Is Iraq on the verge of another refugee crisis? Or worse?
The US faces more tough choices to prevent a repeat of the 1991 humanitarian disaster in Iraq.
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The US faces more tough choices to prevent a repeat of the 1991 humanitarian disaster in Iraq.
Thousands of Iraqis, predominantly from the minority Yazidi ethnic and Christian groups, have fled to mountainous regions to escape an advance by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq.
Islamic State insurgents capture two northern Iraqi towns and an oil field in their first major victory over Kurdish fighters, according to witnesses.
Europeans may think WWI is history, but people in the Arab world are still living with the fury and violence the conflict caused.
With Baghdad battling Isis militants, will Iraqi Kurds finally achieve the goal of an independent Kurdish state?
The US military says it has deployed armed manned and unmanned aircraft over Iraq to protect its soldiers, and may consider targeting “high value individuals”.
I was in Baghdad in 2003, filming “shock and awe”. Despite the violence, it was a time of hope. But now the Iraqi capital is riven by terrorism and state-sponsored violence.
The head of the global chemical weapons watchdog tells Channel 4 News it is an “open question” if hidden chemical weapons remain in Syria, two days after the last shipment was supposed to have left.
US Secretary of State John Kerry says the US will not delay in helping Iraq defeat the Isis insurgency.
With fighting still ongoing, Iraqi militants have reportedly taken control of most of the Baiji oil refinery in northern Iraq.
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Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni Islamists, President Hassan Rouhani says.
Iraq is descending into sectarian war as Baghdad-bound Sunni insurgents encounter a Shia uprising – but US President Barack Obama says he will not be sending in ground troops.
It has been 23 years since my first visit to Iraqi Kurdistan and I have never quite got over the beauty of the place, the warmth of the people, or the memory of what humanitarian intervention achieved here.
A spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraam (Isis), urges fighters to march on Baghdad, as the group makes rapid advances through Iraq and Kurdish fighters secure the northern city of Kirkuk.