DEADLY CAR BOMBING STRIKES IRAQ'S TUZ KHURMATU

Located about 200km north of Baghdad, Tuz Khurmatu is one of the disputed areas between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government... READ MORE›

IRAQ TWIN SUICIDE ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST FIVE IN KIRKUK

The attack was the first of its kind since the Iraqi central government regained control of the multi-ethnic city last month from Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES TAKE CONTROL OF KURDISH-HELD AREAS IN MOSUL'S NIVEVEH'S PROVINCE

The areas were evacuated by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters before the arrival of the Iraqi forces on Tuesday, the statement said... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE

But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE›

BAGHDAD TO PAY HEAVY PRICE FOR DECLARING WAR

Kurdish forces call Iraqi forces' campaign in Kirkuk 'a declaration of war', as PM Abadi tells them to cooperate... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE

But an aid organization working in Kirkuk said several Peshmerga and members of the Iraqi forces had been killed in an overnight clash south of Kirkuk... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE

But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE›

IRAQ LAUNCHES MAJOR OFFENSIVE IN KURDISH-HELD KIRKUK

Iraqi government forces say they control vast areas of the Kurdish-held region of Kirkuk after a major operation aimed at taking over an airbase and... READ MORE›

WHAT PRICE HAVE IRAQI KURDS PAID FOR SECESSION VOTE?

On September 25, Iraqi Kurds voted in a controversial secession referendum, amid rising regional tensions and international opposition... READ MORE›

CLASHES AFTER IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE ON KURDISH-HELD SITES

Kirkuk is not part of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region... READ MORE›

KURDS REJECT POST-VOTE IRAQ MOVES AS 'COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT'

They also called for the closure of border posts with Turkey and Iran that are outside central government control... READ MORE›

BAGHDAD SAYS ERBRIL AIRPORT OFF LIMITS FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM FRIDAY EVENING

The director of Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan says she has been told by Baghdad that all international flights will be banned from six pm... READ MORE›

IRAQ: QATARI 'RANSOM' MONEY WITH US, NOT ARMED GROUPS

In April, the Iraqi government took what has been estimated to be 500m in ransom payments brought into the country by a Qatari delegation... READ MORE›

MOSUL DAM RISKS DEVASTATING FAILURE AS IRAQ GOVERNMENT KEEPS STALLING

Construction of the dam, which provides irrigation and hydroelectric power, was completed under the regime of Saddam Hussein in 1985... READ MORE›

IS 'BURNS TO DEATH 45 IN WEST IRAQ'

Islamic state militants burn to death 45 in iraq... READ MORE›

IRAQI MILITIAS 'LOCK CIVILIANS IN CAGES AND STRAP THEM TO CAR BONNETS' IN TORTURE CAMPAIGN EN ROUTE TO MOSUL

Islamic state leaderA abu bakr al-baghdadi 'gives first message in more than a year' as iraqi troops prepare for final assault on mosul... READ MORE›

SADDAM HUSSEIN SAID SANCTIONS KILLED 500,000 CHILDREN. THAT WAS 'A SPECTACULAR LIE.'

Child mortality figures provided to the United Nations were deliberately doctored by Saddam Hussein's government to discredit the international community, a new report finds... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES PLAN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE RAMADI FROM ISIS

But the Islamic State's gains in Ramadi also led to a course correction on the American side... READ MORE›

IRAQ CITY OF KIRKUK UNDER ATTACK BY ARMED MILITANTS

Witnesses in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk say armed militants have attacked a local police compound and that fighting is underway... READ MORE›

US AND IRAQI FORCES TAKE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISIS ON SEVERAL FRONTS

And even if the Iraqis succeed in evicting the Islamic State from many of their strongholds, holding them will be a challenge... READ MORE›

NEGLECT MAY DO WHAT ISIS DIDNT BREACH IRAQI DAM

The Iraqis also lost their usual source of grouting material, which was produced by a factory in Mosul, now under the control of the Islamic State... READ MORE›

RECAPTURE OF RAMADI IS A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE

That is the absence of a moderate Sunni political alternative or cohesive fighting force in either Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

IRAQ BEGINS ASSAULT ON ISLAMIC STATE STRONGHOLDS NORTH OF BAGHDAD

He was speaking from the city of Samarra, a day after two suicide attacks by Isis in the area... READ MORE›

IRAQ ARMY MOPS UP FINAL IS POCKETS

That's not yet been confirmed by the Iraqi government or the US-led coalition... READ MORE›

'THEY HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF BRUTALITY OF WAR', SAYS BRITISH COMMANDER OVER AMNESTY'S MOSUL 'WAR CRIMES' REPORT

But we should be absolutely clear who were deliberately killing civilians, he added... READ MORE›

Islamic State Iraqi Government's illegal barrel bombing of civilian areas 'to be stopped'... READ MORE›

IRAQ RUNS OUT OF MONEY TO TAKE ON ISLAMIC STATE

The Iraqi army has become a respected institution around which people can coalesce, the official said... READ MORE›

AMERICANS KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ LAST MONTH RELEASED

An official in the Iraqi interior minister's office said the Americans had been released in an area near Yousifiya, south of Baghdad... READ MORE›

WITH KURDISH FIGHTERS AS THEY SEIZE A VILLAGE FROM IS

Battle for Mosul With Kurdish fighters as they seize a village from IS... READ MORE›

IRAQI PM VOWS DEFEAT OF IS AFTER RAMADI RECAPTURE

Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has said so-called Islamic State IS will be ousted from the country, after government forces recaptured Ramadi... READ MORE›

IRAQ CAUGHT BETWEEN U.S. HELP AND SHIITE MILITIAS

Iraq's government can't do a ground offensive in the near term without the Shiite militias or Iranian support, Jensen said... READ MORE›

THE MOMENT THE ISIL RAIDING PARTY COMES, CAUGHT ON VIDEO

The Kurdish YPG militia claimed to have retaken the Syrian town of Tel Hamis from Isil on Friday... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES CLAIM GAINS IN FIGHT FOR RAMADI

The Iraqi offensive aimed at retaking Ramadi appeared to gain traction Sunday as leaders claimed to take control of Anbar University... READ MORE›

IRAQIS MOCK POLITICIANS' REACTION TO STAINED WHITE SOFA

It's not only photographs of couches that are being shared this family sang a traditional southern Iraqi funeral song to their sofa... READ MORE›

IRAQI PM ORDERS ARREST OF LAWLESS GANGS LOOTING IN TIKRIT

Sunni lawmakers blamed rogue security force elements and members of the Shi'ite paramilitary groups for the chaos... READ MORE›

IRAQ AIR STRIKES 'TARGET MILITANT CONVOY'

A convoy carrying suspected Islamic State militants has been destroyed in air strikes near the Iraqi city of Falluja, the defence ministry says... READ MORE›

IRAQI GENERAL KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK ON BASE

An Iraqi army general and nine other soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack by Islamic State militants in western Iraq, security sources say... READ MORE›

THE IRAQI PILOTS FIGHTING FOR FALLUJA

The BBC's Nafiseh Kohnavard has been given exclusive access to the Iraqi army's aviation wing's missions over Falluja... READ MORE›

GRIEF AND ANGER ON THE STREETS OF BAGHDAD

Friends and families of the victims who were killed in Sunday morning's massive bombing in Baghdad have made a makeshift memorial at the site... READ MORE›

IRAQ LAUNCHES MASSIVE OPERATION TO ROUT ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS FROM ANBAR

The Islamic State group controls large swaths of the country's north and west after capturing Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul and most of Anbar... READ MORE›

IRAQI MILITIAS 'RECRUITING CHILD SOLDIERS' FOR OFFENSIVE ON MOSUL BACKED BY US-LED COALITION

Militias backed by the Iraqi government are recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps, while mounting a key operation against Isis... READ MORE›

FORMER ISIS STRONGHOLD GRAPPLES WITH THE SCARS OF WAR AFTER ITS RETURN TO IRAQI HANDS

The coalition's successes in Kobani, Syria, and Sinjar, Iraq, have also left communities in ruins, with few resources to rebuild... READ MORE›