Iraq Crisis

IBTimes UK looks at countries with high rates of child soldiers, including Syria, Iraq and Myanmar

Brent was at a premium of $7.83 to WTI crude.

Birmingham MP says number of British fighters recruited to fight in Iraq and Syria is much higher.

Head of Kurdish intelligence says US and Britain were warned that capture of two Sunni cities was just the beginning

Shiite Iran's top cleric says US using sectarian divide in Iraq as ruse for re-occupying country.

At least 16 people killed and dozens injured as jets bomb residential areas in the town of Muhassan, near Iraq border.

Oil to jump if conflict spreads to southern Iraq, where most production sites are based.

Grand Ayatollah says if Isis jihadists' march is not repelled, there will be all-round regret.

Traders keen on gold above psychologically important $1,300 an ounce level.

Lebanese security forces detain men suspected of plot to assassinate leading Shiite politician Nabih Berri.

Commander of Sunni group fighting alongside Isis issues ultimatum to Maliki administration.

Gunship also left four people wounded after mix-up in flashpoint town of Dhuluyiyah.

Brent crude rallied to a new nine-month high on Friday but has not yet decisively broken the upside barrier of a downward channel.

US President says American troops will not be returning to combat in Iraq

Leaker account @wikibaghdadi threatens terror group's operations by disclosing confidential details.

Abducted people were working for Tariq Noor al Juda construction company in Mosul.

Fears over the OPEC producer's security have pushed Brent prices to more than $114 a barrel

BREAKING NEWS: Reports that staff have been evacuated following a break in intense fighting

A stranded Indian nurse says Isis fighters were courteous to them and offered to pay their salaries and dues.

Obama should 'make it very clear to Maliki that his time is up', says Senator John McCain.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have used oil to finance their operations in Syria and Iraq.

Southern Iraq bracing for worst case scenario as Isis continues to make gains near the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Syrian activists say jihadist fighters with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant abducted Kurdish children near Aleppo

Defiant Shia leader calls for volunteers to fight Sunni insurgency.

Social media savvy Islamic insurgents develop Twitter app - Dawn of Glad Tidings - to promote message online.

Five Iraqi soldiers killed after militants attack Iraq's biggest oil refinery in Baiji, north of Baghdad.

Jihadist group led by al-Baghdadi appeals to many Western and non-Western foreigners in their attempt to create caliphate

A threat to Western oil interests in southern Iraq would make US-UK intervention more likely.

Photos of volunteers young and old joining the Iraqi Army to fight Islamic militants.

The thaw in relations between UK and Iran have been given urgency by the Iraq crisis but fears remain.