islamic State group.

05/01/2017

Iraq

More than 2000 a day are fleeing Mosul - UN

The UN says this is several hundred more each day than before US-led coalition forces began a new phase of their battle to retake the city from ISIL.

04/01/2017

Iraq

Elite Iraqi forces advance in Mosul, fighting street-to-street against ISIL

Gunfire and clashes have been witnessed from up close in eastern Mosul, as Iraqi forces advanced further in their bid to oust militants from the self-styled Islamic…

03/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi civilians struggle to flee Mosul as army fights to oust ISIL

Humanitarian camps are prepared for people fleeing the fighting, but thousands remain stuck in the northern Iraqi city.

03/01/2017

Iraq

Opinion: a brief history of so-called Islamic State (ISIL)

For two months, the international coalition in Iraq has battled to reclaim the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State (ISIL).

03/01/2017

Iraq

Fighting ISIL in Iraq prevents terror at home - President Hollande

President Francois Hollande regards the fight against ISIL in Iraq key to preventing terrorism in France.

02/01/2017

Iraq

French president reaffirms support for anti-ISIL mission in Iraq with New Year visit

Hollande's trip to Iraq underscores a commitment to foreign missions that will be a significant part of a chequered legacy

02/01/2017

Iraq

Deadly car bomb attack in Baghdad claimed by ISIL

Blast comes as the French President Francois Hollande visits the Iraqi capital

02/01/2017

Iraq

Iraqi forces advance against ISIL in Mosul but suffer losses in south

The Iraqi army says it has made gradual progress in eastern Mosul as it tries to wrestle the city from the control of the so-called Islamic State.

01/01/2017

Iraq

Civilians flee eastern Mosul as Iraqi forces battle ISIL

Scores of people fled for safety on Saturday on the third day of the renewed US-led offensive to retake the northern city from the Islamic State group.

31/12/2016

Iraq

Deadly double bombing at Baghdad market

Twin explosions in a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday killed over 27 people and injured dozens more.

31/12/2016

Iraq

Iraqi Army meets strong resistance from ISIL in second day of fresh Mosul offensive

Hundreds flee Mosul amid renewed heavy clashes between ISIL militants and the Iraqi Army.

30/12/2016

Iraq

A decade after Saddam Hussein's hanging what has changed in Iraq

Pictures of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with a noose around his neck were broadcast by Iraqi national television.

30/12/2016

Iraq

Iraqi army assaults Mosul the last ISIL stronghold in Iraq

Advances made into the east of the city

30/12/2016

Iraq

Iraqi advances made in battle for Mosul, safety of civilians remains chief concern

The second phase of the Iraqi offensive to reclaim Mosul from ISIL militants has begun as security forces close in on the extremist-held city from three…

29/12/2016

Iraq

Thousands of displaced Iraqis face winter in camps

Hundreds of Iraqis who fled their homes in Mosul wait to be sent to camps where they hope to find shelter, food, clean water and, since its winter, warmth.

28/12/2016

Iraq

Iraq says defeating ISIL will take three more months

Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi previously pledged to retake Mosul from the jihadist group by the end of 2016.

27/12/2016

Iraq

Iraq: Christmas services held in areas recently retaken from ISIL control

Iraqi Christians gathered for church services in Qaraqosh and Bashiqa, near Mosul in Niveneh province, for church services on 25 December.

25/12/2016

Iraq

Iraq: Christmas service held in Bartella, recently liberated from ISIL

Bartella: Christmas after ISIL Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered in Bartella, near Mosul, for a Christmas Eve service – the first since this area was retaken from the Islamic State group (ISIL) in

24/12/2016

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: internally displaced nears 100,000, UN agency says

The number of people displaced from Mosul has nearly reached 100,000 the UN’s refugee agency says since the Iraqi army’s offensive to retake the city from ISIL.

23/12/2016

Iraq

ISIL-claimed bomb attacks outside Mosul kill at least 23

The military said three car bombs ripped through a market in Kokjali, an eastern suburb of the embattled Iraqi city.

22/12/2016

World

'Wrath of Euphrates Forces' in battle for Raqqa

Operation to oust ISIL from Iraq and Syria

19/12/2016