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Now playing Next Iraq More protests across Iraq Thousands of people have gathered to protest across Iraq, calling for institutional reform, better services and an end to corruption. The weekly 28/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Shiite Iraqi militia fighting ISIL advances towards Ramadi Fighters from Hashid al-Shaabi, a mainly Shiite paramilitary force battling Islamic State militants in Iraq, say they are advancing near Ramadi in 26/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq ISIL second-in-command killed in Mosul, Iraq by US airstrike The US has confirmed the second-in-command of the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) is dead. Hajji Mutazz was killed in an US military air 21/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Iraq's parliament demands al-Maliki goes on trial Iraq’s parliament has referred to the judiciary a report by the Committee of Defence and Security. It calls for the trial of former 17/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Iraq parliamentary probe blames ex-PM Maliki for the fall of Mosul Ex-PM Maliki is blamed along with 35 officials for last year's fall of the city of Mosul to ISIL militants. 17/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Iraq: series of Baghdad bombings kills at least 24 A series of bombings across the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 24 people and injured dozens. The Shi’ite district of Habibiya suffered 15/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Chemical weapons used on Kurdish peshmerga - German report New evidence has emerged which shows Kurdish forces fighting in northern Iraq were allegedly attacked a few days ago with chemical weapons. A report 13/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Dozens dead as ISIL claims responsibility for Baghdad bomb blast The militant group Islamic State says it carried out a truck bomb attack in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, which killed more than 60 people. The bomb 13/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Displaced Yazidis hope to return home At a refugee camp in Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan up to 18,000 Yazidis are said to have made the makeshift shelters their home. One year ago, Islamic 12/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Iraq: most far-reaching government reforms since 2003 invasion Iraq’s parliament has voted unanimously for the biggest shake-up in its government system since the 2003 US invasion. The decision eliminates entire 11/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Deadly car bomb attacks in eastern Iraq kill dozens At least 42 people have been killed and many more injured in two bomb attacks in eastern Iraq. A car bomb targeted a crowded marketplace near the 10/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Iraq's PM announces government shake-up to save cash and cut corruption Iraq’s prime minister Haider al-Abadi is calling for the multiple positions of vice president and deputy prime minister to be scrapped. As part of a 09/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Deadly car bombs hit Baghdad as Iraqi forces fight ISIL in Ramadi At least 10 people have been killed and 22 wounded in two car bomb attacks in predominantly Shi’ite neighbourhoods in Baghdad. Six people were killed 05/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Iraqi frustration boils over as heatwave prompts protests Hundreds of Iraqis took the streets in the southeastern city of Amara on Tuesday to protest about the lack of power supply in the mid-summer heat 04/08/2015
Now playing Next Cyprus UK extends Tornado air campaign against ISIL in Iraq The United Kingdom is to extend its Tornado air campaign against ISIL in Iraq until March 2017. RAF Tornados will continue strikes against Islamic 04/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq One year after ISIL bloodshed Iraq's Yazidis still suffering It is one-year to the day that ISIL militants attacked Iraq’s Yazidi minority in Sinjar Province. The violence prompted 40,000 Yazidi to seek 03/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq Turkish air strikes lead Iraqi Kurds to ask PKK to leave Iraqi Kurds have urged the separatist forces of the PKK to leave northern regions of the country as the civilian death toll from Turkish airstrikes 02/08/2015