Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
After Fleeing Homes, Iraqis Near Mosul Wait For Tents
A sea of tents stretches to the horizon at a camp for displaced near Mosul but Ahmed Hassan says he and 17 relatives...
Iraq Holds Detainees In ‘horrendous Conditions’ Near Mosul
Iraq's interior ministry is holding over 1,200 men and boys suspected of ties to jihadists in "horrendous conditions"...
Iraq Forces Advance After Jihadists ‘trapped’ In Mosul
Iraqi forces said Monday they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has...
IS Fighters Left In Mosul Will Die, Says US Envoy McGurk
Any so-called Islamic State (IS) fighters left in Mosul will die in the Iraqi city, a US envoy co-ordinating the...
Iraqi Helicopter Fires At ISIS Targets In Besieged Mosul
An Iraqi Army helicopter fires a missile at ISIS positions as government forces seeking to retake Mosul said they had...
Iraqi Forces Retake Third of West Mosul
Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said Sunday, after a week of...
Iraq Forces Retake Over A Third of West Mosul, Commander Says
Iraqi forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group, a commander said, as Baghdad's...
In Conflict Zones, Companies Struggle With Ethics Vs Profits
Some multinationals working in conflict zones are turning to ethically dubious practices to keep their factories...
Iraq Paramilitaries Say Mass Grave of Hundreds Found
Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul...
Fear and Hunger In Iraq’s West Mosul
The luckiest of west Mosul's residents under Islamic State group rule had tomato concentrate. Potatoes were an almost...
Iraq Says No Sign of IS Chemical Weapons Use In Mosul
Iraq's UN envoy said Friday there was no evidence that the Islamic State group had used chemical weapons in the battle...
Iraq Battles IS In Mosul, Commander Says Resistance Weakening
Iraqi special forces battled the Islamic State group on Friday in west Mosul, where a commander said jihadist...
Mosul Church Turned Into IS Religious Police Base
The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with Islamic State group propaganda after the jihadists'...
Amal Clooney Urges Iraq To Allow Probe of IS Crimes
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Thursday urged Iraq to agree to a UN investigation of atrocities committed by the...
US Deploys More Troops In Syria, Turning Up Heat On IS
The United States turned up the heat on the Islamic State group Thursday, sending an additional 400 US troops into...
Tired But Happy, Iraqis Finally Escape Mosul Jihadists
Civilians rush down a hillside on the outskirts of Mosul to waiting Iraqi forces, tired but happy after finally being...
Suicide Bombers Kill 26 At Iraq Wedding Celebration
Two suicide bombers attacked a celebration being held the night before a wedding north of Baghdad, killing 26 people, a...
IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to...
IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...