The BBC’s Jonathan Beale spent the day with the Badr Army on the outskirts of Baquba in Iraq. Much of the fighting is between the Isis extremists and Iraq’s oldest Shia military, the Badr Army, which is intensely loyal to the government and has a history of violence against Sunnis.
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A Shia militia group League of the Righteous has told the BBC that militant forces in Iraq, including Isis, are "terrified" of them.The BBC's Jeremy Bowen meets members of the group, which is fighting on the side of ...
The leader of jihadist militant group Isis has called on Muslims to travel to Iraq and Syria to help build an Islamic state, in an audio message. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims to immigrate to the "Islamic St...
The offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels has spread the fear of future attacks across Iraq. In the north of the country, around the city of Kirkuk, Isis fighters have carried out massacres and suicide bombings, ter...
In an exclusive interview with BBC Arabic, the PM of Iraq, Nouri Maliki has confirmed that Syria carried out air strikes on militants inside Iraqi territory this week. He said Syrian fighter jets had bombed militant ...
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari tells the BBC's John Simpson that the ''fight'' in Iraq with militant groups has regional and global implications.Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/bbcnewsCheck out our website: h...
