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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: How a preacher became the 'caliph' of terror

Ever elusive, ISIS chief Baghdadi, who was 48 at the time of his death, oversaw the murder of thousands of civilians in the name of religion

Iraqi police fire shots, tear gas at Baghdad protesters; 23 killed

The protests in Iraq threaten to plunge the country into a new cycle of instability

Normalcy returns to Baghdad as authorities lift curfew; 72 killed in unrest

Authorities did not say why the curfew was lifted

Iraq increases security measures at base where US trainers stay

Balad air base, home to a squadron of Iraqi F-16 fighter jets, was hit with three mortar shells last week without inflicting casualties

This 88-year-old cleric holds the key to a stable and prosperous Iraq

Sistani's position at the pinnacle of the political pyramid is unprecedented for an Iraqi cleric

Not sure whether 39 Indians abducted from Mosul are living or dead: Iraq

After Iraqi forces recaptured Mosul, India is seeking its help to locate the 39 missing labourers

29 killed in two suicide attacks in Iraq

IS claim the attacks and says the operations were aimed at Shia groups in Karbala, Musayyib

Iraqis demand compensation after US probe into Mosul strike

Pentagon report that another 36 civilians may have been at the building at the time

Iraqi forces evacuate hundreds of civilians from Mosul

Troops have been fighting street by street to recapture al-Nuri Mosque

Iraqi forces retake over a third of west Mosul: Commander

Iraqi forces launched the operation to retake west Mosul on February 19

Iraqi forces recapture government offices in Mosul

Mosul fell to IS militants in 2014, and is proclaimed as capital of the group's 'Islamic Caliphate'

We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

Al-Abadi has taken a measured approach, but the issues can roil already difficult internal politics

Taking Iraq's Oil

Trump wants Iraq's oil, and he's not interested in sharing

Iraqi forces raise flag over Mosul University

Residents fleeing Mosul said university had been largely destroyed by airstrikes and artillery fire

2,400-year-old tomb full of skeletons discovered in Iraq

The tomb was constructed toward the end of the Achaemenid Empire (550 to 330 BC)

Iraq PM Abadi says opponents spreading fake news of bombings

Abadi said media outlets had been fed reports of bombings that never happened

IS truck bomb in Iraq kills 70 Shiite pilgrims

Most of the victims were Iranians, the largest contingent of foreigners in the pilgrimage

80 killed, 31 injured in suicide tanker blast in Iraq

Violence and armed conflicts killed 1,792 Iraqis and wounded 1,358 others in October across the country.

Iraq truck bomb kills 70, mostly Iranian pilgrims: official

Blast struck in the village of Shomali, 120 kilometres south-east of the capital Baghdad and around 80 kilometres from Karbala

Iraqi Prime Minister warns Turkey as Ankara deploys troops

According to sources, Turkish military had deployed tanks and artillery to Southeastern districts near the Iraqi border