Iraq’s new parliament to hold first session since October election
Party headed by reformist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won most seats in election
Iraq election: Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr the main winner
‘Good election machine’ propels Mahdi Army leader and Reform bloc Sadrists to success
The reinvention of Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s new face of reform
Once hated by the US and tied to Iran, the Shia cleric’s bloc won the most votes in elections
Isis spokesman urges fighters to target Arab leaders
Isis focus on Arab world may starve western intelligence as affiliate groups go dormant
After Islamic State what comes next?
Even if Isis is defeated, the attraction of its ideology is unlikely to disappear
Row between Ankara and Baghdad sidetracks Mosul operation
Turkish and Iraqi governments’ dispute casts pall on effort to oust Islamic State
Retreating Isis fighters leave dark pall in their wake in Iraq
Islamist militants burn towns and oil wells as they flee ahead of the battle for Mosul
Kurds warn of possible humanitarian disaster once battle for Mosul starts
Offensive to push Isis out of Iraq’s second-largest city nearly ready to start
Iraq forces enter central Falluja as hordes of civilians flee
Advance slowed down due to Islamic State snipers, roadside bombs, tunnel networks
Iraqi forces make slow progress in the fight against Islamic State
Civilians flee violence as an uneasy alliance tries to take back towns near Mosul
Iraq’s fight against Isis threatened by Saudi-Iran feud
Sectarian tensions harm efforts to combat Islamic State with Shia-Sunni alliance
Countries across Muslim world claim dead from hajj tragedy
Protests in Iran after crush near Mecca that left more than 700 pilgrims dead
A war selfie: The Unravelling, by Emma Sky
Review: Another week, another ‘why didn’t anyone listen to me?’ book about Iraq, writes Anakana Schofield
Obama's handling of IS derided as advisers deployed to Iraq
Fall of Ramadi raises questions about strategy of avoiding using ground troops
Islamic State’s Ramadi seizure another setback for al-Abadi
Militants’ Anbar advance gives more ammunition to Iraq premier’s rivals
Review of 2014: Middle East solutions must come from within
Rapid growth of Islamic State has astonished observers
US delay on IS may have cemented Iran’s position in Iraq
The Obama administration weakened its hand by delaying its response in Iraq
Islamic State’s wave of might is turning into a ripple
The time of rapid conquest may be over, but nobody thinks IS is beaten
Obama admits US underestimated IS threat
US president says his administration placed too much trust in the Iraqi military
US advisers a prerequisite for rooting out Islamic State
Analysis: Airstrikes are of limited value if the US can't rely on local troops
‘A Great Will to Live’: how one man survived an Islamic State massacre
One of few witness accounts emerges of massacre of Iraqi soldiers at ex-US base in Tikrit
The rise of Islamic State : The Jihadis Return
Review: Patrick Cockburn’s book about Isis and the new Sunni uprising examines how the West got it wrong
Islamic State poses an ‘imminent threat’ to US
Pentagon officials say militants ‘beyond a terrorist group’ and may take years to defeat
Kurdish forces ‘take control’ of Iraq’s Mosul dam
US expands reach of air strikes to help wrest control of areas seized by Islamic State fighters
Back in Iraq: the United States in the Middle East
Barack Obama promised a new US approach to the region, but he has moved little from the policies of George W Bush. The superpower is becoming embroiled abroad once more
Going up in the world: New Iraq PM was former BBC lift engineer
Broadcaster says Haider al-Abadi was in charge of company which serviced its elevators
Political intrigue in Baghdad as crisis escalates
Islamic State faces down Kurdish fighters and targets country’s dams
Concern over sectarian violence as 50 bodies found in Iraq
Some of the dead, all men aged 25 to 40, were blindfolded and had their hands bound
Isis group’s declaration of Islamic state ‘a threat to region’
Iraq’s prime minister says no one in the country or neighbouring countries is safe
Despite his tarnished past, Ahmad Chalabi is in running to be leader of Iraq
Formerly shunned by the US, Chalabi is seen as a potentially unifying force
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