Officials confirm Baghdad airplane shooting
Flights at Baghdad airport have been cancelled, but Transport Ministry assures safety after a Fly Dubai plane took machine gun fire.
View ArticleQ&A: Peshmerga General Secretary Jabar Yawar
The chief of Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces discusses the fight against IS militants and new efforts to train irregular forces.
View ArticleAnbar battle highlights IS challenge
Elite Iraqi forces have repelled a siege by IS militants that threatened to choke transit routes to a base for U.S. military training and coordination.
View ArticleDeadly tribal conflicts hit southern Iraq
Disputes between tribes in Basra and Missan turn violent as government security forces – spread thin by the fight against IS militants – struggle to restore order.
View ArticleMilitias oversee spiking violence in Diyala
Shia militias who chased Islamic State militants from Diyala province are being blamed for intensifying sectarian violence, including the assassination of two aides to the governor.
View ArticleUPDATE: Car bomb explodes near U.S. consulate in Erbil
Attackers did not penetrate consulate security or injure any American personnel, but at least three people were killed.
View ArticleErbil bombing suspect arrested
With a suspect in custody, Kurdistan security council says car bomb was detonated remotely.
View ArticleShia militias skirmish with presidential guards
Tensions rise in northern Salahaddin province after militiamen confiscated vehicles and weapons from Iraqi President Fuad Masum's Kurdish Peshmerga bodyguards.
View ArticleAfter seizing Ramadi, IS presses Anbar campaign
After taking Anbar's capital, IS fighters are seizing more territory and threatening the Habbaniya air base, a key staging area for a potential Iraqi counter-attack.
View ArticleQ&A: Anbari tribal leaders
The fall of Ramadi was long in the making, and is only the latest symptom of long-standing dysfunction in the Iraqi government's strategy for Anbar province.
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