Iraqi insurgency
Iraq Forces Launch Broad Attack On IS Holdouts In Mosul
Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of battleground second city Mosul still held by the Islamic State...
US Probe Finds More Than 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike
A US strike targeting Islamic State fighters in a Mosul building in Iraq in March killed at least 105 civilians when...
US Probe Finds More Than 100 Civilians Killed In Mosul Air Strike
A US strike targeting Islamic State fighters in a Mosul building in Iraq in March killed at least 105 civilians when...
Iraq Probes Report of Rights Abuses In Mosul Operation
Iraq is investigating a report that members of a special forces unit carried out torture, summary killings and rapes...
Iraq Radio Show Finds Talent Amid Rubble of Mosul
It's a radio talent contest with a mission: showcasing the skills of Mosul's youth after years of jihadist rule and a...
No Increase In Civilian Deaths Under Trump
A top US Air Force official on Wednesday denied claims that civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria are soaring under...
Iraq War Made Britain Prime Jihadist Target
Britain has been a prime target for jihadist groups for nearly 15 years, beginning with Al-Qaeda and now the Islamic...
On Mosul’s Front Line, Iraqi Refuses To Quit Beloved Home
Standing at the gate of his house in Iraq's war-torn city of Mosul, Muwaffaq al-Obeidi watches as waves of displaced...
Syria Army Retakes Villages After Deadly IS Attack
The Syrian army has regained full control of two central villages from the Islamic State group after an attack that...
UN Says Struggling To Cope With Mosul Exodus
The exodus of civilians from the battleground city of Mosul has reached an unprecedented level, leaving aid agencies...
On Mosul Front, Iraqi Forces Come As Civilians Go
The black Humvee slaloming between car bomb carcasses and mortar craters stops to let fleeing civilians cross and then...
US-Led Coalition Denies East Syria Strike That Killed Civilians
The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Wednesday it did not conduct strikes in the eastern Syrian...
Jihadists Snaring Starving Civilians In Mosul Death Trap
Jihadists preparing for a desperate last stand in Mosul are booby-trapping homes with civilians inside and welding...
Anti-IS Coalition Meets In Denmark To Assess Campaign
Key members of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria meet in Copenhagen on Tuesday to...
US Confirms Death of ISIL Leader In Afghanistan
The head of ISIL in Afghanistan was killed in an operation led by Afghan Special Forces in the eastern province of...
Iraq Forces Launch New Push On IS In West Mosul
Iraqi forces thrust into west Mosul from the north on Thursday, opening a new front in the more than six-month-old...
11 Journalists Killed In Iraq In Past Year
Eleven journalists died covering conflict or were assassinated in Iraq during the past year, a Baghdad-based watchdog...
‘Dozens Killed’ In ISIL Attack On Northeast Syria
At least 37 people, including dozens of civilians, have been killed in an attack by ISIL fighters targeting a crossing...
IS Attack ‘kills 32 Near Syria Refugee Camp On Iraq Border’
At least 32 people were killed on Tuesday in an Islamic State group attack near a refugee camp on the Syrian side of...