But last month's operation by the Iraqi army resulted in Baghdad retaking five oil fields from the Kurdish forces... READ MORE›
Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists... READ MORE›
Islamic State's last stronghold, Raqqa, has fallen. But the world's attention must now focus on what it or other Islamist groups will plot next... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces claim rapid progress in operation to 'impose security' on kirkuk... READ MORE›
Kurdish forces call Iraqi forces' campaign in Kirkuk 'a declaration of war', as PM Abadi tells them to cooperate... READ MORE›
Thousands of people are leaving the Iraqi city of Kirkuk as the Iraqi army advances on Kurdish military positions around the city... READ MORE›
Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford, reporting from Erbil, said Kurdish forces in and around Kirkuk have vowed to defend it to the last man ... READ MORE›
Heavily-armed Kurdish fighters are deployed to defend themselves 'at any cost' against an Iraqi operation in Kirkuk... READ MORE›
Large numbers turned out in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region for Monday's vote, which went ahead despite fierce objections from Baghdad, Turkey and Iran... READ MORE›
Russian commander says defeat of Islamic State is imminent after Syrian forces recapture strategic town of Okeirbat... READ MORE›
A series of airstrikes by Iraqi helicopter gunships attempted to hit multiple Islamic State sniper positions in al-Shifa... READ MORE›
Look at Mosul this is a city that is home to 1.5 million people, and at most 15,000 Isis terrorists... READ MORE›
Up to 30,000 foreign fighters are thought to have crossed into Syria to fight with Isis... READ MORE›
Shannon Maureen Conley was one of the first cases in the US of a female ISIS wannabe... READ MORE›
The PKK has close links with the YPG, the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria, who have been among the bravest battlers against Isil... READ MORE›
Iraqi air force kills at least 52 civilians waiting for salaries in western city of al-Qaim with dozens of others hurt... READ MORE›
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that warplanes have carried out repeated strikes in recent nights around Kobani... READ MORE›
A huge coalition of Iraqi troops, Kurdish Peshmerga allies and Iraqi irregulars press forward with their assault to recapture Mosul from ISIS... READ MORE›
Earlier this month Mosul residents reported Isis fighters began sealing off the area around the mosque... READ MORE›
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaida who booted Isis out of his organisation, appears to be maneuvering for relevance, the report says... READ MORE›
Peshmerga forces 5 miles from Mosul in battle against ISIS... READ MORE›
Sindi is perplexed by the fears raised by American politicians over the vetting of Syrian refugees... READ MORE›
A series of airstrikes by Iraqi helicopter gunships attempted to hit multiple Islamic State sniper positions in al-Shifa... READ MORE›
He said Isis was shooting anyone seen trying to flee Mosul, but there were growing signs of potential resistance to Isis from inside the city... READ MORE›
Obama would consider establishing a series of outposts where American advisers would work with Iraqi troops and local tribesmen... READ MORE›
Qassim al-Maliki, commander of the Iraqi 9th armored division, said at least 50 ISIS militants were killed and much of their equipment destroyed in the assault... READ MORE›
The longer the battle to retake Mosul goes on, the more difficult it will become for the Iraqi forces... READ MORE›
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
Now even companies called Isis are changing their name, from a language school in Oxford to the World Meteorological Organisation replacing Hurricane Isis with Ivette... READ MORE›
Turkey conflict with Kurds Was approving air strikes against the PKK America's worst error in the Middle East since the Iraq War?... READ MORE›
Tens of thousands of troops are involved, while there are thought to be nearly 6,000 ISIL fighters in and around Mosul... READ MORE›
The group is also projected to lose its second pillar, Raqqa in Syria, by the end of this year... READ MORE›
Inside the Islamic States capital Red Bull-drinking jihadists, hungry civilians, crucifixions and air strikes... READ MORE›
Hamza says that in Raqqa trainees like him were sent to watch public executions I attended three executions in Raqqa and others in Fallujah... READ MORE›
Five Islamic State militants were captured, officials said, and at least 10 were killed... READ MORE›
Turkey has agreed to give passage as long as the peshmerga fighters bring back the weapons that they take in to Kobani... READ MORE›
The Syrian Army has so far failed to retake Qaryatain where Isis has demolished the St Elian monastery parts of which were 1 500 years old... READ MORE›
Mr Muslim stressed the YPG was acting to defend not only Kurds, but all Syrians under attack by Isis... READ MORE›
Iraqi military inflicts 'heavy losses' on isis in mosul... READ MORE›
When the Yazidis do come back from Isil they have nothing... READ MORE›
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