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FORMER IRAQ PRESIDENT JALAL TALABANI DIES AGED 83
Mr Talabani led one of Iraq's main Kurdish factions and went on to become the country's president after the 2003 US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein... READ MORE›
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SADDAM HUSSEIN SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT TO RUN IRAQ, SAYS CIA OFFICER WHO INTERROGATED HIM
Both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump believe the United States never should have invaded Iraq in 2o03 or, at least, Trump claims he now does ... READ MORE›
UNTANGLING THE CONFLICTS IN THE SYRIAN WAR
The United States is focused on defeating the Islamic State... READ MORE›
WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF TURKEY'S BORDER WITH SYRIA NEAR EMBATTLED KOBANE
The Kobane battle has raged in full view of the Turkish frontier, testing whether a US-led coalition can halt Islamic State's advance... READ MORE›
INDIAN ENGINEER NAMED SADDAM HUSSAIN CANNOT GET A JOB
More than 10 years after being executed, Saddam Hussein remains a huge presence in the life of one man... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADER TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE GROUPS SURVIVAL
United States officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State's shadowy leadership structure was a top priority... READ MORE›
WITH STRIKES US AIMS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISIS IN SYRIA
As recently as Friday, Mr. Obama said he would take all steps necessary to combat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
HOW THE UNITED STATES HELPED CREATE THE ISLAMIC STATE
The Bush administration's patent favoritism toward Shiite religious parties and marginalization of the Sunni Arabs had created a powerful constituency for the Islamic State in Iraq... READ MORE›
OBAMA WEIGHS MOVING U.S. TROOPS CLOSER TO FRONT LINES IN SYRIA, IRAQ
The Islamic State depends on the sale of oil and electricity inside Syria to pay for its military operations... READ MORE›
SHIITES IN IRAQ CHEER PUTINS INTERVENTION IN SYRIAN WAR
But the war with the Islamic State does not seem very far away... READ MORE›
EXPLAINER WHO IS FIGHTING WHOM IN SYRIA
HOW IT IS FIGHTING The United States leads a coalition conducting airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State and other extremist groups... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC TERRORIST SHOT DEAD AFTER BERLIN ATTACK ON POLICEWOMAN
Man identified as rafik y who had been convicted in 2008 plot to murder iraqi pm stabbed a policewoman in western berlin before being shot dead... READ MORE›
ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›
LEADER OF ISLAMIC STATE USED AMERICAN HOSTAGE AS SEXUAL SLAVE
Systematic abuse Mueller's mistreatment is the latest evidence of the Islamic State's systematic abuse of women on a significant scale... READ MORE›
BODYGUARD OF SYRIAN REBEL WHO DEFECTED TO ISIL REVEALS SECRETS OF THE JIHADIST LEADERSHIP
Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to Isil reveals secrets of the jihadist leadership... READ MORE›
SUCCESS OF KURDISH FORCES IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
GOALS DIVERGE AND PERILS REMAIN AS US AND TURKEY TAKE ON ISIS
Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... READ MORE›
ISIS OR AL QAEDA AMERICAN OFFICIALS SPLIT OVER TOP TERROR THREAT
Senior leaders of the Islamic State -- unlike those of Al Qaeda -- have not made a priority of organizing strikes on the West... READ MORE›
OFFERING SERVICES ISIS DIGS IN DEEPER IN SEIZED TERRITORIES
ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DEFECTIONS MOUNT AS DEATH TOLL RISES, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
Top military officials estimate that the campaign has killed 23,000 Islamic State fighters, raising their death toll by 3,000 since mid-October... READ MORE›
U.S. PLANS TO CAPTURE THE ISLAMIC STATES CAPITAL ALREADY GO AWRY
Members of a Syrian armed group hold positions in the frontline against the Islamic State group outside Ain Issa, in the countryside of Raqqa province... READ MORE›
FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ SINCE OFFICIAL END OF COMBAT IN 2011
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FIGURES KILLED IN AIR STRIKE; BAGHDADI NOT BELIEVED AMONG THEM
Islamic State supporters said on Twitter that even if Baghdadi had been killed, his self-proclaimed caliphate straddling large areas of Iraq and Syria would survive... READ MORE›
IRAQIS PROTEST ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE DURING HEAT WAVE
Iraqis in Baghdad had been used to a fairly reliable supply of electricity... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S BLAIR SAYS 2003 IRAQ INVASION PLAYED ROLE IN ISLAMIC STATE RISE
Decision to disband Saddam Hussein's army after the invasion created a huge security vacuum exploited by al Qaeda, which was eventually replaced by Islamic State... READ MORE›
SADDAM HUSSEIN SAID SANCTIONS KILLED 500,000 CHILDREN. THAT WAS 'A SPECTACULAR LIE.'
Child mortality figures provided to the United Nations were deliberately doctored by Saddam Hussein's government to discredit the international community, a new report finds... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC EXTREMIST SHOT DEAD IN BERLIN AFTER STABBING POLICE OFFICER
The 41-year-old Iraqi citizen identified only as Rafik Y was shot dead by police after they responded to calls of a man wielding a knife... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SHOWS IMAGES OF ANCIENT SYRIAN TEMPLE DESTRUCTION
Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SELLING SEX SLAVES, THE YOUNGER THE BETTER, CLAIMS UN OFFICIAL
For Islamic State fighters, the prices in Iraqi dinars for boys and girls aged one to nine are equal to about US165 230, Mrs Bangura said... READ MORE›
U.S. WEIGHS SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIA, HELICOPTERS IN IRAQ
Forces with Iraqi troops to support the Islamic State fight if it improved chances of defeating the militants... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES PLAN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE RAMADI FROM ISIS
But the Islamic State's gains in Ramadi also led to a course correction on the American side... READ MORE›