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Moqtada al-Sadr gives green light to proposed Iraqi cabinet reshuffle

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has presented a new cabinet to parliament, just in time for the March 31 deadline. Parliament will vote on the

Iraq

Iraq: PM al-Abadi presents new cabinet just in time for deadline

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has presented a new cabinet to parliament, just in time for the March 31 deadline. Parliament will vote on the

Iraq

Front line view of Mosul offensive as Iraq appeals for help against ISIL

The Iraqi government has appealed for more international help to liberate the country’s second-largest city Mosul from the clutches of the

Iraq

Exclusive: Battling ISIL and their chemical weapons on the frontline in Iraq

Kurdish Peshmerga Forces have described how they face attacks from chemical weapons as they seek to push back ISIL forces on the road to retake

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Iraq

The men and women who escaped ISIL

It is what is hoped to be the final assault in the battle to retake the city of Mosul. Security forces, Sunni tribal fighters launched the offensive

Iraq

Iraqi families flee Mosul amid army offensive to retake city

reporting from Iraq by Mohammed Shaikhibrahim The Iraqi army has released footage of its forces retaking a village near the strategic base of

Iraq

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr enters Baghdad's Green Zone

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has entered Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, beginning a sit-in to call for government reform. On February 13, Sadr

Syria

Palmyra recaptured from ISIL, military source

"After heavy fighting during the night, the army is in full control of Palmyra -- both the ancient site and the residential neighbourhoods," a military source said.

Iraq

Video footage of suicide bomb attack on Iraq football match

Amateur footage captures the moment a suicide bomber struck a football match in a town south of Baghdad. The game had just finished and trophies were

Iraq

Iraq: ISIL suicide bomber strikes amateur football match near Baghdad

The self-proclaimed Islamic State has claimed responsiblity for a suicide bomb attack on an amateur football match near Baghdad, reportedly killing

Syria

ISIL suffers series of blows in Iraq and Syria

Fighters from the so-called Islamic State are reportedly on the retreat in the Syrian city of Palmyra which they captured in May last year. After an

Iraq

Iraq: Moqtada al-Sadr supporters stage sit-in outside Green Zone

Thousands of Moqtada al-Sadr’s followers are staging an anti-corruption sit-in at the walls of Baghdad’s Green Zone, where Iraq’s major government

Iraq

ISIL chemical rockets harm dozens of civilians

Dozens of people suffered respiratory and skin problems after ISIL militants reportedly fired poisonous shells and rockets into their town in

Syria

How ISIL is turning to children for its next breed of jihadists

Author says women are being kidnapped, used as sex slaves and impregnated solely to boost ISIL's future manpower

Iraq

Yazidi women: The ISIL sex slaves the world forgot

Their plight no longer makes the headlines. But the enslavement, rape and torture of Yazidi women and children by ISIL extremists continues. Fellow

Iraq

ISIL truck bomb kills 70, wounds at least 60, south of Baghdad

The ISIL militant group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Iraq which has killed at least 60 people, medical and security officials

World News

US expanding its role in the push to retake Mosul

The United States says its forces will have a more enlarged role in the push take the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State

Iraq

Over 100,000 gather in Baghdad to urge government to carry out reforms

More than 100,000 people gathered in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square to urge Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to follow through with promised political

World News

Rescued Swedish teenager describes 'hard life' under ISIL in Iraq

A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIL fanatics in Iraq has said she was duped into going there by her boyfriend, describing life in the so-called

Iraq

Missing radioactive material found at petrol station

Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near the country’s southern town of Zubair. It is not clear how the material

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