iraq
A year on, Islamic State ‘caliphate’ infamous for brutality
Middle East
June 18, 2015
A year on, Islamic State ‘caliphate’ infamous for brutality
In the year since it declared its "caliphate," the Islamic State group has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation,…
A year later, US struggles to stop IS onslaught
Middle East
June 13, 2015
A year later, US struggles to stop IS onslaught
A year after Islamic State jihadists overran much of Iraq, the United States and its allies are struggling to turn…
US troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi
Middle East
June 13, 2015
US troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi
President Barack Obama has said American forces being sent to a new operations center in the heart of the war…
Video exclusive: CNN crew comes under fire from ISIS on front line
Middle East
June 11, 2015
Video exclusive: CNN crew comes under fire from ISIS on front line
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh travelled to Ramadi, Iraq – the first time a Western TV crew has been taken to…
Officials: US prepares plan to send several hundred more troops to Iraq
Middle East
June 10, 2015
Officials: US prepares plan to send several hundred more troops to Iraq
The Obama administration is preparing a plan to set up a new military base in Iraq's Anbar province and send…
NGO: 46,000 killed in one year of combating Islamic state
Middle East
June 10, 2015
NGO: 46,000 killed in one year of combating Islamic state
Around 46,000 people have been killed in Iraq fighting the islamic state militant group over the last year, a local NGO said…
Amnesty: Yazidi militia killed 21 in Iraq revenge attack
Middle East
June 10, 2015
Amnesty: Yazidi militia killed 21 in Iraq revenge attack
Members of the Yazidi community, one of the Iraqi minorities hardest hit by jihadist atrocities, killed 21 Sunni Arab villagers…
Iraq forces repel car bomb attack in Anbar
Middle East
June 6, 2015
Iraq forces repel car bomb attack in Anbar
Iraqi security forces backed by air support used anti-tank missiles to repel Islamic State group suicide bombers driving explosives-rigged vehicles…
US says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in nine-month campaign
Middle East
June 3, 2015
US says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in nine-month campaign
More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the international coalition started its campaign against the militant group…
Activists launch campaign against enslavement of women in Iraq
Egypt
June 2, 2015
Activists launch campaign against enslavement of women in Iraq
Activists from Hamalat al-Tamadon (Campaigns for Modernization) launched a campaign on Monday, denouncing the situation of women in Iraq under the…