TheleaderofIslamicState,AbuBakral-Baghdadi,isprobablystillaliveandhidingintheborderareabetweenSyriaandIraq,aseniorUSgeneralhassaid.AstheIraqiprimeministerdeclar
IraqdeclaredonThursdaythatitsforceshadretakenthenortherncityofTalAfarandthesurroundingregion,inanothermajorvictoryoverIslamicStategroupjihadists.IS,whichseizedn
AcarbombrippedthroughabusymarketareaineasternBaghdadonMondaymorning,killingatleastninepeople,Iraqiofficialssaid.Theexplosives-ladencarwentoffatthewholesaleJamil
ThedeathtollfromthecarbombexplosionatabusymarketareaineasternBaghdadonmondayroseto12peoplekilledand24otherswounded,Iraqiofficialssaid.Theexplosives-ladencarwent
IraqisecurityforcescameclosetoliberatingthewholecityofTalAfarfromISILmilitantsonSaturdayafteraweek-longoffensivedesignedtodislodgethemilitantsfromthecityandsurr
IraqiforcesonTuesdayrecapturedfromtheIslamicStategroupthefirstthreedistrictsofjihadistbastionTalAfarasthePentagonchiefvisitedBaghdadinashowofsupport.TheUnitedNa
IraqiforcesmadesignificantprogressastheyclosedinontheIslamicState-heldtownofTalAfar,westofMosul,theU.S.-ledcoalitionandanIraqimilitaryspokesmansaidMonday.U.S.Ar
IraqisecurityforcesbattlingISILmilitantsfreed12villagesonSunday,inthefirstdayofanewoffensivelaunchedtoretakecontrolofthenortherntownTalAfarandsurroundingareasfr
IraqigroundforceshavebegunanoperationtoretakeTalAfar,thelastmajorcityinthecountryheldbytheIslamicStategroup,officialssay.Inatelevisedspeechannouncingtheoffensiv
IraqigroundforceshavebegunanoperationtoretakeTalAfar,thelastmajorcityinthecountryheldbytheIslamicStategroup,officialssay.Inatelevisedspeechannouncingtheoffensiv
IraqhasbegunanaerialbombardmentofTalAfar,atownunderIslamicStatecontrolwestofMosul,Baghdad-basedal-SumariyaTVsaidonTuesday,citinganIraqiDefenceMinistryspokesman.
A total of 22 abducted Syrian Assyrians were released by the Islamic State (IS) militants, who kidnapped them along with tens of Assyrians last February, Assyrian activists said Tuesday.
The Islamic State (IS) militants on Monday kidnapped 56 Syrian Christians of the Assyrian minority in a northern Syrian province, a monitoring group reported.