The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has confirmed that its senior operative Abu Omar al-Shishani has been killed just south of Mosul.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Iraq, 'Harvard for terrorism' on Tuesday at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Iraqi government forces have been involved in intense fighting to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group out of Fallujah in Anbar province.

At least 11 Libyan fighters have been killed in battles with fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) near the city of Sirte. Forces loyal to the government in Tripoli say they are making gains but ISIL denies it is losing ground.

The Iraqi army troops and allied militia continued on Friday what is expected to be a long and difficult offensive to retake the second city of Mosul, the Islamic State group's main hub in Iraq.

At least 60 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq.

Although combat is over in Afghanistan and Iraq, some of those soldiers who've returned home are still fighting. But they're not fighting al Qaeda or the Taliban... they're fighting Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Roadside bombs near Iraq's capital kill at least 70 while military comes under assault in Abu Ghraib and near Fallujah. Rob Matheson reports.