Iraq

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.

18/04/2016

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

11/04/2016

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

08/04/2016

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

08/04/2016

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

08/04/2016

Iraq

Exclusive: under fire during an advance on ISIL

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

04/04/2016

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

04/04/2016

Iraq

In Iraq, fighting ISIL's ideology in mosques, prisons and schools

The war against the group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL, is also a war against its beliefs.

04/04/2016

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

03/04/2016

Iraq

Iraq exclusive: aftermath of an ISIL occupation

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

01/04/2016

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

31/03/2016

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

31/03/2016

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

30/03/2016

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

30/03/2016

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

29/03/2016

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

28/03/2016

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

28/03/2016

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

26/03/2016

Iraq

Iraq: ISIL suicide bomber strikes amateur football match near Baghdad

The self-proclaimed Islamic State has claimed responsiblity for a suicide bomb attack on an amateur football match near Baghdad, reportedly killing

26/03/2016

Iraq

Iraq: Moqtada al-Sadr supporters stage sit-in outside Green Zone

Thousands of Moqtada al-Sadr’s followers are staging an anti-corruption sit-in at the walls of Baghdad’s Green Zone, where Iraq’s major government

18/03/2016

Iraq

ISIL chemical rockets harm dozens of civilians

Dozens of people suffered respiratory and skin problems after ISIL militants reportedly fired poisonous shells and rockets into their town in

10/03/2016

Iraq

Yazidi women: The ISIL sex slaves the world forgot

Their plight no longer makes the headlines. But the enslavement, rape and torture of Yazidi women and children by ISIL extremists continues. Fellow

09/03/2016

Iraq

ISIL truck bomb kills 70, wounds at least 60, south of Baghdad

The ISIL militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Iraq which has killed at least 60 people, medical and security officials

06/03/2016

Iraq

Over 100,000 gather in Baghdad to urge government to carry out reforms

More than 100,000 people gathered in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square to urge Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to follow through with promised political

26/02/2016

Iraq

Missing radioactive material found at petrol station

Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near the country’s southern town of Zubair. It is not clear how the material

21/02/2016

Iraq

Life in Europe not as expected: hundreds of Iraqis return home

A growing number of Iraqis are returning home from Germany, citing a lengthy asylum process, bland food and poor shelters as reasons for leaving. “My

28/01/2016