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New Chief of Staff John Kelly A Retired Marine General
John Kelly, US President Donald Trump's new chief of staff, is a retired Marine Corps general who had been serving as...
Iran, Iraq Vow To Boost Military Ties
Iran and Iraq on Sunday signed deals aimed at boosting military cooperation during a visit by Baghdad's Defence...
German Jihadi Girl Arrested In Iraq
A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a...
IS Families, Mosul Displaced Live Side-By-Side In Iraq Camp
Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. But...
Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces
Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State...
ISIS Admits Its Leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Is Dead
ISIS has finally admitted its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to reports in Iraq. The terror group is...
Iran and Oman To Strengthen Ties Amid Gulf Crisis
Iran and Oman will work to boost their ties, the Islamic republic's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, as a...
US Eyes Continued Presence In Iraq After IS
The United States and several coalition countries want to maintain a military footprint in Iraq after the eventual...
India Begins Search For Missing Citizens After Mosul Victory
India on Monday announced it will send a top minister to Iraq in an effort locate dozens of its missing citizens after...
Iran Congratulates Iraq On Mosul Victory
Iran has congratulated Iraq on its declared victory over the Islamic State jihadist group in Mosul and offered its help...
World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss
Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly...
Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’
Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...
Iraq’s Second City and Cultural Jewel
Mosul, wrested from the Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday, is Iraq's second city and one of its cultural jewels....
The Islamic State Group In Iraq, Syria
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Sunday in the "liberated" city of Mosul, the Islamic State...
Iraq PM Declares Victory In ‘liberated’ Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the "liberated" city of Mosul on Sunday, his office said,...
Mosul Victory Announcement ‘imminent’
Iraqi authorities will imminently announce a final victory in the battle to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State...
IS Fighters Killed Trying To Flee West Mosul
A group of jihadists tried to escape across the Tigris River from west Mosul where they hold a dwindling pocket of...
IS Kills Two Iraqi TV Journalists South of Mosul
Two Iraqi journalists working for Hona Salaheddin television in a village south of Mosul were killed by the Islamic...
IS On ‘last Legs’ In Mosul
The Islamic State group is on the verge of defeat in its former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, where the jihadists will be...