Archaeologists and historians are outraged after militants from the Islamic State (IS) bulldozed the excavation site of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud.
A video has emerged online showing Islamic State militants smashing ancient artefacts to pieces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
The report published by the al-Sweady Inquiry has found that charges of murder levelled at a number of British troops by Iraqi prisoners were “without foundation”, but that nonetheless there were instances of ill-treatment at Camp Abu Naji, near Basra in southern Iraq in May 2004.
Iranian aircraft have been used to bomb Islamic State positions within Iraq, a US official has confirmed, but the action was not coordinated with US forces.
Lebanese security forces have detained a wife and son of the secretive leader of the Islamic State (IS) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after they were discovered in a town near the Syrian border.