Politics of Iraq
French TV Journalist Dies of Wounds From Mosul Blast
Journalist Veronique Robert, wounded in the same landmine blast that killed two colleagues in the Iraqi city of Mosul...
Kurdish Designers Bring Fight With IS To Paris Catwalk
Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when...
Deep In Mosul, US Forces Support Iraq’s Fight
In a once-plush house in west Mosul, a handful of US soldiers watch on as an Iraqi commander barks orders over the...
Iran’s Khamenei Hails Iraq’s ‘success’ Against Jihadists
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday praised the "success" of Iraqi forces in the battle against the...
Iraqi Forces Advance In Mosul Old City, Rescue Civilians
Iraqi forces said Tuesday they were fighting fierce battles with the Islamic State group and rescuing escaping...
Iraqis Hunt For Their Cars In Devastated Post-IS Mosul
Saliha Sultan searches in vain for the family car among mounds of charred car skeletons and mangled trucks blocking...
Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul
For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...
Ramadan Comes With Bitter Taste For Families of Iraq’s Mosul
For Umm Mohammed and other residents of areas of war-battered west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State group jihadists,...
Erdogan Calls Iraqi Kurdish Referendum ‘error and Threat’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday strongly criticised the decision of the authorities in Iraq's...
Terrified Civilians Hide From Gunfire In Mosul Pre-School
The bullets of jihadists rain down outside the Mosul kindergarten, where dozens of terrified Iraqi civilians are...
Hundreds Sick, Two Dead In Food Poisoning At Mosul Displaced Camp
A mass food poisoning at a camp for displaced Iraqi civilians outside Mosul has left at least two dead and hundreds...
Journey To Statehood Still Long For Iraq Kurds
Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major...
US Sanctions IS Members Accused of Making Chemical Arms
The United States on Monday slapped financial sanctions on two suspected Islamic State militants accused of...
Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote
Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a...
Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’
Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be...
Kurdish Referendum Would Distract From IS Fight, US Warns
The United States on Thursday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence...
After Fleeing Mosul, Displaced Face Arrest Over Alleged IS Ties
After fleeing the battleground city of Mosul, Yusra Mohammed says her children were detained by Iraqi Kurdish forces...
484 Civilians Killed In US-Led Fight Against IS
Attacks on Islamic State group targets by US-led coalition forces have killed 484 civilians since mid-2014, the US...
UN Braces For Up To 200,000 Iraqis To Flee Mosul
As many as 200,000 Iraqis may try in the coming days to flee areas of Mosul under the control of the Islamic State...