Now playing Next Iraq ISIL militants attack Kurdish forces near Kirkuk ISIL militants have killed a senior Kurdish commander and five other fighters after launching a major offensive in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk 30/01/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Baghdad double bombing kills 12 At least 12 people are dead and dozens wounded after a double bombing in downtown Baghdad. A suicide blast at a busy market near a bus station was 30/01/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Islamic State militants demand $200 million ransom for Japanese hostages The militant Islamic State group is demanding $200 million from Japan to free two of its citizens. In a video posted online, a black-clad figure 20/01/2015
Now playing Next Iraq ISIL demands $200m for release of two Japanese captives The Islamic State armed group which issued a video online on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese hostages. 20/01/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Yazidis freed by militant Islamic State At least 200 members of the Yazidi religious community in northern Iraq have been released. They had been held by the Islamic State militant group 18/01/2015
Now playing Next World "ISIL is the baby of George W Bush" German journalist and author Jürgen Todenhöfer is perhaps best known for supposedly being the first Westerner to have embedded with Islamic State 16/01/2015
Now playing Next Cinema Clint Eastwood's 'American Sniper' nominated for six Oscars ‘American Sniper’ is based on the autobiography of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, known as the most lethal sniper in US military history. Having served in 15/01/2015
Now playing Next Iraq The rise of female jihadists As French police search for a female suspect in connection with the terrorist attacks in Paris, euronews spoke to an expert about women being 10/01/2015
Now playing Next Iraq As Iraq marks Army Day ISIL suicide bombers kill 23 soldiers in Anbar attack As Iraq celebrates Army Day the force’s future hangs in the balance as the country faces the threat from ISIL and other security services, such as 06/01/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Bonus: Interview with Jeffrey Bates, Chief of Communications for UNICEF Iraq UNICEF, the United Nation’s agency for children, says it has been a devastating year” for millions of children caught up in worldwide 26/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq The days drag for Syrian children in Erbil refugee camp Many Syrian and Iraqi children have lived their whole lives in crisis, surrounded by war. Without schools to go to, how can these youngsters can go o 26/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq ISIL did not shoot down Jordan plane - US military The statement contradicts the Jordanian government which earlier admitted that one of its jet fighters was shot out of the sky by ground to air missiles. 24/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Some displaced Iraqi Christians are not in the Christmas spirit Internally displaced Iraqi Christians who fled violence in Mosul celebrated Christmas in Baghdad on Wednesday. About 80 families gathered at a 24/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Yazidi return home to find mass graves Yazidi refugees from the Iraqi village of Hardan returned to their homes for the first time on Tuesday after being driven out by Islamic militants in 24/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Peshmerga fighters move on Sinjar town in Iraq as fierce battle with ISIL rages The United States continue to launch air strikes against ISIL positions in Iraq as Kurdish Peshmerga forces move closer to Sinjar town and the 23/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq ISIL fighters 'flee' Iraq's Sinjar as Peshmerga troops 'make gains' Kurdish Peshmerga troops have been pushing their way into the town of Sinjar on Sunday backed by US-led coalition forces. The battles taking place 21/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Iraqi Kurds celebrate breaking of ISIL siege around Mount Sinjar It is being described as one of the most significant victories so far against ISIL militants in Iraq. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters say they have now 19/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Peshmerga assault frees Yazidis trapped for months on Mount Sinjar In Iraq’s Kurdistan region a two-day military assault by Peshmerga forces has helped free hundreds of minority Yazidi people who have been trapped on 18/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Tight security as millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims stream into Kerbala, Iraq Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims from across Iraq, Iran and neighbouring countries have streamed into Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala over the past 13/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Pilgrims defy ISIL militants flocking to Kerbala in record numbers One person has been killed by rocket fire in the Iraqi city of Kerbala where Shi’ite pilgrims gathered for religious ceremonies. Despite the threat 12/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Shi'ite pilgrims flock to Kerbala despite security threat Roads and highways across Iraq have filled with hundreds of thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims heading to Kerbala to celebrate a religious ceremony amid 11/12/2014
Now playing Next Culture news Lyon's Festival of Lights gives renewed hope to Erbil's Christian refugees Originally a celebration of the Catholic faith, the Festival of Lights born in the French city of Lyon has today grown into a world-renowned cultural 09/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Iraqi forces to get extra 1,500 coalition support troops, says US Iraqi and Peshmerga forces fighting the self-proclaimed Islamic State group will soon have extra backup from coalition allies. The US military says a 09/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Pope sends message of support to Christians and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria European church leaders including the Pope have sent a message of support to Christians refugees in the Iraqi city of Erbil. The Archbishop of 07/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Pope delivers message in support of Christian and Yazidi refugees Pope Francis has delivered a video message in support of tens of thousands of minority Yazidi and Christian refugees who fled ISIL militants in 06/12/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Euronews visits Christian and Yazidi refugees who fled ISIL militants Euronews has visited Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. When the militant group that calls itself Islamic State (ISIL) attacked the 06/12/2014