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Israeli forces have distributed leaflets to Syrian regime forces near the Golan Heights warning them not to deal with Hezbollah and other Iran-backed militias.
An Islamic State group militant attack on a police headquarters in Kirkuk has killed at least two officers and injured five others, according to reports.
Dutch to compensate survivor of 2015 Iraq air strike
Basim Razzo lost four family members after the Dutch military said it bombed a house where IS militants were believed to be located.
The Iraq Report: Islamic State is making a comeback
The forces of the Islamic State are once more on the march.
Don't let Islamic State exploit coronavirus
Comment: IS will exploit any instability, including a potential humanitarian crisis caused by coronavirus, writes Paul Iddon.
Baghdadi dead, but the turmoil he thrived on continues
Comment: US policy in the region has bolstered the forces that allowed IS to rise, while weakening the forces that have fought it, writes Sam Hamad.
Iraqi civilians transferred home from camps despite humanitarian concerns
The Iraqi government's policy of returning displaced persons to their homes concerns humanitarian groups as their houses have often been ...
Book Club: This powerful essay collection touching on love, loss, dual identities, exile and grief, celebrates the oft-overlooked Arab women ...
IS kills 3 Iraq village chiefs in a week
Jihadists have killed three village chiefs in less than a week in Iraq's restive north, local officials said Saturday, as the targeting of state ...
Awaiting judgement: Meeting the IS families
Special report: Inside the al-Shaham camp, where women and children are held indefinitely because of the crimes committed by their husbands, ...
Photoblog: Meeting ISIS families in their desert prisons
Camp Shaham hides a secret: The displaced women and children here can't leave - they are accused of supporting the Islamic State group. Photos ...
Iraq has become a kleptocrat's dream
Comment: The gulf between what a significant number of Iraqis want, and what political elites and foreign powers are willing to give them, has ...
Canada ends military training of Iraqi Kurds
Ottowa has said its Special Operations Task Force has ended training Iraqi forces after suspending the assistance last year.
The Iraq Report: Constitutional and health crises follow elections
Our weekly round-up of the latest from Iraq
Is Sadr poised to lift Iraq out of sectarianism?
Comment: The Sairoun bloc's victory is proof that a significant popular base exists that is ready to accept radical change, regardless of who ...
Washington: No survivors in Iraq helicopter crash
No one survived the US helicopter crash when it went down on Thursday afternoon near the town of Qaim in the Anbar province, US officials have revealed.
Islamic State families struggle with life after the 'caliphate'
In-depth: Victory against the Islamic State group has seen hundreds of families in Mosul still paying the price of crimes committed by their ...
IS attacks kill 25 civilians, troops in northern Iraq
Islamic State group fighters in Iraq continue to claim lives, despite the country's government declaring victory over the militants last year.
Iraqi, Turkish actions against Kurds give Islamic State respite
Analysis: Turning attention to claiming territory from Kurds in Iraq and Afrin risks allowing IS the space to regroup, writes Paul Iddon.
The Iraq Report: No ‘post-IS phase’
Our round-up of this week in Iraq
Iraq sends reinforcements to Kirkuk to quell IS 'sleeper-cells'
The Iraqi military has deployed reinforcements to the northern city of Kirkuk after the Islamic State group carried out attacks against ...
IS continue their killing rampage in Iraq
Two policemen have been killed by IS militants at an oilfield in Iraq, showing the group has still not been vanished from the country.
Iraqi Kurds say 4,000 IS fighters detained, including foreigners
The number includes 1,000 IS fighters who surrendered during the battle for Hawija, the last IS urban stronghold in Iraq until its fall ...
Mass grave of IS victims uncovered in Iraq
A mass grave thought to contain bodies of civilians and security forces has been discovered near Hawija in northern Iraq, one of IS' ...
This week in Iraq: Was Abadi's declaration of victory just a political stunt?
Bodies of dozens of Yazidis were found by Iraqi authorities in the northern Sinjar region.
Interview: Najmaldin Karim, the former governor of Kirkuk, speaks exclusively to The New Arab.
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