Iraq’s new parliament to hold first session since October election
Party headed by reformist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won most seats in election
Party headed by reformist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr won most seats in election
‘Good election machine’ propels Mahdi Army leader and Reform bloc Sadrists to success
Once hated by the US and tied to Iran, the Shia cleric’s bloc won the most votes in elections
Isis focus on Arab world may starve western intelligence as affiliate groups go dormant
Even if Isis is defeated, the attraction of its ideology is unlikely to disappear
Turkish and Iraqi governments’ dispute casts pall on effort to oust Islamic State
Islamist militants burn towns and oil wells as they flee ahead of the battle for Mosul
Offensive to push Isis out of Iraq’s second-largest city nearly ready to start
Advance slowed down due to Islamic State snipers, roadside bombs, tunnel networks
Partition could be only remedy for country’s troubles
Civilians flee violence as an uneasy alliance tries to take back towns near Mosul
Sectarian tensions harm efforts to combat Islamic State with Shia-Sunni alliance
Protests in Iran after crush near Mecca that left more than 700 pilgrims dead
Review: Another week, another ‘why didn’t anyone listen to me?’ book about Iraq, writes Anakana Schofield
Fall of Ramadi raises questions about strategy of avoiding using ground troops
Militants’ Anbar advance gives more ammunition to Iraq premier’s rivals
Rapid growth of Islamic State has astonished observers
The Obama administration weakened its hand by delaying its response in Iraq
The time of rapid conquest may be over, but nobody thinks IS is beaten
US president says his administration placed too much trust in the Iraqi military
Analysis: Airstrikes are of limited value if the US can't rely on local troops
One of few witness accounts emerges of massacre of Iraqi soldiers at ex-US base in Tikrit
Review: Patrick Cockburn’s book about Isis and the new Sunni uprising examines how the West got it wrong
Pentagon officials say militants ‘beyond a terrorist group’ and may take years to defeat
US expands reach of air strikes to help wrest control of areas seized by Islamic State fighters
Barack Obama promised a new US approach to the region, but he has moved little from the policies of George W Bush. The superpower is becoming embroiled abroad once more
Broadcaster says Haider al-Abadi was in charge of company which serviced its elevators
Islamic State faces down Kurdish fighters and targets country’s dams
Some of the dead, all men aged 25 to 40, were blindfolded and had their hands bound
Iraq’s prime minister says no one in the country or neighbouring countries is safe
Formerly shunned by the US, Chalabi is seen as a potentially unifying force
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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