On Monday, the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) foiled an ISIS plot to spoil the one-year anniversary of Iraq's victory over the terrorist group. The militants attempted to enter Diyala Province before being arrested and killed by the PMF.
Nadia Murad, one of thousands of Yazidi women taken captive by IS militants, was honoured for her 'efforts to end use of sexual violence as a weapon of war'.
The Iraqi Government and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) have launched a national strategy to combat violence against women in an event in Baghdad. The strategy provides a framework on which policy makers will draw actions on preventing violence against women and girls.
In a recent interview with former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, Abadi stressed that his country, which declared its victory against ISIS exactly one year ago, waged a comprehensive war against the terrorist organisation.
One year ago, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) announced the country's victory over the terrorist group ISIS. On Saturday and Monday nights, Iraqis took to the streets to celebrate this occasion.
Following the heinous atrocities committed by ISIS in Iraq and Syria, a UN team will finally begin to put together a case detailing the war crimes committed by the group.
Residents from the Iraqi city of Ramadi - once an ISIS stronghold - find plants grown and cultivated by ISIS militants to produce drugs. The manufactured drugs were sold and used as a source of income by the militant group.
More than 10,000 books have been collected by festival organizers and distributed to primary and secondary schools in the city of Mosul. The reading festival seeks to show that Iraqis stand against ISIS' extremism and backwards ideology.