THE HUNT FOR ISIS PIVOTS TO REMAINING POCKETS IN SYRIA

The assaults are converging on Islamic State holdouts from opposite sides of the Euphrates, which bisects the province... READ MORE›

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BILLIONS FROM US FAIL TO SUSTAIN FOREIGN FORCES

But in 2012, battle-hardened Islamist fighters returned from combat in Libya to rout the military, including units trained by United States Special Forces... READ MORE›

OBAMA LOOKS AT ADDING BASES AND TROOPS IN IRAQ TO FIGHT ISIS

Obama would consider establishing a series of outposts where American advisers would work with Iraqi troops and local tribesmen... READ MORE›

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

DEFENSE SECRETARY ASHTON CARTER MAKES UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO IRAQ

He plans to discuss the looming assault with Iraqi officials and with Americans involved in training the Iraqi Army... READ MORE›

MOSUL FIGHT UNLEASHES NEW HORRORS ON CIVILIANS

The figure would be far higher had the Islamic State not begun forcing residents of those villages to relocate toward Mosul... READ MORE›

U.S. SEES A VITAL IRAQI TOLL ROAD, BUT IRAN SEES A THREAT

Mr. Abadi has awarded the development project to Olive Group, although the final details are still being worked out... 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›

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 ENTER FALLUJA ENCOUNTERING LITTLE FIGHT FROM ISIS

Referring to the Islamic State in Falluja, he said It's certainly not one big amorphous mass... READ MORE›

WOMAN DIES AFTER DROPPING CHARGING IPHONE INTO BATHTUB EUROPE

After Islamic State militants opened their second offensive against Baiji in December, Capt... READ MORE›

IN EFFORT TO DEFEAT ISIS US AND IRAN IMPEDE ONE ANOTHER

And elsewhere in the province, Shiite militias supported by Iran are carrying out kidnappings and murders and restricting the movement of Sunni Arab civilians, according to American and Iraqi officials... READ MORE›

A TOUR OF FALLUJA REVEALS GRIM REMNANTS OF LIFE UNDER ISIS

FALLUJA, Iraq -- As Iraqi forces move through Falluja, the city is yielding the grim remnants of more than two years of Islamic State rule... READ MORE›

US TO STEP UP ITS FIGHT AGAINST ISIS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA

He said that in the coming days he would be meeting with American commanders leading the efforts to defeat the Islamic State... READ MORE›

ANOTHER BAGHDAD MARKET BOMBING KILLS DOZENS

It's also important to remember that the situation in Baghdad and the territorial fight against the Islamic State in other provinces are related... READ MORE›

IRAN-LED PUSH TO RETAKE FALLUJA FROM ISIS WORRIES US

While the battle against the Islamic State straddles the borders of Iraq and Syria, the United States has approached it as two separate fights... READ MORE›

COALITION SAYS IRAQIS CLOSE TO TAKING RAMADI

The official said that airstrikes by the coalition and Iraqi ground operations have severely weakened Islamic State forces inside the city... READ MORE›

AFTER GAINS AGAINST ISIS AMERICAN FOCUS IS TURNING TO MOSUL

General Kinani said the Iraqi military was working with Sunni tribes in Mosul against the Islamic State... READ MORE›

US HAILS IRAQI SUCCESS IN RAMADI AND PLANS NEXT MOVE

Indeed, it took the Iraqi security forces six months to retake Ramadi, after government troops fled the city in May under an Islamic State onslaught... READ MORE›

SUNNI RESENTMENT MUDDLES PROSPECT OF REUNIFYING IRAQ AFTER ISIS

At the same time, each victory over the Islamic State sets off new humanitarian crises that Iraq and other nations have struggled to face... READ MORE›

TWO BOMBINGS KILL DOZENS AT A BAGHDAD MARKET

Abu Ghraib is close to areas that connect with Islamic State-controlled territory in Anbar Province, through which the militants made their attack early Sunday... READ MORE›

IRAQ SAID TO BEGIN EFFORT TO RETAKE ISIS-CONTROLLED CITY

For the Iraqis, momentum for a Falluja offensive gained steam late last week after a surge in Islamic State attacks inside Baghdad, which killed nearly 200 people... READ MORE›

IRAQ BEGINS OPERATION TO RETAKE FALLUJA FROM ISIS

Last month, Iraqi forces cleared territory along the Euphrates River valley in Anbar after the provincial capital, Ramadi, was declared fully liberated earlier this year... READ MORE›

US MAY PUT FORCES AT IRAQI BASES TO RETAKE MOSUL

American military planners also want to cut off Raqqa from the rest of the Islamic State's territory in Syria... READ MORE›

HASSAN ABOUD AN ISIS COMMANDER DIES FROM BATTLEFIELD WOUNDS

Most of the brigade joined the Islamic State with Mr. Aboud in 2014, taking with them their weapons and a convoy of armored vehicles and tanks... READ MORE›

ISIS KILLS DOZENS IN IRAQ IN NEW ROUND OF BOMBINGS

Mr. AlDulaimy said that a curfew had been imposed on Abu Ghraib district while the security forces looked for other potential attackers... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE FACES GROWING OPPOSITION IN MOSUL

WASHINGTON -- Islamic State militants controlling Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, face increasing opposition from residents chafing under the harsh laws being imposed there, Iraqi officials say... READ MORE›

GAINS AGAINST ISIS BRING MORE DEATHS ELSEWHERE IN IRAQ

Instead, the Islamic State found Mr. Mishaan in the Baghdad grocery on Monday evening and shot him dead... READ MORE›

IRAQI PREMIER VISITS RAMADI TO CELEBRATE LIBERATION

Suham Sabah, 55, whose family of eight survived the occupation of Ramadi, said in a phone interview that his nephew had been killed by Islamic State militants... READ MORE›

PROTESTERS IN IRAQ, BOMBINGS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT COUNTRY'S STABILITY

A The U.S. military ousted former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein in 2003 and oversaw the formation of the current government... READ MORE›

FIGHT FOR FALLUJAH MAY BE OVER, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T GO HOME YET

We were always hearing Fallujah would remain undefeated, but in fact the Islamic State fled very easily and faster than expected... READ MORE›