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Islamic State (IS) fighters launched a string of counter-attacks in a western Mosul neighbourhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting of clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said.
World
A Swiss journalist has died from injuries she suffered in a mine blast in Mosul earlier this week while reporting on the fight against the Islamic State group.
World
Russia has fired cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at Islamic State positions in Syria, the defence ministry said.
World
Islamic State has blown up a historic landmark in Mosul, the city's famed 12th century al-Nuri mosque with its leaning minaret known as al-Hadba.
World
The Islamic State group destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul and the famous leaning minaret when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures, Iraq's Ministry of Defence has said.
World
Police in Spain have arrested three Moroccans, including a suspected member of Islamic State considered to be a clear threat to national security, the interior ministry said.
World
The US military said it has shot down an Iranian-made armed drone in southern Syria, marking the third time this month that the US has downed aircraft affiliated with Syrian president Bashar Assad's government.
World
A French video journalist and an Iraqi colleague have been killed in a mine blast while covering the operation to root out Islamic State extremists from Mosul.
World
Iraqi troops have pushed into the last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul, formally launching the final major battle of an eight-month campaign to drive the militants out of the city.
World
More than 100 Islamic State militants have launched a counter-attack in Mosul, killing 11 federal police and four civilians, Iraqi security officials said.
World
At least two people have died and more than 700 have fallen ill due to food poisoning at a camp for displaced people near the Iraqi city of Mosul.
World
US president Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Qatar to stop what he calls a "high level" of financial support of terrorism.
World
Five of the men who launched an attack in the heart of Iran's capital previously fought for Islamic State, the country's intelligence ministry has said.
World
Iraqi Kurds will hold an independence referendum on September 25, according to the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Masoud Barzani.
World
The fight for Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, will "only accelerate" as the militants lose their grip on the Iraqi city of Mosul, a senior US official has said.
World
The children of Mosul are bearing the brunt of the intensified fight between government forces and the Islamic State group in the Iraqi city's western half, the United Nations has warned.
World
Troops have captured a key town near Mosul from Islamic State militants, a senior Iraqi leader said.
World
Turkey plans to build walls along its borders with Iraq and Iran, similar to that currently being erected along the frontier with Syria, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced.
World
The founder of one of the main Islamic State (IS) media outlets has been killed in an air strike in eastern Syria, activists said.
World
A massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream parlour in central Baghdad and a rush-hour car bomb in another central area have killed at least 31 people, officials said.
World
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander has been killed in an explosion during clashes with the Islamic State group west of Mosul, an Iraqi official said.
World
Iraqi officials have demanded compensation from the US-led coalition over an air strike in Mosul which killed more than 100 civilians.
World
A Pentagon investigation has found that more than 100 civilians were killed after the US dropped a bomb on a building in Mosul, Iraq, in March.
World
The liberation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul "is imminent" and the days of the Islamic State group's self-declared caliphate "are numbered", the UN envoy for Iraq has said.
World
At least four soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a military training centre north of Baghdad.
World
Iraq's special forces declared their mission in Mosul complete on Saturday after the group retook the last western districts from the Islamic State group within their area of operation, according to a military spokesman.
World
Syrian has said an aerial "aggression" by the US-led coalition on a government military position near the border with Jordan killed several soldiers and caused material damage.
News Feature
An Iraqi archbishop has appealed for support for Christians as they face a "critical time" of recovery from brutal persecution.
World
The US-led coalition fighting Islamic State has said it hit pro-Syrian government forces near the border with Jordan that "posed a threat" to US forces and rebel groups in the area.
World
Another 200,000 people may flee their homes as the fighting in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul intensifies, the United Nations has said.
World
Nato top brass have recommended that the military alliance join the international coalition fighting Islamic State (IS).
UK
Teenage cadets joined veterans in their 90s for an annual march to honour those who have given their lives in conflict.
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World
Iraq's Shiite-led militia force has launched an operation to retake a small village held by the Islamic State group west of the embattled city of Mosul.
World
Iraqi forces are moving to surround Mosul's Old City, a week after launching a fresh push to drive Islamic State militants from areas they still hold.
UK
A top lawyer accused of improperly pursuing torture and murder claims against British soldiers in Iraq denies he breached his professional code of conduct.
World
At least two soldiers have died after militants launched multiple suicide attacks against a Peshmerga base in Iraq.
World
US combat troops will not stay on in Iraq after the fight against Islamic State is over, Iraq's prime minister has said.
World
Iraq is in talks with the US to keep American troops there after the fight against Islamic State in the country is concluded, government officials say.
World
Israel claims to have intercepted a "projectile" fired from Syria, just hours after an apparent Israeli missile attack on a military installation near Damascus International Airport.
World
Iraqi forces say they have captured Hatra, a 2,000-year-old historical site near the northern city of Mosul where a battle with the Islamic State group has been raging for months.
World
Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes against suspected Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq and north-eastern Syria on Tuesday, the military said, in a bid to prevent militants from smuggling fighters and weapons into Turkey.
World
Militants ambushed and killed a convoy of Iraqi off-duty soldiers killing 10 and wounding 20, the country's military said.
World
Islamic State (IS) militants have attacked an Iraqi police base in a town that is being used as a staging ground for the Mosul offensive, killing at least one policeman.
World
Qatar has secured the release of 26 hostages, including members of the ruling family, who have spent over a year in captivity after a highly complex and sensitive negotiation.
World
Twenty-six hostages, including members of Qatar's ruling family, have been released after 16 months in captivity in Iraq.
Westminster
British air strikes in Iraq have killed more than 1,300 Islamic State fighters in 12 months, according to new figures.
World
Syrian president Bashar Assad still has up to three tons of chemical weapons, Israeli defence officials said.
World
An airstrike on a village in north western Syria has killed 10 people - a woman and nine children, activists say.
World
Almost half a million civilians have fled Mosul since the start of a massive operation by US-backed Iraqi forces to retake the city from Islamic State militants.
World
Islamic State militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul, the Iraqi military has claimed.
World
The Islamic State group has lost more than three-quarters of the territory it seized when it swept across Iraq in the summer of 2014, the Iraqi military said.
World
Islamic State militants have shot down an Iraqi army helicopter over Mosul, killing the two-member crew, the Iraqi government said.
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At least 22 people have been killed in suicide attacks by Islamic militants in Tikrit, north of Baghdad.
Editor's picks
A former serviceman who suffers from post traumatic stress after a tour of duty in Iraq was jailed for four months at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday.
Moray
A soldier from the Kinloss Army Barracks has been commended for his heroism in the Middle East at a ceremony which unveiled a lasting tribute to his comrades.
Editor's picks
Top guns from RAF Lossiemouth have brought Islamic State to breaking point after a series of strikes aimed at liberating the terrorist group's last stronghold in Iraq.
Moray
Fighter jets have bombed a high-level terrorist meeting this week as the RAF continues the fight in Iraq and Syria.
Aberdeen
A proposed twinning between Aberdeen and the Iraqi port of Basra was among the more unusual revelations from the Chilcot report.
UK
Sir John Chilcot has delivered his long-awaited verdict on the 2003 Iraq war - and declared it was "not a last resort" in a damning assessment of the path to military action to topple Saddam Hussein.
UK
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been labelled the "world's worst terrorist" by the sister of a soldier who died during the invasion of Iraq.
Scotland
The SNP said the "excoriating" verdict of the Chilcot Inquiry should lead to "political or legal consequences" for those responsible, accusing Tony Blair of having "blundered the country into war" at the cost of the lives of 179 British armed forces and almost 200,000 Iraqis.
Editor's picks
It's been seven years - and £10million - in the making but today the Chilcot report has finally been published.
Editor's picks
Fighter jets bombed three targets in Iraq last week as RAF forces stepped up the fight against the so-called Islamic State.
Moray
RAF Lossiemouth top guns have intensified their efforts to bring down the so-called Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
Lifestyle
A north-east man who left Scotland to fight Islamic State (IS) said he feels “ashamed” that his government has not done more for those suffering in the Middle East.
Moray
Jets from RAF Lossiemouth have played a key role in strikes over Syria and Iraq during the Christmas period, the Ministry of Defence has revealed.
Moray
The Ministry of Defence has revealed the details of air strikes launched by RAF Lossiemouth jets over Syria.
Moray
Jets from RAF Lossiemouth have completed bombing raids on IS targets in Syria for the first time.
Scotland
Scottish joiner Jamie McCarroll believes the UK government is not doing enough to help persecuted Christians in Northern Iraq.
Politics
The Iraq War was thrust into the centre of the Labour leadership race after Jeremy Corbyn said he would apologise for the conflict and defended comments comparing Islamic State (IS) to the US military.
Aberdeen
Alan Duncan said he had been "moved to tears" after seeing thousands of refugees left homeless following an IS slaughter last year.
Aberdeen
A north man has spoken from the Middle East about his fight against Islamic State - and insisted he is no "Xbox warrior" looking for 15 minutes of fame.
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Scotland
A former Scottish soldier who is reportedly fighting Islamic State in Iraq has said the UK Government’s response to the militants is “shameful”.
News
In his second exclusive column for the Press and Journal, Alex Salmond asks why the Chilcot Inquiry into the war in Iraq is still under wraps.
World
A public inquiry has found that allegations of murder and torture made against British soldiers by Iraqi detainees were "deliberate lies".
Westminster
RAF fighter jets were poised last night to launch strikes in Iraq for the third time in 25 years after MPs backed action against "psychopathic" terror group IS.
Aberdeen
An old friend of an Aberdeen man fighting for an Islamic extremist group in the Middle East has confirmed that he is still alive.
UK
A senior Free Church of Scotland figure has urged the UK Government to offer asylum to people displaced by the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
Aberdeen
A Gulf War veteran on trial accused of laundering money in Aberdeen was tricked into handling the cash by a man posing as a fellow soldier, a court has heard.
News
UK Government officials were last night investigating claims that a British man who fled to join the world’s most feared terrorist group has been killed in Iraq.
Comment
The rise of Isis as a force in Islamic extremism has posed a potential new threat to British oil workers in Iraq.
Scotland business
A sell-off in the technology sector and the broad range of shares driven higher by sheer momentum over the past year or so have triggered a move from money to value stocks.
Aberdeen
The parents of a war hero killed in Iraq have condemned the actions of a north-east man who appeared in a chilling jihadist recruitment video.
World
Aberdeen
An old friend of an Aberdeen man who was pictured in a recruiting video for jihadist group, Isis, has insisted he was not subjected to extremist views growing up in the north-east.
Aberdeen
An old friend of an Aberdeen man who turned to terrorism last night said his “chances of survival are minimal” in the Middle East.
Aberdeen
The best friend of a man identified as one of three British Islamic militants who appeared in a recruiting video believes his pal will be revelling in his new-found notoriety.
Aberdeen
David Cameron has been quizzed on the threat posed by home-grown jihadists after it emerged that an Aberdeen man had joined Islamist fighters in Syria.
Aberdeen
A UK Government minister said the revelation that an Aberdeen man has joined the ISIS militant group proved that "no community can be complacent" about the threat.
Aberdeen
An expert in Islamic terrorism has said he does not believe Aberdeen is facing a threat from radical Moslems.
Aberdeen
An MP has said that the fact an Aberdeen man has joined terror group Isis shows it can happen to any community.
Aberdeen
The Moslem community in Aberdeen was in shock last night after a man who grew up in the city was named as an Islamist militant fighting for the terror group ISIS.
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It's incredible to read how many British Muslims are fighting in Iraq and Syria, but now it is reported that a man brought up in Aberdeen features in a recruitment video for Islamic militant group Isis which has been viewed around the world.
Aberdeen
A third British man seen in a video posted by Islamic militants Isis is believed to be from Aberdeen.
World
The "bravest orchestra in the world" from war-torn Iraq - but "made in Scotland" - has cancelled its planned debut in America because of the conflict in the Middle Eastern country.
Buckie
Feature column by Angus Robertson MP:
Aberdeen
North-east oil workers have started pulling out of Iraq as Islamic militants marching on Baghdad attacked the country's biggest energy terminal.
World
Following the militia attack on Iraq’s largest oil refinery, concerns have been raised over production levels in the region and their impact on the global price of oil.
Business
Oil explorer Serica Energy is buying BP's 18% stake in the Erskine field in the UK North Sea for £6.5million plus 27million new shares.
Westminster
The SNP has called for Tony Blair to be removed as peace envoy in the Middle East amid the growing crisis in Iraq.
Business
Oil prices have surged to a nine-month high after turmoil in Iraq threatened the outlook for production.
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UK and abroad
The Foreign Office has warned that UK oil workers are facing an increased threat of kidnapping in Iraq.
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