Terrorism in Iraq

Headlines

IS Attack Kills 15 Iraq Border Guards Near Jordan

The Islamic State group carried out an attack on an Iraqi border guard position near Jordan on Friday, killing at least...

Headlines

IS Rapes and Tortures Sunni Arab Women Too

Fighters from the Islamic State group, whose abuses against Yazidi women have been well documented, are raping and...

Headlines

Iraq Hits IS Commanders, Baghdadi Fate Unclear

The Iraqi air force has targeted a meeting of commanders from the Islamic State group that its leader Abu Bakr...

International

Baghdad Hit By Deadly Bombings, At Least 11 Dead

Separate bombings in and around Baghdad have killed at least 11 civilians and wounded 34 others, according to Iraqi...

International

Paranoid ISIS Leader Reportedly Refuses To Sleep Without Suicide Vest

As U. S.-backed Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State's hub of Mosul, the leader of the terror network has become...

International

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...

International

No Retreat From Mosul Assault

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be no retreat in a "total war"...

International

Shi’ite Militias Launch Offensive To Seal Off Western Mosul

Iraqi Shi'ite militias said on Saturday they had launched an offensive towards the west of Mosul, an operation that...

International

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...

Opinion

The Illusory Islamic State

ISIS is allegedly an Al Qaeda-linked Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant, known for its ruthless tactics and suicide...