northern Iraq
Trump Takes Over Islamic State Fight, Vowing To Finish It
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Islamic State is on the defensive in three countries and...
Obama Is From Venus, Putin Is From Mars. Obama Is An Idealist, Putin Is A Realist
The current global political, and security environment remains chaotic, dangerous, and unstable. While the Obama...
28 Dead As Twin Bombs Rip Through Market
The explosions happened one after another in the busy al-Sinak market. More than 50 people were injured. Police said a...
28 Dead As Twin Bombs Rip Through Market
At least 28 people have died in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in a double bombing claimed by so-called Islamic State...
Fresh Advance In East Mosul To Begin Within Days
Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U. S. battlefield...
Iraq Bomb Attack Targets Iranian Kurdish Opposition Party
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday's bomb attack Seven people have been killed and 15 wounded...
Nearly 2,000 Iraqi Troops, 900 Civilians Killed In November
Nearly 2,000 Iraqi troops were killed across Iraq in November as they battled to force ISIS extremists from the...
Shia Pilgrims Among More Than 80 Killed In IS Attack In Iraq
At least 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a...
The Variety of ‘Oil City’
About a month ago, photographer Eugenio Grosso traveled a 70-mile stretch in northern Iraq, from the city of Kirkuk to...
Islamic State Kills Civilians In Mosul To Deter Support For Army
Islamic State has summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul it accused of collaborating with U. S.-backed security forces,...
John Legend’s New Video Is An Inspiration For Love Today
The song will appear on his upcoming album "Darkness and Light" John Legend shared a vision of love on Friday, and it...
Iraqi Special Forces Seize Mosul District In Fresh Push
Iraqi soldiers drive into to Shahrezad village east of Mosul, Iraq Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into...
Ferocity of Kirkuk Attack Points To Tough Fight For Mosul
Ferocity of Kirkuk attack points to tough fight for Mosul Smoke rises as Kurdish forces take position at a site of an...
Turkish and Kurdish Forces Launch Attacks On IS
Footage captures explosions near the Iraqi town of Bashiqa, where Kurdish forces have launched fresh Kurdish forces...
Recapturing City ‘will Take 2 Months’
The fight in Mosul is projected to last 60 days The battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS could take two months, a...
EU ‘should Prepare For Returning Jihadists’
Kurdish forces are rolling in from the east The EU should be prepared for returning jihadists if the so-called Islamic...
Iraq and Kurdish Troops Make Gains
Iraqi pro-government forces have made gains at the start of a large-scale operation to retake Mosul, the last major...
ISIS In Hot Water As Battle For Mosul Begins
ISIS in hot water as battle for Mosul begins The offensive to liberate Mosul from ISIS control has begun, Iraqi Prime...
Iraqi Grandmother ‘beheads and Cooks’ Isis Soldiers
A gun-toting Iraqi housewife has boasted of beheading Islamic State (Isis) militants before boiling their heads in...