The Islamic State group said a suicide car bombing in the capital Baghdad specifically targeted members of the country's Shia Muslim majority
detailsHaider al-Abadi says Iraqi forces will soon raise the flag in Islamic State-controlled Mosul
detailsIraqi special forces recaptured the city’s main hospital, which had been used as a base by the enemy, storming it in the afternoon, but the fight here is not over
detailsSinjar in northern Iraq was home to more than 88,000 civilians in 2013. Today, there are none left living here
detailsThe government launched a large-scale offensive to dislodge IS militants from Fallujah
detailsSecuring the Iraqi capital won’t be easy, but keeping Baghdad safe from the Islamic State is the only way to ensure it doesn’t fall to Shiite militias
detailsThe Iraqi government is desperate to retake the city, but Isis is giving orders to kill anyone who tries to flee or surrender
details"We are beginning the operation to liberate Fallujah,"
detailsOn May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Great Britain and France signed a secret pact in London. Officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, the deal, negotiated by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot
detailsAmerican commanders are growing concerned that a recent spate of deadly bombings in Baghdad will cause the Iraqi government to lose focus on an upcoming assault on Mosul
detailsDozens of demonstrators were injured by tear gas and live fire, witnesses said. Some security personnel were stabbed, according to a military statement
detailsTens of thousands of supporters for Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday to demand government reforms
detailsKurds say the women were arrested last week and sentenced to death the following day
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