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Details of CIA torture report released

The US Senate Intelligence Committee revealed the findings of its report into post 9/11 terror suspect interrogation techniques in Washington.

Culture news

Lyon's Festival of Lights gives renewed hope to Erbil's Christian refugees

Originally a celebration of the Catholic faith, the Festival of Lights born in the French city of Lyon has today grown into a world-renowned cultural

Iraq

Iraqi forces to get extra 1,500 coalition support troops, says US

Iraqi and Peshmerga forces fighting the self-proclaimed Islamic State group will soon have extra backup from coalition allies. The US military says a

Iran

Syria and Iraq FMs in Tehran for 'anti-terrorism' conference

The Syrian foreign minister Walid Mualem is in Tehran for conference on combating extremism, which will also be attended by his Iraqi counterpart

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Iraq

Pope sends message of support to Christians and other minority groups in Iraq and Syria

Iraq

Pope delivers message in support of Christian and Yazidi refugees

Pope Francis has delivered a video message in support of tens of thousands of minority Yazidi and Christian refugees who fled ISIL militants in

Iraq

Euronews visits Christian and Yazidi refugees who fled ISIL militants

Euronews has visited Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. When the militant group that calls itself Islamic State (ISIL) attacked the

Syria

Kurdish fighters vow to go on fighting as long as the ISIL threat remains.

Women Kurdish peshmerga are fighting alongside their male compatriots to repel the ISIL assault on Kobani on the Syrian border with Turkey. The siege there has a become a powerful international symbol

Europe News

Iraq PM denies requesting Iranian airstrikes against ISIL

Syria

Kerry says ISIL has been damaged by US-led coalition but battle may take 'years'

The US-led coalition fighting ISIL has inflicted serious damage on the extremists, carrying out around 1,000 airstrikes so far in Syria and Iraq

Iraq

Confusion over claims Iranian jets are attacking ISIL in Iraq

Despite US claims co-ordination with Iran in Iraq would be "inappropriate", and Iran ruling out American influence in Iraq post-ISIL, Iranian F4 jets have reportedly bombed ISIL in Iraq

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Kurdish peshmerga forces clash with ISIL in Kirkuk

Iraq

Iraq's defence minister holds talks with Yazidi

Iraq

Airstrikes continue while Muslim parents worry at ISIL propaganda on home front

Turkey

Turkey promises support for Kurdish Peshmurga in anti-ISIL front

Iraq

US announces deployment of extra troops to train Iraq forces

Iraq

Deadly suicide bomb attack in the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region

My Europe Series

NATO operations have ended in Afghanistan. What and where should its next role be?

My Europe Series

Standing firm: the Kurds' frontline battle with ISIL

World News

Which country in Europe has the most jihadists in Syria and Iraq?

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