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Iraq

Iraqi civilians struggle to flee Mosul as army fights to oust ISIL

Humanitarian camps are prepared for people fleeing the fighting, but thousands remain stuck in the northern Iraqi city.

Italy

Berlin attack: Anis Amri 'probably radicalised after entering Italy in 2011'

Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni says Berlin market attacker Anis Amri was most likely radicalised after his arrival in Italy in 2011.

Iraq

Iraq says defeating ISIL will take three more months

Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi previously pledged to retake Mosul from the jihadist group by the end of 2016.

Germany

12 year-old boy 'attempts nail bombing' in Ludwigshafen Christmas market, City Hall

A 12 year old German-Iraqi boy in Ludwigshafen, Germany attempts a double nail-bomb attack

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World

The courageous story of two girls who escaped sexual enslavement by ISIL

European Parliament Sakharov Prize winners Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar in The Global Conversation

Iraq

Iraq tries to reassure over gruelling Mosul campaign

With the battle to crush ISIL in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul now in its ninth week, the government is trying to play down concerns about the slow pace of…

Iraq

Shia militia in Iraq move to cut off Mosul supply route

Days after seizing an air base south of Tal Afar, Iranian backed Shia militia in Iraq are moving to encircle the city in an attempt to finish off the job.

Iraq

Kurdish forces catch ISIL militant in Bashiqa

Kurdish forces have caught a militant from the so-called Islamic State in Bashiqa according to footage released today.

Belgium

Intelligence services identify suspected organiser of Paris and Brussels terror attacks

Abou Ahmad, believed to have been the organiser of the Paris and Brussels attacks, has been identified say intelligence services.

Syria

Refugees flee ISIL's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa

Hundreds of refugees have begun to flee ISIL’s de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria as a US-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces advances on the city.

Syria

Turkey warns against Kurdish takeover of Raqqa as ISIL capital faces encirclement

Kurdish fighters backed with US-led coalition air power are taking the lead in the final assault on ISIL's capital, Raqqa. But Turkey warns the mainly Arab Syrian city should remain just that, and not

Turkey

ISIL claims Diyarbakir bombing days after 'al-Baghdadi urged attacks on Turkey'

ISIL claims responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Diyarbakir. It's the first attack the group has admitted to carrying out in Turkey.

Iraq

Iraqi forces step up attacks in push towards centre of Mosul

Mosul in Iraq is seeing the most intensive fighting yet since the offensive to retake the city from ISIL militants began more than two weeks ago

Iraq

UN centre fights for women traumatised by IS militants

As Iraqi forces close in on the militant-held city of Mosul, a support centre for women and girls in Dahuk is gearing up to receive women and girls who have been held captive and sexually…

Iraq

Growing fears for civilians in Mosul as net closes around ISIL

Iraqi officials are voicing increasing concern that ISIL is using civilians as human shields

Iraq

Symbolic victory as Iraqi forces recapture state TV station in Mosul

ISIL forces are putting up stiff resistance as Iraqi troops and their allies move closer into the outskirts of Mosul's eastern suburbs.

Iraq

Iraqi forces enter Karama, the first district inside Mosul as offensive resumes

Entering the third week of the offensive, a military official said they hoped to capture the last two villages from ISIL before Mosul.

Iraq

Reports mount of ISIL atrocities against civilians around Mosul

Politicians and local residents say the militant group has executed scores of people as Iraqi forces advance on the northern city.

Iraq

Iraq: US general says 800-900 ISIL fighters killed in Mosul offensive

Miles of oil pipelines have been set alight, allegedly by ISIL, as they defend the city.

Europe News

Yazidi IS survivors win EU's rights prize

MEPs have decided that two Yazidi women are the winners of the EU’s annual human rights prize.