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ISIL demands $200m for release of two Japanese captives

The Islamic State armed group which issued a video online on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese hostages.

Iraq

Yazidis freed by militant Islamic State

At least 200 members of the Yazidi religious community in northern Iraq have been released. They had been held by the Islamic State militant group

World

"ISIL is the baby of George W Bush"

German journalist and author Jürgen Todenhöfer is perhaps best known for supposedly being the first Westerner to have embedded with Islamic State

Iraq

The rise of female jihadists

As French police search for a female suspect in connection with the terrorist attacks in Paris, euronews spoke to an expert about women being

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Iraq

As Iraq marks Army Day ISIL suicide bombers kill 23 soldiers in Anbar attack

As Iraq celebrates Army Day the force’s future hangs in the balance as the country faces the threat from ISIL and other security services, such as

Iraq

Bonus: Interview with Jeffrey Bates, Chief of Communications for UNICEF Iraq

Iraq

The days drag for Syrian children in Erbil refugee camp

Many Syrian and Iraqi children have lived their whole lives in crisis, surrounded by war. Without schools to go to, how can these youngsters can go o

Turkey

Turkey and Iraq to boost military cooperation against ISIL

Turkey and Iraq have vowed to expand military cooperation against fighters from the group that calls itself the Islamic State. It came as Iraqi

Iraq

Some displaced Iraqi Christians are not in the Christmas spirit

Internally displaced Iraqi Christians who fled violence in Mosul celebrated Christmas in Baghdad on Wednesday. About 80 families gathered at a

Iraq

Yazidi return home to find mass graves

Yazidi refugees from the Iraqi village of Hardan returned to their homes for the first time on Tuesday after being driven out by Islamic militants in

Iraq

Peshmerga fighters move on Sinjar town in Iraq as fierce battle with ISIL rages

The United States continue to launch air strikes against ISIL positions in Iraq as Kurdish Peshmerga forces move closer to Sinjar town and the

Iraq

ISIL fighters 'flee' Iraq's Sinjar as Peshmerga troops 'make gains'

Kurdish Peshmerga troops have been pushing their way into the town of Sinjar on Sunday backed by US-led coalition forces. The battles taking place

Iraq

Iraqi Kurds celebrate breaking of ISIL siege around Mount Sinjar

It is being described as one of the most significant victories so far against ISIL militants in Iraq. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters say they have now

Syria

Militant jihadist group ISIL pose a new threat in the Middle East

It emerged as an offshoot of al-Qaeda and was reinforced by the chaos generated by the civil war in Syria. In 2014 the self-styled Islamic State

Iraq

Peshmerga assault frees Yazidis trapped for months on Mount Sinjar

In Iraq’s Kurdistan region a two-day military assault by Peshmerga forces has helped free hundreds of minority Yazidi people who have been trapped on

Iraq

Tight security as millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims stream into Kerbala, Iraq

Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims from across Iraq, Iran and neighbouring countries have streamed into Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala over the past

Iraq

Pilgrims defy ISIL militants flocking to Kerbala in record numbers

One person has been killed by rocket fire in the Iraqi city of Kerbala where Shi’ite pilgrims gathered for religious ceremonies. Despite the threat

Iraq

Shi'ite pilgrims flock to Kerbala despite security threat

Roads and highways across Iraq have filled with hundreds of thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims heading to Kerbala to celebrate a religious ceremony amid

World News

Gulf states agree need for solidarity against ISIL

The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), who have been holding a summit in Doha, have agreed the need to confront militant forces such

USA

CIA's actions a 'stain on US history', says Senate Intelligence Committee head

The Senate Intelligence Committee report details CIA failings in counter-terror programme and enhanced interrogation techniques following 9/11 attacks.

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