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IRAQI PM DECLARES 'END OF WAR AGAINST IS' IN IRAQ
Iraqi PM declares end of war against IS in Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES RETAKE LAST TOWN UNDER ISLAMIC STATE CONTROL
Still, Iraqi officials warn, the Islamic State poses a threat as it turns to more-traditional terrorist tactics... READ MORE›
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ISIS ENSHRINES A THEOLOGY OF RAPE
Continue reading the main story Calculated Conquest The Islamic State's formal introduction of systematic sexual slavery dates to Aug... READ MORE›
SYRIA BOMBING: US SAYS RUSSIA BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASSAD'S GAS ATTACK - AS IT HAPPENED
American military strike hits airbase in Syria in retaliation for what US president called 'horrible chemical weapons attack' in Idlib... READ MORE›
IRAQI PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN MOSUL TO DECLARE VICTORY OVER ISIS
But the end of the Islamic State's hold on Mosul does not mean peace is at hand... READ MORE›
A SOLDIER WHO CAN SAY 'NO, SIR'
In Dereliction of Duty, McMaster wrote critically of generals who chose not to air their differences with President Lyndon B. Johnson... READ MORE›
ISIS PUSHES BIRTH CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SEX-SLAVE SUPPLY
In its own manual, the Islamic State outlines the abstinence method as one option... READ MORE›
ISIL BRAINWASHED KIDS TO BECOME NEXT GENERATION OF EXTREMISTS
Iraqi paramilitary forces said they had captured several villages southwest of Mosul from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA HITS U.S. ALLIES BY MISTAKE
The Russian airstrikes also raise the question of whether the American military needs to broaden its dialogue with Russian commanders over operations in Syria... READ MORE›
FIGHT FOR MOSUL RAGES AS IRAQI FORCES PUSH ON
ISIL forces are believed to be vastly outnumbered with an estimated 30,000 Iraqi army troops, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Shia militias, and Sunni tribal forces moving in... READ MORE›
IS CONFIRMS DEATH OF TOP LEADER AL-BAGHDADI[1]
On Oct 17, 2016, Abadi announced the start of a major offensive to retake Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S NEW SECURITY ADVISOR DIFFERS FROM HIM ON RUSSIA, OTHER KEY ISSUES
One of the first tests of McMaster's influence will be the administration's review of U.S. policy in Syria, and more broadly against Islamic militancy... READ MORE›
AMID SYRIAN CHAOS, IRAN'S GAME PLAN EMERGES
It was taken by militias along with Iraqi forces on 22 September, delivering another blow to the terrorist group and an important boost to Iran's ambitions... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADER TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE GROUPS SURVIVAL
United States officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State's shadowy leadership structure was a top priority... READ MORE›
TURKEY WARNS SHIA MILITIAS FIGHTING ISIL FOR IRAQI TOWN
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›
IRAQI PM DECLARES VICTORY OVER ISIS IN MOSUL
Abed al Hagani al Asadi of the Iraqi special forces... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES BEGIN ASSAULT TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISLAMIC STATE
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›
TWIN SUICIDE ATTACKS LEAVE SCORES DEAD IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
Shooting and car-bomb attacks claimed by ISIL kill at least 74 people in Iraq's southern Thi Qar province... READ MORE›
IRAQI MILITIAS 'LOCK CIVILIANS IN CAGES AND STRAP THEM TO CAR BONNETS' IN TORTURE CAMPAIGN EN ROUTE TO MOSUL
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›
IRAQI PM ABADI DECLARES VICTORY OVER ISIL IN TAL AFAR
The loss of Nineveh province is crucial because this is where ISIL declared its caliphate, Bin Javaid said... READ MORE›
IRAQ LAUNCHES OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE TAL AFAR FROM ISIL
Tal Afar and the surrounding area are among the last pockets of ISIL-held territory in Iraq, after victory was declared in Mosul, the country's second-largest city... READ MORE›
MOSUL: TOWN OF TAL AFAR IN FOCUS ON WESTERN FRONT
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 SHI'ITE COMMANDER SAYS MOSUL BATTLE 'NO PICNIC' AS TROOPS ADVANCE
Their target is to seize the town of Tal Afar, 55 km 35 miles west of Mosul, from Islamic State... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES 'COMPLETELY SURROUND ISIL' IN TAL AFAR
Tal Afar and the surrounding area are among the last pockets of ISIL-held territory in Iraq after victory was declared in Mosul, the country's second-largest city... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE HOLDS UP IRAQI ARMY SOUTH OF MOSUL
The fall of Mosul would mark Islamic State's effective defeat in Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE TOWARDS MOSUL AMID ISIL RESISTANCE
ISIL snipers posed danger to Iraqi forces trying to advance towards Mosul as the coalition air strikes pounded Hamdaniya... READ MORE›
IS BATTLES TO ENCIRCLE SYRIAN KURDS
Kobane islamic state battles to encircle syrian kurds... READ MORE›
IRAQI MILITIAMEN SEVER ISIL'S KEY SUPPLY LINE TO SYRIA
Shia fighters take main route linking Tal Afar to Sinjar, blocking ISIL's crucial supply route from Mosul into Raqqa... READ MORE›
IRAN-BACKED SHI'ITE MILITIAS TO JOIN ASSAULT NEAR MOSUL ON NEW FRONT
The population of Tal Afar was a mix of Sunni and Shi'ite ethnic Turkmen until Shi'ites fled the town after Islamic State's takeover two years ago... READ MORE›
IRAQ HOLDING 1,400 FOREIGN 'ISIL WIVES, CHILDREN'
Many of the families had fled to Tal Afar after Iraqi troops pushed ISIL out of Mosul on August 30... READ MORE›
U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY ARRIVES IN IRAQ ON UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO MEET IRAQI LEADERS
Mattis said that after retaking Tal Afar, Iraqi forces would move against the western Euphrates river valley... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES FIGHTING ISLAMIC STATE SAY NEARING MOSUL AIRPORT
Recapturing Mosul would crush the Iraqi half of a caliphate declared by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the pulpit of a Mosul mosque in 2014... READ MORE›