Baghdad Government

Planes bomb Islamic State fighters near Mosul dam

IS insurgents reportedly ‘massacred’ 80 Yazidis in a village in north of country

Obama ‘considering air strikes or aid drops’ in Iraq

Almost 200,000 Christians flee northern Iraqi town captured by Islamic State

Kurds seize Iraq oilfields as ministers pull out of government

Tensions between PM and Kurds scupper plans to agree new government to confront Isis

Iraqi forces kill 57 Islamist militants in Sunni province

Deaths occurred near Ramadi, where anti-government tensions are running high

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