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Nadia Murad, Yazidi woman and survivor of ISIL atrocities, becomes UN Ambassador

Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and sexual abuse at the hands of ISIL, has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United…

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Iraq: More than 70 tents burned down in refugee camp

More than 70 tents were destroyed by fire in the refugee camp of Yahayawa, near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, but no one was injured, the United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR…

Iraq

Iraqi forces inch closer to ISIL-held Mosul

Iraqi forces meet resistance in an operation to re-take the town of Qayyarah as they move ever closer towards the ISIL stronghold of Mosul

Iraq

'Kidnapped' boy wearing 'explosive belt' arrested by Iraqi police

Footage from Kurdish television purports to show a distressed young boy wearing an explosive belt.

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Portugal braces itself for diplomatic row with Iraq over brutal attack

Portugal’s government is considering asking Iraq to remove its diplomatic immunity from the sons of its ambassador after they allegedly attacked a 15-year-old…

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Iraq executes 36 men for massacre of military recruits near Tikrit

Iraq has executed by hanging 36 men who were convicted over the killings of up to 1,700 military recruits at former US base Camp Speicher near Tikrit in 2014.

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: Kurdish forces capture dozen villages from ISIL

Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq say they have made major gains near Mosul, capturing a dozen villages from ISIL.

Iraq

Kurdish Peshmerga forces in fresh push to retake Mosul from ISIL

Iraqi Kurdish fighters have launched a fresh assault on ISIL militants.

Iraq

In northern Iraq, thousands flee Mosul campaign

Thousands have been displaced as Iraqi army and allied forces push towards the ISIL stronghold of Mosul.

USA

Obama warns defeating ISIL militarily 'will not be enough'

President Barack Obama has hailed the progress he says the United States and its allies have made in the military campaign against ISIL.

USA

Trump insults killed Muslim soldier's parents

Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy, and this weekend the Republican candidate for President of the United States has outraged many by insulting the mother of a Muslim-American soldier, killed

Iraq

Turkey bombs PKK in northern Iraq for first time since failed coup

For the first time since last Friday's failed coup, state media says Turkish warplanes have carried out air strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.

USA

Baton Rouge gunman was ex-marine who served in Iraq

The gunman who killed three American policemen and wounded three others in Louisiana has been identified as a former US marine sergeant who had served in Iraq.

Iraq

ISIL 'top commander' Omar al-Shishani killed in Iraq

News agency affiliated with militant group confirms Omar al-Shishani was killed in combat in Iraq.

Iraq

Stunning drone footage of the world’s biggest cemetery in Iraq

Iraq

US to send more troops to Iraq

US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter has announced the country will send 560 extra military personnel to Iraq to assist local forces in the fight against ISIL.

Iraq

Iraqi PM sacks top Baghdad security officials after bombing

Iraq’s prime minister has fired three officials in charge of Baghdad’s security after a spate of deadly bombings.

United Kingdom

Tony Blair statement on Chilcot inquiry

The following statement was published by Tony Blair following the publication of the Chilcot report into the war in Iraq: “The report should lay to rest allegations of bad faith, lies or…

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Innovative Iraqi dancer killed by truck bomb in Baghdad

Videos of Adil Faraj practising his debut dance routine on stage at the Al-Hussein Cultural Center in Amman, Jordan Adil Faraj died in the attack on the Iraqi capital’s Karada shopping district , the

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Why is the Chilcot Inquiry important?

The inquiry, led by Whitehall mandarin Sir John Chilcot, has examined the UK government’s role in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.

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