Iraq

Iraq

Iraq: US Defense Secretary makes surprise visit

The US Defense Secretary has made a surprise visit to Baghdad. Ash Carter is in Iraq to assess the progress on plans for an offensive to retake the

23/07/2015

Iraq

At least 32 dead in explosions across Iraq

Bomb attacks across Iraq have killed at least 32 people. The deadliest was a car bomb in a mainly Shi’ite area of Baghdad, which killed 16 people

22/07/2015

Iraq

Search continues for victims in Iraq after huge suicide bomb

Recovery workers in Iraq have been searching for more victims among the debris following Friday’s massive car bomb at a busy market. Officials say at

18/07/2015

Iraq

ISIL claims responsibility as Iraq suicide bomb 'kills more than 100'

More than 100 people are reported dead in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in Iraq. ISIL said it was behind the blast in the mainly Shi’ite

18/07/2015

Iraq

Iraq: military offensive launched to regain Anbar

Iraq has announced the start of an offensive aimed at recapturing its western province of Anbar from the group calling itself Islamic State. The

13/07/2015

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Iraq: heatwave makes life harder for displaced in camps

07/07/2015

Iraq

Iraqi refugees return home to Tikrit

Hundreds of people displaced from the Iraqi city of Tikrit have begun returning home. It is three months since pro-government forces recaptured

16/06/2015

Iraq

Saddam deputy Tariq Aziz buried in Jordan

Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz has been laid to rest in Jordan. The 79-year-old died in hospital in southern Iraq on June 5th. Relatives

14/06/2015

Iraq

Iraq:Shiite militia prepares for battle to take back Falluja

More Shiite militiamen arrived in Iraq’s Anbar province on Friday hoping to recapture the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah from the Islamic State

13/06/2015

Iraq

US to send 450 more troops to train Iraqi forces fighting ISIL

The United States announced on Wednesday (June 10) it will deploy 450 more troops to train Iraqi government forces and help them try to retake territory lost to Islamic State militants.

11/06/2015

Iraq

Mosul, turning point in a 'spiral of horrific crimes'

One year ago, ISIL took Mosul, and the world started to take the radical Islamist movement more seriously. It was a turning point. Government forces

10/06/2015

Iraq

Iraqi people caught in the crossfire of terrorists

06/06/2015

Iraq

Tariq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy PM in Hussein regime, dies

Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iraq during the Saddam Hussein regime, has died at the age of 79. It is being

05/06/2015

Iraq

Iraq turns to psychology to win war against ISIL

'Psychological warfare is needed in the fight against jihadists,' Iraq tells an anti-ISIL coalition in Paris.

02/06/2015

Iraq

Iraq: Hundreds attend funerals of police and militiamen killed in ISIL attack

Suicide bombers targeted a police base in Iraq's Anbar province on Monday leaving at least 40 dead and dozens injured.

01/06/2015

Iraq

Twin car bombs at top Baghdad hotels kill 10, wound 30

Car bombs exploded in the parking lots of two luxury hotels in central Baghdad late on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30. The

29/05/2015

Iraq

Iraq 'exhumes 470 bodies', thought to be victims of ISIL-led massacre

Iraqi forces said to have exhumed nearly 500 bodies from a mass grave near Tikrit. Those buried are believed to be victims of the 2014 ISIL-led Speicher massacre

28/05/2015

Iraq

Shi'ite militias 'in charge' of anti-ISIL campaign in Iraq

Pro-government forces in Iraq say they have started a military operation to retake the western Anbar province from ISIL insurgents. It comes after

26/05/2015

Iraq

Battle for Ramadi: Iraq formally announces military offensive against ISIL

Iraq’s formally announced the start of a military offensive to liberate Anbar province from ISIL militants. The ultimate aim is to take back the

26/05/2015

Iraq

Exodus from Ramadi to Baghdad continues after bridge re-opened

Thousands of people forced to flee Ramadi and the surrounding area because of the ISIL takeover have been continuing to cross the Euphrates River via

25/05/2015

Iraq

ISIL forcing coalition to reconsider its strengths

Islamic State militants have been steadily battering Iraqi government forces. Well-armed and resourceful, ISIL’s bombs are found buried in villages

22/05/2015

Iraq

Thousands of Ramadi residents flee towards Baghdad, after ISIL takeover

Thousands more civilians have flooded out of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, now in the hands of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Crowds of people are

21/05/2015

Iraq

Refugees pour out of Ramadi as battle for city rages

Refugees are fleeing in their thousands from the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, Ramadi. Fighting continues to rage on the approaches, outskirts

20/05/2015

Iraq

Iraq: video released showing soldiers being rescued from ISIL-held Ramadi

Iraq’s ministry of defence has released video showing troops being airlifted from Ramadi, which was taken over by ISIL militants at the weekend. The

19/05/2015

Iraq

Shi'ite militiamen readying for Ramadi recapture

The battle for Ramadi looms as thousands of Shi’ia militiamen reportedly massed to the East of the Iraq city. The fall of the capital of Anbar

19/05/2015

Iraq

Shi'ite forces prepare to re-take fallen Iraqi city of Ramadi

ISIL militants have produced another video this time claiming it was taken on the streets of the fallen Iraqi city of Ramadi. But within hours of it

19/05/2015