An Iraqi minister who has been reported for alleged benefits fraud in Sweden is being investigated for suspected crimes against humanity, Swedish media report.
Iraq's defence minister, Najah al-Shammari, has been reported for benefits fraud in Sweden after allegedly claiming child and housing support for years, despite living in Baghdad, according to reports in Sweden.
The seven young children of dead Isis fighter Michael Skråmo have been taken from a Syrian refugee camp to Swedish authorities in Iraq, from where they will be brought home to Sweden.
A chemistry professor at Lund University dispatched a team of mercenaries into an Islamic State (also known as IS, Isis or Daesh) war zone to free one of her doctoral students and his family.
A court in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday cleared a Swedish woman of allegations that she belonged to Isis due to lack of evidence, a judicial source said.
Sweden's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Iraqi ambassador after a Swedish-Iraqi citizen sentenced for terror crimes was executed in the south of Iraq.
The Swedish government wants to send members of the country's police force to Iraq in order to help investigate Swedes who have travelled there to commit acts of terrorism, Sveriges Radio reports.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has promised to double his country's number of troops in Iraq following a meeting with Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi on Monday.
Paul Hansen, a photographer working for Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, has sustained light injuries after being hit by what appears to be a sniper while covering the battle for the Isis-held city of Mosul in Iraq.
Amir Ashour isn’t afraid to think big. From his base in southern Swedish city Malmö, he runs IraQueer, the first and only organization for the LGBT community in Iraq and the Kurdistan region. Ashour speaks to The Local about his life working in Sweden, his hopes of returning home, and his political ambitions.
At least 40 Swedish children aged 0-10 are believed to be staying with Isis after their parents travelled to Syria or Iraq to join the terror group, according to the national coordinator against violent extremism.
A 15-year-old pregnant Swedish teenager seized by extremist Islamist fighters in Syria earlier this year has been freed, anonymous sources have told Swedish broadcaster TV4 Nyheterna.
Swedish authorities have banned Baghdad-based carrier Iraqi Airways from flying to and from Sweden with immediate effect, said the Transport Agency on Wednesday.
A man from Sweden understood to have had a key role within Isis (also known as the Islamic State) has been killed in Iraq, according to reports in the Swedish media.
UPDATED: Three Swedes are thought to have succeeded in joining Isis in Syria or Iraq after multiple attempts to travel to the war-torn countries, Sweden's biggest news agency has reported.
Sweden has earmarked 70 million kronor ($8.44 million) in bilateral aid to Iraq in the coming year, the Nordic country's development aid minister revealed on Monday.
