Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has stepped down to make way for Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi, voicing support for his successor.
The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists have abducted over 100 Yazidi women and children, a senior commander in the group says.
The claim that 40,000 Yazidis have been trapped in Iraq’s Mount Sinjar is the pretext for US military intervention in Iraq, as set out by US President Barack Obama.
Shiite Turkmen families from Tal Afar in Northern Iraq have been fleeing south to the Shiite holy city of Najaf to escape so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group’s onslaught in the north of the country.
The Takfiri terrorists in Iraq are currently in control of seven oil fields and large amounts of the country’s wheat supplies.
The UN has declared the highest level of emergency in Iraq as the Takfiri militants’ advance threatens minority groups in the country as the Security Council urged Iraq's new PM designate to form an inclusive government.
Iraq's incumbent Premier Nouri al-Maliki has hinted that only a federal court ruling can decide whether he must leave office or not.
A bomb explosion has hit a checkpoint near the house of Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi in the capital, Baghdad.
Iraq's new prime minister-designate has won swift endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States and Iran as he called on political leaders to end crippling feuds that have let jihadists seize a third of the country.
Britain is sending RAF Tornado jets in preparation for a surveillance mission scanning northern Iraq where military aid flights are dropping supplies to thousands of refugees fleeing ISIL terrorist group.