President Obama announced the deployment of 300 US military advisors to Iraq to help government forces beat back the ISIS militants that have seized a third of the country.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that the numerous executions that have occurred over the past week in Iraq "almost certainly amount to war crimes."
Ayman al-Zawahiri purged ISIS from al-Qaeda and confered the local franchise on the rival Nusra Front. But with the old Qaeda leadership moribund, ISIS now controls much of Iraq.
Iraq's contested northern city of Kirkuk was taken by Kurdish forces after being abandoned by the army—while the ISIS offensive is halted just 75 miles outside Baghdad.
An estimated half a million people have fled Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, since it was seized by ISIS forces—who have since taken Tikrit and are advancing on Baghdad.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an assault on Samarra in central Iraq and then attempted to seize the northern city of Mosul, pointing to a renewed insurgency.
The International Criminal Court has reopened a preliminary investigation into alleged mistreatment and killings of Iraqi detainees in Iraq by UK military forces.
An “Anti-Shia Alliance” convention in Jakarta brought togehter interntional Sunni militants to declare “jihad” on “heretics”—as sectarian attacks mount in Syria and Iraq.
The Iraqi Justice Ministry temporarily closed Abu Ghraib prison due to security concerns, citing a growing Sunni-backed insurgency within the local Anbar province.
Iraq's oil production surged to its highest level in over 30 years last month—as insurgent and terrorist attacks claim more lives than at any time since 2007.
Human Rights Watch reports that Iraqi security officials are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting them to torture, ill-treatment and threats of sexual abuse.
Amid protests from international rights groups over a wave of executions and poor judicial standards, Iraq announced the execution of another 26 on terrorism charges.
