Following Deir el-Zour, the Syrian government may want to go after Raqqa, or negotiate a return of the city with the Kurds... READ MORE›
The ousting of Islamic State militants this week from Raqqa was filled with symbolism... READ MORE›
Rodriguez was a decorated Marine sergeant major who was forced to retire after his arrest. He had spent years in combat... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces, like their counterparts in Syria, use a database to pick out suspected IS fighters from among civilians... READ MORE›
Wednesday's attacks targeted several positions held by Iraqi forces in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, the sources added... READ MORE›
But the coalition is expected to encounter fierce resistance from thousands of ISIS fighters in Mosul's urban center, armed with car bombs and improvised explosive devices... READ MORE›
Ten-year-old Reem has severe burns on 70 percent of her body after her home in Iraq's Ramadi was hit by a grenade... READ MORE›
On Tuesday, the Iraqi army pressed ahead, while Kurdish allies paused after capturing villages east of the city... READ MORE›
Elsewhere in Iraq and Syria, the conflict with IS has left cities and towns in ruins... READ MORE›
Knights said Iraqi forces will probably not attempt to negotiate with the militants... READ MORE›
More than 10 years after being executed, Saddam Hussein remains a huge presence in the life of one man... READ MORE›
Iraqi soldiers talk during a lull in the fighting against Islamic State militants on Nov. 11, 2016, as security forces were pushing through parts of Mosul... READ MORE›
Erdogan said Turkish forces would step in if the militias unleash terror on Tal Afar, which they are preparing to seize from ISIL fighters... READ MORE›
However, when Isis fighters entered Faraj's village and offered the young men a choice of leaving or joining them, he opted to join Isis... 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›
For the first 48 hours, the offensive on the eastern front will be led by Kurdish forces known as peshmerga, Iraqi military officers said... READ MORE›
Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdish region, told U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter that the Kurds had succeeded in liberating Bashiqa from Islamic State... READ MORE›
Peshmerga forces 5 miles from Mosul in battle against ISIS... READ MORE›
As the Mosul offensive begins, protecting civilians must be an essential part of military strategies, said Filippo Grandi, UN high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE›
An Iraqi officer inspects a drone belonging to Islamic State militants in Mosul on Jan. 28... READ MORE›
Weapons meant for Western-backed rebels in Syria are ending up in the hands of so-called Islamic State in neighbouring Iraq... READ MORE›
And the Isis applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be overwhelmingly ignorant... READ MORE›
Civilians, carrying a white flag and a few belongings, seek to escape fighting between Islamic State militants and Iraqi security forces in the city of Mosul... READ MORE›
At least 125 people have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq... READ MORE›
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump tackle national security issues in debate preview... READ MORE›
Now, United States Army crews live and even sleep inside their Paladin artillery units, waiting for orders to fire... 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›
Islamic state leaderA abu bakr al-baghdadi 'gives first message in more than a year' as iraqi troops prepare for final assault on mosul... READ MORE›
Iraq's army says it has completely liberated Shirqat from ISIL ahead of a military campaign to recapture Mosul... READ MORE›
Asadi said the operation, which began on Saturday, aimed to retake the towns of Hatra and Tal Abta, as well as Tal Afar... READ MORE›
Iraqi and Kurdish forces are unable to cope with the volume of explosive ordnance left behind by ISIL... READ MORE›
Mosul, about 250 miles north of Baghdad, is the Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, and the city has come to symbolize the group's rise here... READ MORE›
In Iraq, it recently lost control of Ramadi and was pushed out of Falluja last month -- a humiliating Ramadan defeat... READ MORE›
Seven weeks into the Mosul operation, the remaining residents struggle for basics of survival... READ MORE›
ISIS militants still control Iraq's second-largest northern city of Mosul, north of Baghdad... READ MORE›
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