Iraq

Miliband lays blame for current Mediterranean migrants crisis as door of Cameron's Libya inaction.

Infamous head of Isis Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seriously injured following US air strike in March

Kata'ib Hezbollah deliver suspected body of Saddam Hussein's deputy Izzat Douri, who was killed fighting with Isis, to Iraq government.

Feared former right-hand man to Saddam Hussein was believed to have joined Isis insurgency last year

Islamic State remain in control of towns in north, east and south of Ramadi but not the city itself, sources say

Emma Sky claims poor appointments by Clinton meant hard won gains were thrown away.

Four American mercenaries jailed for between 30 years and life are public face of largely unregulated industry.

Re-opening of Saudi embassy may improve relationship between the two countries and encourage dialogue.

Commissioner General of UNRWA Pierre Krahenbuhl calls on the world to stop ignoring the plight of Palestinian refugees in Syria.

Footage released on social media purportedly shows Islamic State (Isis) militants breaching the security perimeter around Iraq's Baiji oil refinery.

Three other guards receive 30-year sentences for killing 14 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.

Islamic State only destroys the artefacts of Iraq and Syria that it cannot smuggle out of the country to sell.

Officials claim fighters from 'Speicher' air academy were buried after Islamic State massacre last June.

Young British Muslims need support and engagement from the whole of society not Muslims alone.

Yazidi girl taken as a sex slave by Isis was raped by at least 10 men and could die if she delivers the baby, says aid worker.

Isis says it destroyed Unesco-listed historical site at Nimrud for being un-Islamic.

Islamic State militants launched a deadly attack on government-held territory on Friday

After a bumper year in 2014, the Islamic State economy is on the ropes in Iraq and Syria

The doctors were shot in the head because they were unwilling to support the terror group's activities.

43 Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with Islamic State as battle for Anbar rages on.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visits Anbar to discuss strategy for ousting Isis jihadists.

British extremists and jihadis are flocking to Iraq and Syria to join Isis despite the risk of jail sentences or death.

Police officers are attempting to establish why Waheed Ahmed travelled to the Syrian border, with a family, including young children.

EXCLUSIVE: Iraqi Kurdistan foreign minister says Kurds have so far taken 20,000 sq km from Isis in Iraq

Komala leader Abdullah Mohtadi says US and Europe should consider Iranian human rights abuses against Kurds.

Indian Oil Corp buys two million barrel cargo of Iraqi crude from Chinese trader Unipec.

Ban to discuss latest security situation in Iraq with PM Haidar al-Abadi and other key figures.

The shocking video shows teenage boys taking eight Syrian captives to be beheaded by masked IS fighters.

Defence Ministry spokesman in Tikrit says that Islamic State (Isis) fighters have fled underground in the face of a fierce advance by the army and militias

Two radical militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army have pulled out of the fight against Isis