Iraq: Pro-Iran militia dissolves one of armed units after cleric’s call
Popular Defence Brigades ordered to stop all activities and close their headquarters
Popular Defence Brigades ordered to stop all activities and close their headquarters
Six months after elections, appointment of an interior minister is bone of contention
Sadr’s call for Abadi to step down will stall government formation and thwart coalition
Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bond with Hadi al-Amiri could remove Tehran’s obstruction
Election campaign dominated by sectarian forces that emerged after US war
Isis focus on Arab world may starve western intelligence as affiliate groups go dormant
Iraq says military campaign to continue after ‘illegal’ Kurdish independence referendum
Baghdad believes talks would prompt Sunni areas to renew demand for autonomy
Baghdad issues threats and international powers condemn the ballot ahead of the vote
Confusion and uncertainty reign as political, ethnic and hidden agendas play out
Mosul fears Iraq’s government while Raqqa dreads anarchy once Isis is defeated
US troops in more visible support role in new phase of operation to recapture city from Isis
Amnesty report claims displaced Sunni Arabs subjected to human rights violations
Even if the Islamists are defeated militarily, what comes next has coalition jittery
The city is Baghdad’s chief strategic, political and economic objective in the struggle for Iraq
Operation to wrest control of Islamic State stronghold marked by careful planning
Thirteen years after the US-British invasion, we are still reaping a whirlwind of violence
149 people dead and 192 injured after Islamic State bombers targeted Karrada district
UNHCR says €15m urgently needed to provide relief supplies to 85,000 in desert camps
Iraq’s post-US occupation army is sectarian with Sunnis excluded as officers and soldiers
Analysis: The country needs to move away from politics based on religion and ethnicity
Kuwaiti sheikh: attacks ‘counter to all teachings of holy faith and humanitarian values’
Saudi-Turkish policy shifting in face of battlefield setbacks for extremists
Haidar al-Abadi takes anti-corruption measures in face of mounting unrest
US secretary of state fell while cycling a portion of the Tour de France route
Shia militia play leading role in bid to reverse ultra-radical insurgents’ advances
Shia militias ignore preconditions for US air strikes, as tiny IS force holds on to city
US and Iran have joined soldiers, militiamen and tribesmen in crucial campaign for strategic city
Washington to give anti-IS tribesmen $18-$24m worth of arms
Iraq’s new prime minister taking cautious steps to build a more united front
House of Commons recalled to vote on involvement in effort to combat militants in Iraq
Military aid promised to Iraq at Paris conference for conflict with jihadists
US and Iranian co-ordinated attacks on IS have blessing of Obama and Ayatollah
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