Iraq

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

World

The courageous story of two girls who escaped sexual enslavement by ISIL

European Parliament Sakharov Prize winners Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar in The Global Conversation

14/12/2016

Iraq

Iraq tries to reassure over gruelling Mosul campaign

With the battle to crush ISIL in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul now in its ninth week, the government is trying to play down concerns about the slow pace of…

13/12/2016

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Iraqi artillery pounds ISIL targets southeast of Mosul

The Iraqi army has been pounding ISIL targets in Mosul, as part of their bid to drive out the group from the city.

09/12/2016

Iraq

Iraqi army withdraw from Mosul hospital amid fierce fighting

The Iraqi army pounds ISIL positions in Mosul, as it continues its campaign to drive the extremists from the city.

08/12/2016

Iraq

Mosul campaign 'could take two more months'

Seven weeks into its campaign to retake Mosul from ISIL militants, the Iraqi army says it is facing the toughest urban warfare imaginable.

07/12/2016

Iraq

Nimrud: drone footage shows ISIL destruction of Iraqi ancient city

Drone footage taken over the ancient northern Iraqi site of Nimrud has been released showing the extent of the damage suffered at the hands of ISIL.

06/12/2016

Iraq

Iraqi forces inflict heavy toll on ISIL fighters in Mosul

Iraqi special forces claim to have killed nearly 1,000 ISIL militants in the battle for Mosul.

29/11/2016

Iraq

Iraq says its forces have retaken most of eastern Mosul from ISIL

Iraqi forces claim they are now in control of most of eastern Mosul.

25/11/2016

Iraq

Hundred Shi'ite pilgrims killed by Islamic State in Iraq

Around one hundred people, most of them Shi'ite pilgrims from Iran, have been killed in the Iraqi city of Hilla by a suicide truck bomber.

24/11/2016

Iraq

Dozens of Shi'ite pilgrims killed in Iraq

More than 80 people, most of them Shi'ite pilgrims from Iran, have been killed in the Iraqi city of Hilla.

24/11/2016

Iraq

The battle for Mosul rages on

ISIL militants have been steadily retreating from areas around Mosul into the city since the battle started on October 17, with air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition.

23/11/2016

Iraq

Over 68,000 displaced from Mosul and surroundings, UN warns

The UN warns over 68,000 people have been displaced from Mosul and its surroundings in the six weeks since Iraqi forces began the battle to oust ISIL.

22/11/2016

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Scenes inside Mosul area retaken by Iraq troops

The residents of Gogjali, eight kilometres from Mosul, were being evacuated from their homes on Tuesday morning as the operation to liberate Iraq’s second city…

22/11/2016

Iraq

Shia militia in Iraq move to cut off Mosul supply route

Days after seizing an air base south of Tal Afar, Iranian backed Shia militia in Iraq are moving to encircle the city in an attempt to finish off the job.

21/11/2016