Iraq

Saudi Arabia offers to accommodate Syrian refugees in Germany pending approval from German authorities.

Al Qaeda leader refuses to recognise Isis as a legitimate caliphate, though.

Emma Sky, who helped rule post-invasion Iraq as governor of Kirkuk, discusses her new book The Unravelling.

The majority of strikes occurred over Iraq, but four airstrikes happened in Syria.

Roughly 2,000 migrants from the Middle East and Asia have been arriving in Greece every day.

Latest atrocity shows Iraq soldiers chained and set alight in "retribution" video.

Monitoring group reveals Islamic State has executed more than 90 people in the last month.

Isis release 'Return of the Gold Dinar' video to show new currency's creation.

The @UKAgainstISIL account promises 'updates on the UK Government's ongoing work' in the battle against Isis.

Scotland Yard suspects missing Zahera Tariq travelled to conflict zone in Syria.

Parliamentary committee outlines litany of errors by Iraqi military and government.

Officials say that an ISIL suicide car bomb attacked the Iraqi soldiers in Ramadi Thursday.

Deaths add to 50 Iraq soldiers killed in other parts of the province two days ago.

Fateh 313 will have the capability to hit targets more than 300km from launch site.

UK twice found and destroyed chemical weapons as old stockpile moved about the country on black market.

Al-Maliki's sectarian policies blamed for boosting support for Isis in Sunni regions of Iraq.

The mustard gas was most likely acquired in Syria from Assad Regime caches.

High-ranking Iraqi army chiefs set to face trial for abandoning their positions when Isis overran Ramadi.

Air strikes on PKK militants will continue until they surrender, PM says.

Breaking: Iraqi officials say over 40 people were killed in the Diyala province.

Anonymous source says UK special forces saved villagers from Isis jihadist death squad near Turkish border.

PKK official says Ankara wants Isis to succeed to prevent Kurdish gains.

Abadi introduces major political reforms to battle corruption amid protests.

The so-called Islamic State posts its latest pictures of child soldiers recruited by the militant group.

In Iran record 73C temperatures stunned meteorologists as protests erupted in Iraq over electricity.

It is the 25th anniversary of the war between a US-led coalition and Saddam's Iraq.

Local spokesman says that Anbar University was retaken after hours of clashes.

EXCLUSIVE: Backbencher talks about his propaganda war against the Islamic State terrorist group.

Unmanned MQ-1 Predator drone flying a combat mission found crashed in southern Iraq.

Three cases of chemical use in June alone confirmed by research groups