Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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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...

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Syrian Actors Bring Cost of War Home To NY Audience

Six Syrian actors battled a fraught US visa process to tread the boards in New York this week, seeking to impress on...

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Global Terror Attacks Down, Iran Again Top ‘state Sponsor’

The US State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, while it maintained its...

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Mosul Looks To Rise From the Ashes

The battle over, it's now time to start rebuilding Iraq's second city, parts of which were literally flattened during...

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Iraqis Accused of Siding With IS Targeted For Revenge

Revenge attacks against Iraqis accused of siding with the Islamic State group in Mosul are on the rise after Iraqi...

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Kremlin Says ‘contradictory’ Reports On Baghdadi Death

Moscow on Monday said it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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US-Backed Forces Say Advancing Against IS In Syria’s Raqa

US-backed forces said Monday they had seized a new neighbourhood from the Islamic State group in the jihadist...

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Syria War Has Killed More Than 330,000

More than 330,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since it started six years ago, around a third of them...

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Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced

Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him and thousands...

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Leader of Afghan IS Branch Killed In US Raid

US forces killed the leader of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan branch in a raid earlier this week in the...

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US Has No Proof IS Leader Baghdadi Is Dead

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday he cannot confirm whether or not Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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US-Backed Forces In New Push Against IS In Raqa

US-backed forces captured a new district from jihadists in Syria's Raqa but struggled to hold their positions against...

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Iraq’s Mosul Residents Search For Their Old City Dead

Abdelrazaq Salman has lost everything but clings onto one last hope: finding the bodies of his family members killed...

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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...

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Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces

Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally...

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IS Magazine Claims June Attacks In Paris, Brussels

The Islamic State group on Thursday said two of its members were responsible for attempted attacks in Paris and...

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West Mosul Residents Start Mammoth Task of Rebuilding

Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall....

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US Troops Inside Raqa, IS Syria Stronghold

US military advisors are operating inside the city of Raqa, the Islamic State group's last major bastion in Syria, a US...

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WFP Expands Food Aid Deliveries In Syria’s Raqa

The UN's World Food Programme announced Wednesday it has resumed aid deliveries in parts of Syria's Raqa province for...