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The New Arab Staff

Abd al-Aziz al-Taai

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Iraq's vice-president alleges that the Islamic State group have carried out their worst massacre to date, with the names of 2,000 victims posted on a wall in Mosul.

06 August, 2015

Islamic State extremists seized more territory on Friday in Salah al-Din province and attacked positions near the city of Fallujah in Iraq.

06 June, 2015

Unknown number of casualties as clashes break out between security forces and Popular Mobilisation Forces militiamen.

30 April, 2015

The offensive led by Iraqi government troops against the Islamic State group has reportedly resulted in heavy civilian casualties, caused by air and artillery bombardment.

30 March, 2015

Analysis: The Iraqi prime minister must straddle the fault-lines of tectonic diplomatic relations as he tries to align regional forces in the fight against the Islamic State group.

23 March, 2015

The leader of a powerful Iraqi tribe in Anbar province has said that he will punish members of his clan who joined the Islamic State group.

18 March, 2015

Dozens of families are fleeing renewed fighting in western Iraq's Anbar province.

13 March, 2015

The Iraqi army is advancing cautiously after a number of its soldiers have been killed in houses booby-trapped by IS extremists.

06 March, 2015

With an assault by Iraqi forces on Mosul expected in the coming months, the Islamic State group have raided homes in the city - hunting suspected collaborators.

23 January, 2015

The Islamic State group reported to have killed dozens of people in Salaheddin, shortly after prominent member was killed in battle to south of province.

07 January, 2015