Blonde Iraqi candidate with pink lipstick causes outrage on Facebook
An upcoming Iraqi parliamentary candidate has been lambasted for her excessive make-up and blonde hair.
Iraqis have been used to seeing female parliamentarians belonging...
Freed Indian nurses say ISIS were their “protectors” and called them “sisters”
46 Indian nurses who were held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have praised the insurgents for their good behaviour...
ISIS destroy Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul according to Iraqi army
ISIS fighters have reportedly blown up the historic Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul according to the Iraqi army.
Iraqi government forces and Shia militias advanced...
Iraq’s most influential Shia leader issues call to arms to fight ISIS
Iraq's most senior Shia cleric has issued an unprecedented call to arms after the al Qaeda offshoot ISIS seized more towns in northern Iraq.
The...
Foreign ISIS fighters likely to be well educated but unemployed
A study by the World Bank of 4,000 leaked ISIS membership documents shows ISIS fighters are likely to be better educated and better off...
Bangladeshi workers beaten and humiliated by Iraqi soldiers
Hundreds of Bangladeshi construction workers have been beaten and mocked by Iraqi soldiers after becoming dragged into their host country's sectarian conflict.
Some had their...
UN report: Over 55,000 casualties in Iraq in 22 months
A UN report released today details the severe and extensive impact on civilians of the ongoing conflict in Iraq, with at least 18,802 civilians...
Trump pardons U.S. security guards who massacred 14 Iraqi civilians
President Trump has pardoned four U.S. security guards who were serving jail sentences for massacring 14 civilians, including two children, in Baghdad in 2007.
The...
Steven Sotloff was an Israeli citizen who pretended to be a Chechen Muslim
Murdered journalist Steven Sotloff was a dual US-Israeli national that told locals during the Arab Spring he was a "Chechen Muslim".
The freelance journalist who...
ISIS demolishes sunni shrines and shia mosques
ISIS, which has been gaining ground in the north and west of Iraq since last month, has been demolishing sacred sunni and shia sites...
