Iraqis want crackdown on ‘sleeper cells’ after huge Baghdad bomb
The death toll from a suicide bombing in a Baghdad shopping district has risen to over 150, fuelling calls for security forces to crack down...
Falluja
Iraqi forces retake Islamic State holdout in Falluja, declare battle over
Iraqi forces recaptured the last remaining district held by Islamic State militants in the city of Falluja on Sunday and the general commanding the operation...
Thousands flee Falluja using first safe exit route secured by Iraqi army
By Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed The Iraqi army said on Sunday it had secured the first safe exit route for civilians to leave Islamic...
Baghdad bombings kill 25 as Falluja siege continues
Two suicide bombings that killed about 25 people in Baghdad on Thursday were claimed by Islamic State, whose stronghold of Falluja near the capital is...
Falluja refugees say Islamic State uses food to enlist fighters
Iraqis who fled Islamic State-held Falluja as government and allied forces advanced on the city said they had survived on stale dates and the militants...
Iraqi civilians drown fleeing Falluja as city nearly encircled
By Ahmed Rasheed Fighters battling to retake Falluja from Islamic State said on Sunday they had the Iraqi city almost completely encircled, as civilians risked...
Iraq stalls Falluja assault ‘to protect civilians’
By Maher Nazeh Iraq has delayed its assault on the city of Falluja because of fears for the safety of civilians, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi...
Fear for civilians as IS halts Iraqi army at gates of Falluja
Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on Tuesday, while the United...
Iraqi army storms to edge of Islamic State-held Falluja; fresh bombings hit Baghdad
By Maher Nazeh The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside...
Iraqi forces clash with Islamic State south of Falluja, bomb city centre
Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State militants near Falluja on Monday while bombing central districts in the initial hours of an offensive to retake the...
Iraqi forces prepare offensive on IS-held Falluja, some residents begin to flee
Iraq’s military said on Sunday it was preparing to launch an offensive to retake the Islamic State stronghold of Falluja and told residents to get...
More than 5,000 civilians killed in Iraq this year-UN
By Maggie Fick At least 5,576 Iraqi civilians have been killed this year in violence, the United Nations said on Friday in the most detailed...
Iraq rebels take Saddam’s home town in lightning advance
By Ghazwan Hassan Sunni rebels from an al Qaeda splinter group overran the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday and closed in on the biggest oil refinery...