With the city under siege, an estimated 90,000 residents are threatened by starvation, indiscriminate shelling and IS brutality – and they cannot leave.

Explosion at Khabbaz field sets fire to a minor well, but the attack exposes inadequate protection of northern oil infrastructure.

Attacks in Basra and Dhi Qar highlight the IS group's determination to use asymmetric tactics to strike southern Iraq, despite losses in the north.

As a ground offensive pushes slowly toward Mosul and air strikes intensify, IS militants use residents as human shields and step up executions to stifle internal dissent.

Several victims were hospitalized with respiratory problems after a barrage of shelling Wednesday morning near key energy infrastructure.

Security concerns in southeast Turkey are apparently preventing a restart to the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, forcing Kurdistan's oil operators to halt production and worsening the KRG’s fiscal crisis.

The severe disruption highlights the extent to which the KRG's oil sector and economy are vulnerable to Ankara’s fight with Kurds in Syria and Turkey.

With larger military presence and influence, U.S. pressures Iraqi government to empower tribal forces and local police.

Striking police officers take to the streets, decrying government pay cuts made in response to a crippling financial crisis.