BAGHDAD

Battat, leader of the Mukhtar army was reportedly shot dead in Diyala province.

Islamic State have also launched a fresh offensive in the snowy mountains of Qalamoun.

Australian super hornets have carried out over 180 sorties against Isis.

A man was also whipped for committing adultery in Syria.

David Haines' widow speaks for the first time about the difficulty of hearing about her husband's death.

Oil from Kirkuk and Kurdistan to be exported via Turkey.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's arrival in northern Iraq expected to intensify fighting.

Iraq's semi-autonomous region agrees deal over oil exports

Martin Dempsey earlier hinted at ground troops to recapture IS-controlled Mosul.

Sunni militant group's spokesperson 'tweets' Isis leader is injured and wishes him recovery.

Suicide bomber targets Iraqi army and Shi'ite militiamen in Jurf al-Sakhar.

Lance Corporal Sean P Neal dies of non-combat injury in US's Operation Inherent Resolve.

Nearly a dozen Iraqi security personnel in hospital near Baghdad with symptoms of chlorine gas poisoning.

Abadi in Tehran as Sunni insurgent group captures areas close to Iranian border.

Iraqi military in "strategic retreat" after heavy fighting with Isis fighters in Anbar province.

Sunni extremist group calls for increased attacks on US allies including Britain.

Jihadist group enters Iraqi capital's suburb of Abu Ghraib, only eight miles from the capital's international airport.

Baghdad's Bell 407 shot down with shoulder-fired missile near refinery city.

Islamic State chief in Anbar province, Shaker Wahib, reportedly killed in air strikes.

Iraqi pilots drops food and water in Isis-controlled areas originally meant to supply starving security forces.

Islamic State militants took over Iraqi military base near Fallujah