WHY THE MASSACRE IN SINAI WAS TOO EXTREME FOR AL QAEDA

Ansar al-Islam is well-organized and regarded as more aligned with al Qaeda than ISIS... READ MORE›

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VICTIMS OF ISIS: NON-WESTERN JOURNALISTS WHO DONT MAKE THE HEADLINES

In Syria, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ, Isis executed freelance cameraman Yasser Faisal al-Jumaili in Idlib in December last year... READ MORE›

BAGHDAD: ISIL CLAIMS ATTACK IN BUSY SADR CITY MARKET

Gunmen wearing suicide vests also attacked two police stations in the central Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, killing at least seven policemen, security sources said... READ MORE›

STATE OF TERROR IN RISE OF ISIS NO SINGLE MISSED KEY BUT MANY STRANDS OF BLAME

Both came from Iraq, seemingly a key to top leadership in the Islamic State... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE LEADER BAGHDADI 'MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED BY RUSSIA'

The ministry said an air strike may have killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and up to 330 other fighters on 28 May... READ MORE›

IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW LEGALISING SHIA MILITIAS

The Iraqi parliament has passed a bill recognising the Shia militia fighters, the Popular Mobilisation Forces, as a government entity operating alongside the military... READ MORE›

FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO ISIS AN AMERICANS PATH TO JIHAD

Bonfire soon, she wrote on Twitter, no need for these anymore... READ MORE›

IRAQ MOVES AGAINST IS IN TIKRIT

It was seized in June 2014 by IS militants backed by anti-government Sunni allies loyal to Saddam Hussein's banned Baath party... READ MORE›

ISIL SUICIDE ATTACK ON IRAQ POWER PLANT KILLS SEVEN

Disguised suicide bombers have killed seven people and wounded 12 others in an attack on a power plant north of Baghdad... READ MORE›

MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.

Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE›

IRAN GAINS INFLUENCE IN IRAQ AS SHIITE FORCES FIGHT ISIS

So far it has heavily relied on the Shiite militias, who are powerfully motivated by ISIS's belief that Shiites are apostates who deserve death... READ MORE›

Further, the fight against the Islamic State has brought the United States and Iran into an awkward alliance in Iraq... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS FLEE IRAQI ADVANCE ON TIKRIT

Islamic state crisis thousands flee iraqi advance on tikrit... READ MORE›

IRAQ TROOPS 'PUSH IS FROM OIL TOWN'

If the Iraqi army does regain control of the area, it could be a turning point... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES PUSH DEEPER INTO WESTERN MOSUL AS CIVILIANS FLEE

Some said Islamic State had forced them to move from Samarra, 250 km 160 miles south of Mosul... READ MORE›

IRAQIS PLAN TO TAKE LEAD IN DRIVING ISIS FROM MOSUL

A major bridge crossing to Tikrit from the town of Tuz Khurmato had been wired with bombs by the Islamic State, they said... READ MORE›

US AND IRAQI FORCES TAKE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISIS ON SEVERAL FRONTS

And even if the Iraqis succeed in evicting the Islamic State from many of their strongholds, holding them will be a challenge... READ MORE›

IRAQI FORCES BEGIN OPERATION TO RETAKE TIKRIT FROM ISIL

Hours before the operation al-Abadi, a Shiite, called on Sunni fighters to abandon ISIL and offered them a pardon... READ MORE›

NEGLECT MAY DO WHAT ISIS DIDNT BREACH IRAQI DAM

The Iraqis also lost their usual source of grouting material, which was produced by a factory in Mosul, now under the control of the Islamic State... READ MORE›

IS THIS THE END OF IRAQ?

Current events kicked off in December when Sunni militants seeking to create an Islamic state in Iraq and Syria seized the central city of Falluja... READ MORE›

IRAQ SAYS BALAD SUICIDE BLAST IS ISIS ATTEMPT TO STIR UP SECTARIAN WAR

Iraqi officials claim the Thursday night attack was the most brazen attempt yet by Isis to reignite sectarian chaos... READ MORE›

NXP TO BUY FREESCALE CREATE 40 BILLION COMPANY

Tikrit is one of the largest cities held by the Islamic State group and sits on the road to Mosul... READ MORE›

IF THIS IRAQI DAM COLLAPSES, HALF A MILLION PEOPLE COULD DIE

Concerns are becoming more acute as Iraqi security forces prepare for an offensive to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State, the adviser said... READ MORE›

THE RISE OF IS - AND HOW TO BEAT IT

This is where he was able to meet jihadist militants of al-Qaeda in Iraq AQI and to build a broad network of like-minded religious extremists... READ MORE›

IRAQ BEGINS ASSAULT ON ISLAMIC STATE STRONGHOLDS NORTH OF BAGHDAD

He was speaking from the city of Samarra, a day after two suicide attacks by Isis in the area... READ MORE›

'IS LEADER BAGHDADI' URGES NO RETREAT

The Islamic State IS group has released an audiotape which it says is from its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi... READ MORE›

FROM SECOND-RATE SCHOOLBOY TO WORLD'S MOST WANTED MAN

Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's rise of terror From second-rate schoolboy to world's most wanted man... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF IRAQIS KILLED IN ATTACK ON SHIITE MOSQUE

The attack occurred just days after a minivan packed with explosives detonated in central Baghdad, killing at least 250 people and wounding nearly 200... READ MORE›

IRAQ ARMY AND SHI'ITE MILITIAS LAUNCH ATTACKS NORTH OF BAGHDAD

Iraqi army forces in a military base just north of Tikrit also bombarded Islamic State positions in the city, another source said... READ MORE›

SCORES KILLED IN BAGHDAD AS MILITANTS STRIKE WITH MULTIPLE CAR BOMBS

Meanwhile, Islamic State militants launched an attack on the main road from Baghdad to Mosul, a key military supply route... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. FALTERS IN CAMPAIGN TO REVIVE IRAQI ARMY, OFFICIALS SAY

Garver said the regular Iraqi army continues to struggle with increasing its ranks... READ MORE›