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CIVILIAN DEATHS IN 2017 US-LED ANTI-ISIL PUSH 'TRIPLE'
Monitor says US-led coalition fighting ISIL in Iraq and Syria killed up to 6,102 civilians in 2017... READ MORE›
A NEW U.S. AIR BLITZ IN AFGHANISTAN ISN'T STOPPING FOR WINTER. BUT WILL IT STOP THE TALIBAN?
Taliban fighters blend back into their villages, where it's warm, and U.S. forces hunker down through the holidays... READ MORE›
IRAQI PM HAIDER AL-ABADI TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN MAY VOTE
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday his candidacy for the May 12 parliamentary elections to choose a prime minister... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS FROM EXPLOSIVES SURGED IN 2017, CAMPAIGN GROUP SAYS
The civilian death toll from explosive weapons was the highest since AOAV's records began in 2011, the group said... READ MORE›
IRAQ VICTORIES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE TOOK TOLL
MOSUL, IRAQ - In 2014, Abdulrahman Saad was taken from his home in Mosul by Islamic State fighters, leaving his family in limbo... READ MORE›
YEAR THROUGH THE LENS: TOP NEWS IMAGES OF 2017
Ain Issa, Syria Jean-Francois Bisson is a Toronto-based video producer who takes on assignments around world... READ MORE›
HIDDEN DETAILS BEHIND THE BEST NEWS STORIES OF 2017
MCCUE5 28 Canada's silent crime Ioanna Roumeliotis gets rare access to the Toronto Police Human Trafficking Unit as its officers plan and carry out stings... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S RAPID-FIRE TRIALS SEND ALLEGED ISIS MEMBERS -- INCLUDING FOREIGNERS -- TO THE GALLOWS
The men are among hundreds of foreigners detained in Iraq on terrorism charges after the toppling of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate... READ MORE›
'WITHOUT US MOSUL WILL NEVER BE THE SAME'
Updated December 25, 2017 13 16 44 Christmas carols have been sung in Mosul's Saint Paul cathedral for the first time since the Iraqi city was overrun by Islamic State militants... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDS HOLD TOP FRENCH JIHADIST
One of France's most-wanted jihadists, Thomas Barnouin, has been captured by Kurdish YPG rebel fighters in Syria, French media report... READ MORE›
IRAQI YAZIDIS ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING, KILLING CIVILIANS
A human rights organisation has accused Yazidi fighters in Iraq of forcibly kidnapping and killing 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe earlier this year... READ MORE›
17 OF 2017'S MOST VISUAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, condemned the resolution, saying the United States would remember this day... READ MORE›
THE TOP OVERSEAS NEWS STORIES OF 2017
Trump takes power Donald Trump was inaugurated U.S. president on Jan. 20, ushering in a tumultuous period for the United States... READ MORE›
2017: MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA CRACKDOWN, TRUMP'S 'TRAVEL BAN' AND NORTH KOREA'S MISSILES
A month later, the UN Security Council votes for new economic sanctions against North Korea, while Washington pushes Beijing to increase the pressure on North Korea... READ MORE›
FOR IRAQ'S CHRISTIANS, A BITTERSWEET FIRST CHRISTMAS HOME AFTER ISIS TAKEOVER
Hundreds return to celebrate their first Christmas together again in the Northern Iraqi town of Teleskof, which was targeted by Islamic State militants... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SEEKS PEACE IN JERUSALEM, HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF WAR-SCARRED CHILDREN
Pope Francis on Monday called for peace in Jerusalem in his traditional Christmas address and highlighted the plight of children scarred by conflict, after... READ MORE›
FOR IRAQ'S CHRISTIANS, A BITTERSWEET FIRST CHRISTMAS HOME AFTER ISLAMI
A burned church of the Immaculate Conception by Islamic State militants is seen in the town of Qaraqosh, south of Mosul, Iraq December 23, 2017... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S MOSUL FETES FIRST CHRISTMAS SINCE ISLAMIC STATE FORCES FELL
Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church called on the congregation to pray for peace and stability in Mosul, Iraq and the world... READ MORE›
JERUSALEM TENSIONS CAST SHADOW OVER HOLY LAND CHRISTMAS
The ministry plans to operate a free shuttle service for the short distance between Jerusalem and Bethlehem for mass... READ MORE›
JERUSALEM TENSIONS CAST SHADOW OVER HOLY LAND CHRISTMAS
The ministry plans to operate a free shuttle service for the short distance between Jerusalem and Bethlehem for mass... READ MORE›
SNAPSHOTS OF 2017: THE PAIN, THE JOY, AND THE DONALD
President Donald Trump responded, after a long silence, by accusing both white supremacists and the peaceful protesters of aggression... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S PARAMILITARY TROOPS DEPLOYED AT SYRIAN BORDER
Iraq's Shia paramilitaries have deployed fighters to the Syrian border to support security forces after multiple attacks from within Syria... READ MORE›
2017: MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA CRACKDOWN, TRUMP'S 'TRAVEL BAN' AND NORTH KOREA'S MISSILES
A month later, the UN Security Council votes for new economic sanctions against North Korea, while Washington pushes Beijing to increase the pressure on North Korea... READ MORE›
3YO GIRL ABANDONED IN IRAQI JAIL FOR 'ISIS WIDOWS' REUNITED WITH FAMILY IN RUSSIA
We faced an almost complete lack of information both when it comes to Iraqi officials and Russian embassy officials... READ MORE›
THE GUARDIAN'S PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Bensemra found similar stories during a nearly two-week trip through the Horn of Africa... READ MORE›
TRAUMATIZED YAZIDI SISTERS REUNITE THREE YEARS AFTER BEING CAPTURED, SOLD AND ENSLAVED BY ISLAMIC STATE
When Rosa, now 14, asked her Islamic State captors about her younger sisters, Bushra, 12, and Suhayla, 7, she was told they had been killed for misbehaving... READ MORE›
THE MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO BE A JOURNALIST
Both CPJ and RSF found that the number of female journalists killed in 2017 at least doubled since last year... READ MORE›
CPJ: IRAQ, SYRIA, DEADLIEST COUNTRIES FOR JOURNALISTS
At least 15 journalists were killed while covering the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Syria this year, making the two Middle Eastern countries the deadliest for reporters... READ MORE›
MOSUL IS A GRAVEYARD: FINAL IS BATTLE KILLS 9,000 CIVILIANS
But Mosul's gravediggers, its morgue workers and the volunteers who retrieve bodies from the city's rubble are keeping count... READ MORE›
COST TO OUST ISLAMIC STATE FROM MOSUL
Of the nearly 10,000 deaths the AP found, around a third of the casualties died in bombardments by the U.S.-led coalition or Iraqi forces... READ MORE›
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TRUMP OFFERED A GRIEVING MILITARY FATHER $25,000 IN A PHONE CALL
After not addressing the incident for 12 days, Trump on Monday falsely claimed that previous presidents never or rarely called the families of fallen service members... READ MORE›
RAQQA ISIS CAPITAL IS CAPTURED US-BACKED FORCES SAY
Witnesses in Raqqa said that several busloads of Islamic State fighters, both Syrians and foreigners, had been allowed to board buses to Deir al-Zour... READ MORE›
VOLUNTEERS RESCUE THOUSANDS OF BOOKS FROM MOSUL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY IS
Supplied Ali Al-Baroodi An earlier version of this article referred to the festival's organiser as Ali Al-Baroodi, when in fact it was the blogger Mosul Eye... READ MORE›
IRAQ: WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF HAWIJA?
Iraqi forces have captured the town of Hawija and the surrounding area from ISIL, one of their last strongholds in Iraq... READ MORE›
THIS IS WHAT VICTORY OVER ISIS LOOKS LIKE
The ousting of Islamic State militants this week from Raqqa was filled with symbolism... READ MORE›
RISE AND FALL OF ISIS: ITS DREAM OF A CALIPHATE IS OVER, SO WHAT NOW?
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›
THE FALL OF RAQQA: HUNTING THE LAST JIHADISTS IN ISIS'S CAPITAL OF CRUELTY
As the terror group's fighters tire, the men hunting them say the fall of Raqqa has galvanised them... READ MORE›
EVACUATION ENDS AS ISIL DEFEAT IN SYRIA'S RAQQA NEARS
Battle for Raqqa continues after some ISIL fighters leave their self-proclaimed capital in Syria under withdrawal deal... READ MORE›
ISIS STRATEGY: TRUMP TAKES CREDIT FOR ISIS SETBACKS
The Obama strategy was designed to support local ground forces in Iraq and Syria with coalition air power, advisers and training... READ MORE›
THE JIHADIST PLAN TO USE WOMEN TO LAUNCH THE NEXT INCARNATION OF ISIS
Since the founding of the caliphate, Islamic State leaders have traditionally discouraged women from serving as warriors or suicide bombers... READ MORE›
ISIL CAPITALISES ON PESHMERGA RETREAT IN NORTHERN IRAQ
Iraqi forces also said on Tuesday they seized the Yazidi Kurdish town of Sinjar from the Peshmerga... READ MORE›
1,000 ISIS MILITANTS SURRENDER AS IRAQ RETAKES KEY TOWN OF HAWIJA
Paul Funk, who commands the coalition task force fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
MASS GRAVES 'OF ISIL VICTIMS' FOUND IN IRAQ'S HAWIJAH
Mass graves containing at least 400 suspected ISIL victims, many wearing prison uniforms, have been found in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
PENTAGON IS TESTING LASERS AND NETS TO COMBAT ISIS DRONES
Since then, the military has repeatedly attacked Islamic State drones in the air and on the ground... READ MORE›
MEET THE AMERICAN FAMILY RISKING DEATH TO SAVE LIVES IN IRAQ
Photo The Free Burma Rangers attempt to save a woman who was shot by an Islamic State sniper... READ MORE›
ISIL POSTS 'BAGHDADI AUDIO' ISSUING 'RESISTANCE' CALL
US-backed Iraqi forces have since defeated ISIL in Mosul, where Baghdadi declared a self-styled caliphate three years ago... READ MORE›
LETHAL ROADSIDE BOMB THAT KILLED SCORES OF U.S. TROOPS REAPPEARS IN IRAQ
The Islamic State did not make any public claim of responsibility after the attack, on Oct. 1, which killed Spec... READ MORE›
'WHY WOULD WASHINGTON PUNISH US?' RESIGNING IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER ACCUSES US OF BETRAYAL
Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists... 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›
IRAQ'S MILITARY DECLARES MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IN KIRKUK
Meanwhile, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaybi called on British energy giant BP on Wednesday to help develop fields in the northern province... READ MORE›
ISIL LOSES AL-QAIM IN IRAQ AND DEIR AZ ZOR IN SYRIA
ISIL has lost further ground in Iraq and Syria as the armies of both countries and the Syrian opposition squeeze its forces... READ MORE›
US MILITARY RUSHES TO DEFUSE LOOMING CRISIS IN KIRKUK AFTER IRAQI ARMY ADVANCES
Iraqi forces claim rapid progress in operation to 'impose security' on kirkuk... READ MORE›
AFTER THE CALIPHATE WHATS NEXT FOR ISIS
In Iraq, where the group that became the Islamic State took root, security officials are bracing for future waves of suicide attacks against civilians... READ MORE›
TILLERSON TELLS IRANIAN MILITIAS IN IRAQ TO 'GO HOME'
Tillerson said they have no business being on the battlefield now that the Islamic State has been routed... READ MORE›
5,600 'HAVE RETURNED HOME' FROM ISIL-HELD AREAS
Soufan Center says 5,600 ISIL supporters who returned home pose a huge challenge to law enforcement agencies... READ MORE›
UN'S GUTERRES URGES KURDS IN IRAQ TO SCRAP REFERENDUM
Iran issues warning Iran warned on Sunday that independence for Iraqi Kurds would mean an end to all border and security arrangements with the regional government... READ MORE›
WHAT PRICE HAVE IRAQI KURDS PAID FOR SECESSION VOTE?
On September 25, Iraqi Kurds voted in a controversial secession referendum, amid rising regional tensions and international opposition... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORMALLY DECLARES END TO FIGHT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
Iraqi forces pushed back against the group city by city, finally retaking Mosul this summer... READ MORE›
IRAQ SAYS ITS WAR AGAINST IS HAS ENDED
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Iraqi forces were in full control of the countrys border... READ MORE›
SYRIAN CITY OF RAQQA LIBERATED FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Syrian city of Raqqa liberated from Islamic State reports... READ MORE›