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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

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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

Economy

Saudi Arabia and Russia agree oil output freeze but only if others do the same

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Qatar have agreed to freeze their country's oil output, but only if other major producers do the same. There will now be talks with Iran and Iraq.

Vatican

Pope raises concerns for Christians in talks with Iraqi PM Abadi

Pope Francis hosted Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday and raised concerns about the desperate plight of Christians and other

World News

Iraqi Kurds protest against Turkish 'genocide'

Protests against Turkey in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region turned violent on Sunday (Feb.7) as demonstrators called for the United Nations to

Iraq

Life in Europe not as expected: hundreds of Iraqis return home

A growing number of Iraqis are returning home from Germany, citing a lengthy asylum process, bland food and poor shelters as reasons for leaving. “My

Iraq

Jihadists destroy ancient monastery in Iraq

For 1,400 years Saint Elijah’s Monastery in Mosul Iraq had survived assaults by nature and man, but now newly obtained satellite images have

World News

ISIL faces cash crunch as fighters' pay is halved and revenues dry up

Revolutions and mass movements can only do so much with fanaticism and passion, as ISIL are finding out in Syria and Iraq as they are squeezed by the

United Kingdom

ISIL confirms death of 'Jihadi John'

The Islamic State (ISIL) militant known by the media as “Jihadi John” and notorious for his filmed beheadings of hostages, has been confirmed dead

Iraq

UN report reveals Iraqis suffered 'horror' before fleeing to Europe

A disturbing report by the United Nations details the horror that Iraqi refugees were attempting to escape when they fled to Europe and other

Iraq

Baghdad: clearing up begins at Jawhara mall

Counting the cost in Iraq after dozens die in three attacks over two days

Iraq

Dozens dead and wounded in Iraq violence

At least 18 people died and 40 others were wounded on Monday in a suicide bombing and shooting spree at a shopping mall in Baghdad. ISIS militants

Iraq

Iraqi forces hold Ramadi as ISIL launch major counter attacks

Iraqi forces continue to bolster their positions in Ramadi after reclaiming the shattered Iraqi city from ISIL on Monday. Terrified families emerge

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Young migrants attack Serbian border police... with snowballs!

Children, said to be migrants mainly from Syria and Iraq, enjoyed a playful snowball fight with a Serbian police officer on Tuesday (January 5) in

Iraq

Baghdad offers to mediate in growing row between Saudi Arabia and Iran

The Iraqi foreign minister is in the Iranian capital meeting his counterpart there, amid fears of a new sectarian conflict

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