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Iraqi fighters pictured near the village of Nukhayb in Anbar province

Iraqi forces prepare for Ramadi assault

Iraqi forces have launched an operation in desert areas northeast of Ramadi, aimed at cutting off the so called Islamic State militants and preparing a bid to retake the city, a militia spokesman said.

News • 26 May 15

Families who fled the city of Ramadi after it was seized by IS group militants, queue to receive aid at a camp in Amiriyat al-Fallujah

US coalition hits IS targets near Ramadi

The United States and its allies have staged 22 air strikes on Islamic State targets since Friday, including four near Ramadi, the city taken by the militants this week, the US military said today.

News • 23 May 15

Residents flee from Ramadi as IS forces take hold of the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province

US leads airstrikes against IS near Ramadi

The US-led coalition against the self-styled Islamic State has conducted 19 air strikes in the vicinity of the Iraqi city of Ramadi over the past 72 hours.

News • 18 May 15

Oil traders eye new tensions in Yemen and Iraq

Oil prices higher on Middle East unrest

Oil prices rose today as fresh tensions in Yemen and Iraq raised concerns about a supply disruption in the crude-rich Middle East.

Business • 18 May 15

Volunteers from the Shia Badr Brigade militia fire on IS fighters on the frontline in Ebrahim Ben Ali, Anbar

UN says 90,000 flee fighting in Iraq

More than 90,000 people have fled fighting between pro-government forces and the self-styled Islamic State group in the Ramadi area of Iraq's Anbar province, the United Nations said.

News • 19 Apr 15

Burnt-out cars at the site of an explosion at the car park near Baghdad's al-Yarmuk hospital

Car bombings kill 17 in Baghdad area

Six car bombs in the Baghdad area, including one near a hospital, killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 55 today, Iraqi security and medical officials said.

World • 14 Apr 15

So called IS militants are seen hacking away at the statues with sledgehammers

IS video shows destruction of ancient Iraqi city

The group calling itself Islamic State has released a video that shows militants smashing artefacts at the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq.

News • 12 Apr 15

200 mainly elderly Yazidis were released by Islamic State in January

Islamic State frees more than 200 Yazidis

The self-styled Islamic State group has freed more than 200 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority it held captive for months, according to a commander in the Kurdish peshmerga security forces.

News • 08 Apr 15

The graves are near the former US base of Camp Speicher

Mass graves of Iraqi soldiers excavated in Tikrit

Iraqi forensic teams have begun excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites in the northern city of Tikrit.

News • 07 Apr 15

Petroceltic owns 16% of the venture in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Petroceltic, partner pull out of Kurdistan licence

Exploration company Petroceltic International said it has agreed with its partner to pull out of the Dinarta licence in Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Business • 25 Mar 15

Kurdish peshmerga soldiers took soil and clothing samples after an IS suicide bombing in northern Iraq in January

IS militants accused of using chemical weapons

Iraqi Kurdish authorities claim they have evidence Islamic State militants used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against their peshmerga fighters.

News • 14 Mar 15

Smoke rises over Ramadi after a mortar attack

Australian teen in Iraq suicide attack - report

Australian authorities are investigating claims by the Islamic State militant group that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq.

News • 12 Mar 15

Nimrud - which is believed to be the site of the Tower of Babel

Nimrud, the jewel of the Assyrian era, bulldozed by IS

Nimrud, which Iraq said was bulldozed by the self-styled Islamic State group, was once the jewel of Assyria, home to a treasure considered one of the biggest archaeological finds of the 20th century.

Special Reports • 06 Mar 15

Volunteers from Iraqi Shia militia take up position near Tikrit city

Iraq launches attack to retake Tikrit from IS

Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shia militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad today.

News • 02 Mar 15

Iraqi special forces policemen at a training session as they prepare to recapture Mosul

'Up to 25,000 troops' needed to retake Mosul

The United States wants Iraq to launch its offensive to retake the strategic northern city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State group in April or May, military officials have said.

News • 20 Feb 15

Brian Williams has hosted NBC's Nightly News programme since 2004

US anchor suspended after admitting to Iraq lie

US news anchor Brian Williams has been suspended without pay for six months after admitting last week that a story he told about coming under fire on a helicopter during the Iraq war was not true.

News • 11 Feb 15

US Central Command said Abu Malik was killed on 24 January near Mosul

IS chemical weapons expert killed in Iraq

An Islamic State chemical weapons expert was killed in a coalition airstrike last week in Iraq, the US Central Command said.

News • 31 Jan 15

Islamic State fighters control large parts of northern Iraq and Syria

Islamic State prepared for prolonged conflict

The Islamic State group has exploited its reputation for savage brutality to become the most feared organisation in the Middle East.

Special Reports • 22 Jan 15

Almost all those released by IS were elderly, disabled or unwell

IS releases 350 Yazidi captives in Iraq

The Islamic State group has freed around 350 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority, delivering them to safety in the country's Kurdish north.

News • 18 Jan 15

Militants overran Mosul and then drove south towards Baghdad during the year

More than 15,000 killed in Iraq in 2014

Violence in Iraq killed more than 15,000 civilians and security personnel in 2014, according to government figures, making it one of the deadliest years since the 2003 US-led invasion.

News • 01 Jan 15

Thousands of Yazidis have had to flee their homes in northern Iraq because of the fighting

Kurds 'break' siege of Mount Sinjar

Iraqi Kurds have said they have broken a siege on a mountain where Yazidi civilians and fighters have been trapped since August.

News • 19 Dec 14

Fighters of the Islamic State terrorist group take part in a military training in Mosul city

Syrian raids on IS 'kill 21 civilians'

Regime air raids on a town held by the jihadist Islamic State group in northeastern Syria have killed 21 civilians and wounded another 100, a monitoring group has said.

News • 09 Nov 14

The strikes, destroyed a vehicle convoy of 10 IS armed trucks, took place late yesterday

Airstrikes launched on IS leaders near Mosul

Coalition forces launched airstrikes targeting Islamic State leaders near their northern Iraqi hub of Mosul.

News • 08 Nov 14

The Obama Administration plans to ask Congress for extra funding to support training camps for Iraqi brigades

Obama sends 1,500 troops to Iraq

US President Barack Obama has ordered the deployment of up to 1500 extra troops to Iraq, more than doubling the number already there.

News • 07 Nov 14

The blasts in Baghdad came ahead of the major Ashura religious commemorations

19 killed in Baghdad car bomb attacks

Two car bomb blasts targeting Shias in Baghdad ahead of the major Ashura religious commemorations have killed at least 19 people.

News • 02 Nov 14

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