Iraq

Researchers found more than 5,500 items ranging from mortar rounds to rockets and explosives.

Sofia Lotto Persio Dec 14, 2016

Moussa says that Saudi Arabia and Egypt should play a bigger role in ending the Syrian war

Orlando Crowcroft Dec 13, 2016

Acting Iraqi Interior Minister Aqeel al-Khazali expects suicide attacks in major Iraqi cities

Callum Paton Dec 13, 2016

Pentagon official said the 50,000 figure was a 'conservative estimate'.

Tareq Haddad Dec 10, 2016

Phil Shiner, formerly of Public Interest Lawyers, faces being struck off.

William Watkinson Dec 09, 2016

Drone pioneer Michael Flynn seeks to stamp out Islamist ideology as Trump's National Security Adviser.

Graham Lanktree Dec 08, 2016

Journalist John Cantlie was captured in Syria in 2012 and has appeared in several propaganda videos.

William Watkinson Dec 08, 2016

The fight for northern Iraqi city is still expected to take several months.

Tareq Haddad Dec 08, 2016

The Shia stronghold held out against Isis despite relentless suicide bomb attacks.

Callum Paton Dec 07, 2016

Kuwait: A Desert on Fire, sees Sebastião Salgado's travel closely with firefighters in one of the worst environmental disasters in living memory.

Alex Wheeler Dec 06, 2016

The cloudy skies act in favour for the militants as they hinder air strikes and blur the vision of Iraqi forces.

Alex Wheeler Dec 02, 2016

The retired general once said it was 'fun to shoot some people'.

Orlando Crowcroft Dec 02, 2016

A Europol report cautions against foreign fighters returning from Isis strongholds in Iraq and Syria.

Ananya Roy Dec 02, 2016

German study finds that nearly half of returnees remain committed to extremist ideology.

Tom Porter Nov 30, 2016

UN says it has evidence Isis dishing out brutal punishments to civilians who reject their demands.

William Watkinson Nov 29, 2016

Many residents have chosen to stay in Mosul, preferring the risk of crossfire to spending the winter in a cold displacement camp.

Alex Wheeler Nov 29, 2016

Russia has been dependable, forceful, and ruthless where America has been incoherent.

Michael Horowitz Nov 28, 2016

Doctors have said they do not have enough beds or medical supplies as they deal with the influx of wounded.

Callum Paton Nov 28, 2016

Major-General Rupert Jones expects an even larger information trove when Mosul falls.

Brendan Cole Nov 28, 2016

Australia's most senior Isis operative known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi was reported dead twice in 2016.

William Watkinson Nov 25, 2016

The massive explosion happened near the village of Shomali, 60 miles south of Baghdad

Callum Paton Nov 24, 2016

Fighters and journalists came under fire at a newly-liberated airport outside Tal Afar.

Campbell MacDiarmid Nov 23, 2016

Former Morrisons security guard Omar Hussain says he was shot whilst fighting with the Islamic State.

William Watkinson Nov 22, 2016

Arbaeen commemorates the end of a 40-day mourning period after the killing of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, during a battle in 680 AD.

David Sim Nov 21, 2016

European attacks easier to plan rather than recruits travelling to Syria or Iraq to fight coalition forces.

Jen Offord Nov 19, 2016

French-born Rachid Kassim is linked to several terror attacks in Europe and praised the Nice terror attack.

William Watkinson Nov 19, 2016

Jack Letts is believed to be the first white Briton to travel to Isis-held Syria in 2014.

William Watkinson Nov 17, 2016

Isis appears to have massacred the policemen just one month before start of US-backed forces assault on Mosul.

Callum Paton Nov 17, 2016

There is an overwhelming sense of uncertainty as Iraqi special forces press ahead with their offensive on the Islamist group's last big stronghold in Iraq.

Alex Wheeler Nov 17, 2016

The President-elect has contradicted himself often on policy towards Iran and the Arab world.

Miriam Goldman-Eps Nov 17, 2016