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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

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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

United Kingdom

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.

Iraq

Death toll in Baghdad car bombing rises to 250

Scores of funerals in Baghdad following massive car bombing Death toll rises to250 Interior minister offers resignation Mourners gather in central Baghdad for one of the victims of Saturday night’s

World News

British politicians brace themselves for more turmoil with publication of Chilcot report into Iraq war

Chilcot inquiry set up in 2009 PM Tony Blair and others expected to be criticised Legal basis for military action to be assessed The Chilcot report into Britain’s role in the Iraq war is to be p

Iraq

Ground-breaking Iraqi dancer killed by truck bomb

The death of a 23-year-old Iraqi in the Baghdad truck bombing Sunday (3 JULY 2016) has touched the hearts of many across the world, moved by his commitment to…

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Devastation of Ramadi shown from the air

Rare aerial footage gathered by the ICRC shows the once-prosperous central Iraqi city of Ramadi now in tatters – a ghost town.

Iraq

Grief and anger on the streets of Baghdad

At least 200 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in the worst bombing so far this year in Iraq.

World News

Death toll in Baghdad blasts surpasses 200

Shiites, Sunnis and Christians have gathered to pray for the victims of two bomb attacks in Baghdad.

Iraq

Nighttime Baghdad bombings kill and wound hundreds celebrating Ramadan

Two bombings in Baghdad around midnight on Sunday killed at least 120 people celebrating Ramadan, many of them children.

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