Now playing Next Iraq Airstrikes continue while Muslim parents worry at ISIL propaganda on home front Local Iraqi medical sources say the latest airstrikes in Mosul against ISIL have killed a top commander, Radwan Taleb al-Hamdouni. He governed the 21/11/2014
Now playing Next World The children getting an education in a war zone According to a recent paper by UNESCO, half of the 57 million children currently out of school live in conflict zones. Despite urgent calls by the 21/11/2014
Now playing Next Iraq US announces deployment of extra troops to train Iraq forces The Pentagon says the first of the 1,500 extra American troops due to advise and train Iraqi forces will be deployed in the next few weeks. They 21/11/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Deadly suicide bomb attack in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region A suicide bomb attack has ripped through the centre of Irbil. At least five people were killed in the blast when the car packed with explosives blew 19/11/2014
Now playing Next Iraq ISIL: 'Strong possibility' that French jihadist features in Peter Kassig execution video There is a very strong likelihood that a 22-year-old French citizen, who left France to go to Syria in August 2013, appears in the ISIL video of the 17/11/2014
Now playing Next Unreported Europe Standing firm: the Kurds' frontline battle with ISIL Deserted streets in a desolate town, Makhmour, shows all the signs of a community on the frontline. Lying between Mosul and Kirkuk in north central 14/11/2014
Now playing Next World Christians flee ISIL menace to Kurdistan, perhaps permanent exiles The yard of Mar Eliya Church in the city of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan has been converted into a camp for Christians, more than 200 families who 07/11/2014
Now playing Next World Christians of Iraq backed strongly from France Offering support and sanctuary to Iraqi Christians, the Archbishop of Lyon has launched a solidarity initiative twinning the French city with Iraq’s 08/10/2014
Now playing Next World Iraq's foreign minister warns Islamic State 'out of control' It is a country tipping on the brink of civil war, coupled with a catastrophic humanitarian and economic situation, and religious divisions that the 15/08/2014
Now playing Next World Bruised Kurds seek to reassert themselves over Islamic State in Iraq As the situation in Iraq deteriorates further on the ground the Sunni extremists of Islamic State gain more territory. Only the Kurdish peshmurga 14/08/2014
Now playing Next Iraq France offers asylum to Iraq's persecuted Christians Convert, pay or face death. Christians living in Mosul faced these three stark choices. On Monday, the French government gave them a fourth – seek 29/07/2014
Now playing Next Iraq #ن: How an Arabic letter was reclaimed to support Iraq's persecuted Christians Over the weekend, while the world’s gaze was on Gaza and Syria, the situation of Christians in northern Iraq took a sharp turn for the worse, with 22/07/2014
Now playing Next World The dangers of extremism for Iraq and the wider world The conflict in Iraq is increasingly threatening to export trained terrorists to other countries in the region, and to the West. Iraqi civilians 23/06/2014
Now playing Next World Iraq emergency raises real possibility of US-Iranian co-operation Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have seized a lot of territory and several towns in the north of Iraq in the past week 18/06/2014
Now playing Next Iraq How much has social media helped the rise of Iraqi extremists ISIS? Iraq has been plunged into a fresh crisis after ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) seized towns in the north of the country. The Sunni 17/06/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Obama warns Iraq that it holds keys to crisis, not Washington American President Barack Obama recognised on Thursday that the situation in Iraq is an “emergency”, and he appeared from the White House’s South 13/06/2014
Now playing Next Iraq Iraq: Suicide bombing tutor kills himself and 20 pupils in training camp gaffe A suicide bombing instructor killed himself and 20 of his pupils in Iraq when he accidentally set off explosives during a training session, it’s 11/02/2014
Now playing Next World Iraq under threat from escalating violence A surge in car bombings killing many civilians has wreaked havoc in Iraq. This is the backdrop to warnings by the prime minister of possible regional 15/01/2014
Now playing Next World Female army officer wants peace In Souleimaniya, in Iraqi Kurdistan, Nahida is the CO of the Women’s Unit in the Peshmerga Army in her region. Nahida’s dream started when she was 20/06/2012
Now playing Next World Widows struggle for survival In Najaf, the Holy city of Shi’ite muslims, war has killed thousands of people and left many widowed. At the front of Najaf’s cemetery there is a 13/06/2012
Now playing Next World Iraqi women fight for their rights With insecurity and economic hardship, Iraqis are still paying the price of years of oppression and war. And women carry a heavy burden. Hanaa Edwar 06/06/2012
Now playing Next World Iraqi women fight for their rights “We are in Iraq this month to meet women in Baghdad, Najaf, and Iraqi Kurdistan, who are fighting their own kind of war. A human rights activist 01/06/2012
Now playing Next World Tariq al-Hashimi, Iraqi Vice-President: 'Iran is behind sectarian strife' Tariq al-Hashimi, Sunni Vice-President of Iraq, is fighting for political survival after being accused of having links to terrorism, an allegation he 25/04/2012
Now playing Next World Diplomats in the danger zone Following the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq can France play a greater role as Iraq struggles to emerge from invasion, occupation and civil 18/01/2012
Now playing Next Unreported Europe Kirkuk: financing the future Kirkuk lies on the well of Iraqi oil. The ethnically diverse city contains 40 per cent of the country’s oil exportation, while representing just 2.2 12/01/2012
