Now playing Next Iraq Iraq army steps up campaign against ISIL in al-Baghdadi Some 800 Iraqi troops are deployed in the region in efforts to retake the town of al-Baghdadi. A US commander confirms the coalition has assisted with airstrikes. 24/02/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Kurdish forces repel ISIL militants in Iraq Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have fought off an attack by ISIL militants in the Iraqi town of Guwair on Sunday. The town which lies 25km southwest of 23/02/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Deadly bombings hit Baghdad as city attempts to return to normal In Baghdad, at least 15 people have been killed and 30 wounded in two bombings in and around the Iraqi capital. The first attack struck as people 09/02/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Baghdad lifts 10-year nighttime curfew Residents of the Iraqi capital Baghdad seemed pleased ten years of nighttime curfew are over. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the decision 08/02/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Scores dead in three seperate Baghdad bomb blasts At least 34 people have been killed and scores injured in three seperate bomb attacks in Baghdad. The first blast claimed 22 lives and injured 50 07/02/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Fatal bomb blasts cause carnage in Baghdad scores dead and injured At least 23 people have been killed and scores injured following two seperate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The first bomb went off in 07/02/2015
Now playing Next Iraq UN report accuses ISIL of torturing and killing children in Iraq The jihadists known as ISIL are abusing and killing children in Iraq in ways which amount to systematic war crimes. According to a report by the 05/02/2015
Now playing Next Iraq New offensive against ISIL militants in numerous towns in Iraq Kurdish peshmerga fighters backed by coalition air strikes have driven ISIL militants out of a village south of Kirkuk in Iraq. This is part of a new 03/02/2015
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 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