Iraq

Triple suicide bombing in Iraq kills 26 Kurds
A triple suicide bombing killed 26 Kurdish security forces northeast of Baghdad on Sunday and a roadside bomb killed the police chief of the western Anbar...
30 countries pledge to help Iraq defeat IS threat with ‘all means necessary’
Thirty countries pledged to help Iraq fight Islamic State (IS) militants “by all means necessary” on Monday.
Iraqi PM appeals for help to fight ‘IS cancer’ as John Kerry flies in
Iraq’s prime minister has appealed to the international community to help in the fight against Islamic State militants.
Steven Sotloff beheading video ‘is authentic’, says White House
The White House has determined that a video showing the brutal killing of freelance journalist Steven Sotloff is authentic.
Australia to fly guns and ammunition to Iraq as forces reclaim Amerli
An Australian military aircraft will soon fly guns and ammunition to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil to help Kurds fight Islamic State of Iraq and the...
Bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk kill 42; Iraq probes Sunni mosque attack
Bombings in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 42 people in Iraq on Saturday as the government investigated a deadly attack on a Sunni...
Urgent action needed to stop next Islamic State massacre
Thousands of Shi’ites in the Iraqi town of Amerli are in imminent danger of being massacred by militants from the Islamic State (IS) unless urgent...
To protect civilians, Pope blesses military intervention in Iraq
Pope Francis said on Monday the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq, but that it should not be up to a single...
After 2-week struggle, U.S.-backed fighters reclaim Iraq’s largest dam
Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by U.S. warplanes retook the country’s largest dam from jihadists on Sunday, as Sunni Arab tribesmen and security forces...
Fighting ISIL: Peshmerga make gains at Mosul Dam as Syria bombs Raqqa
An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant checkpoint and 19 vehicles have been destroyed in 14 air strikes that were part of a joint operation...
With U.S. aid, Kurds fight to retake Iraq’s largest dam after ‘massacre’
Kurdish forces backed by US warplanes battled on Saturday to retake Iraq’s largest dam from jihadist fighters, a day after militants carried out...
U.S. to provide weapons to Kurds as Iraq’s new president snubs PM
The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in Iraq.
'Long-term project': Obama says tackling Iraq insurgency will take time
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that airstrikes by U.S. planes had destroyed arms that Islamic State militants could have used against Iraqi...
UK and France join U.S. humanitarian efforts in Iraq, Australia weighs decision
President Barack Obama has said France and the UK are joining humanitarian efforts in Iraq, flying in food and water supplies for those cut off by ISIS...
Calls for more Kurd support as Obama’s military policy questioned
In a bitter irony, Islamic State extremists have used American armoured vehicles and weapons seized from the hapless Iraqi military to defeat Kurdish fighters...
Wanted: Brides for jihad fighters in Islamic State’s ‘new caliphate’
The Islamic State, which advocates public stoning for adultery, has opened a “marriage bureau” for women who want to wed its fighters in territory...
Syria becomes home to two competing Islamic states, Iraqi power shifts
A new power struggle has emerged within the Syrian rebellion after al-Qaeda announced it aims to create an Islamic “emirate” to compete with...
'Islamic State' leader in Iraq orders female genital mutilation of 2 million girls
The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) has asked all families around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to circumcise...
Iraq crisis: Dawn attack on prisoner convoy kills 60 people
Gunmen have attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad, setting off a gunbattle with troops in which 52 prisoners and eight soldiers were killed, officials...
Iraqi Christians flee Mosul after being told to convert or face death
Christians are fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul after being told they will be killed if they do not to convert to Islam or pay a special tax by Saturday...
Syria conflict: U.N. Security Council OKs strengthened aid to rebel areas
The Security Council on Monday authorised humanitarian access without Syrian government consent at four border crossings into rebel-held areas from Turkey,...
Iraq parliament postpones decision on new leaders
Iraq’s deadlocked parliament failed Sunday to overcome the deep divisions hampering the formation of a new government, making no progress on choosing...
U.N. warns of ‘chaos’ as Iraq forces beat back assault
Iraq’s new parliament is scheduled on Sunday to hold its second session since the elections amid hopes that lawmakers can quickly decide on a new...
More bloodshed: NGO claims Iraq forces murdered 255 Sunni prisoners
Iraq’s security forces and allied Shiite militias executed at least 255 Sunni prisoners as they fled a lightning jihadist-led advance last month,...
Iraqi Kurds continue land grab, seizing 2 major oil fields
Kurdish security forces took over two major oil fields outside the disputed northern city of Kirkuk before dawn Friday and said they would use some of...
How Russia outmaneuvered U.S. in resupplying Iraqi military
Barely noticed among the disturbing tableau of images coming out of Iraq in recent weeks is a changing of the guard evident at the Baghdad International...
Iraq parliament delayed for five weeks, general killed near Baghdad
Citing the inability of political camps to reach “understanding and agreement” on nominations for the top three posts in government, the office...
The Kurdish push for independence is a big problem for Baghdad
In the past month, the Kurdish military has already seized the oil city of Kirkuk and other territory it’s long sought as part of an independent...
Iraqi leader says growing Islamic state threatens entire region
An extremist group’s declaration of an Islamic state in territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria poses a threat to the entire region, Iraq’s...
Iraqi troops push to retake Tikrit from rebels, parties pursue talks
Iraqi government forces backed by helicopter gunships began an offensive on Saturday to retake the northern city of Tikrit from Sunni Islamist militants...

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