HOW DID ARMS BOUGHT BY U.S. END UP IN THE HANDS OF ISIS?

Here are a few takeaways o ISIS used rockets supplied by the United States -- possibly in violation of agreements with weapons makers... READ MORE›

IRAQ DECLARES COMPLETE VICTORY IN THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE

Last month, Iran and Russia declared victory over the Islamic State in Syria, though fighting continues in small pockets near the border with Iraq... READ MORE›

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›

FOLLOW DAILY DIGITAL NEWS

Twitter: Follow @ddigitalnews

OUTCRY AS IS 'WRECKS' ASSYRIAN SITE

India today is militants loot bulldoze 3 000-year-old nimrud city 49 mins ago... READ MORE›

BATTLE FOR MOSUL BEGINS WITH GUNFIRE AND CAR BOMBS

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›

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›

NEWS ANALYSIS US STRATEGY IN IRAQ INCREASINGLY RELIES ON IRAN

That's an unpopular perception in the United States, after spending so much money and lives lost in the conflict, but it's reality... READ MORE›

INSIDE THE SURREAL WORLD OF THE ISLAMIC STATES PROPAGANDA MACHINE

A sympathetic colleague gave Abu Hajer the paperwork he needed to pass Islamic State checkpoints on the way out of Syria, he said... READ MORE›

RETAKING MOSUL WILL TAKE 2 MONTHS, GENERAL SAYS

A huge coalition of Iraqi troops, Kurdish Peshmerga allies and Iraqi irregulars press forward with their assault to recapture Mosul from ISIS... 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›

INSTITUTE DEDICATED TO FORGING PEACE IS TARGETED FOR EXTINCTION

Ultimately, Congress gave the USIP 39.5 million of the 46.5 million it requested... READ MORE›

IRAQI KURDS CLAIM CAPTURE OF TOWN IN ADVANCE ON MOSUL

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

Peshmerga forces 5 miles from Mosul in battle against ISIS... READ MORE›

ISIS DUMPED BODIES IN A DESERT SINKHOLE IT MAY BE YEARS BEFORE WE KNOW THE SCALE OF THE KILLING

ATHBAH, Iraq -- The horror stories about the Islamic State's mass killings at a cavernous hole in the desert near Mosul became legendary over the years... READ MORE›

HOW IS IT GETTING HOLD OF WEAPONS FROM THE WEST?

Weapons meant for Western-backed rebels in Syria are ending up in the hands of so-called Islamic State in neighbouring Iraq... READ MORE›

THE EX-CIA AGENT WHO INTERROGATED SADDAM HUSSEIN

Ex-CIA agent John Nixon describes how he interrogated former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after his capture... 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›

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›

ISIS MILITANTS 'BAD MEN. THEY WILL DIE'

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›

IRAQI FORCES CLAIM CAPTURE OF MOSUL BRIDGE

Meanwhile, in Erbil, Iraqi forces have forcibly displaced at least 125 families with alleged links to ISIL, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday... READ MORE›

IRAQ: SECURITY FORCES RECAPTURE SHIRQAT FROM ISIL

Iraq's army says it has completely liberated Shirqat from ISIL ahead of a military campaign to recapture Mosul... READ MORE›

UK TO EXTEND TORNADO STRIKES IN IRAQ

The RAF Tornado mission against Islamic State militants in Iraq is to be extended by an extra year Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said... READ MORE›

TRUSTING IRAN TO STOP TERRORISM IS LIKE INVITING AN ARSONIST TO JOIN THE FIRE BRIGADE

The idea that Iran is a partner in the fight against terrorism is not only disingenuous but also absurd... READ MORE›

DOZENS KILLED IN WAVE OF ATTACKS IN IRAQ'S TIKRIT

Dozens of people have been killed in a series of attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, according to security sources... READ MORE›

IRAQI DRIVE AGAINST ISIS REVEALS TENSIONS WITH US

On Monday, Iraq launched a politically sensitive operation to oust Islamic State militants from Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, without seeking American approval, officials said... READ MORE›

IRAQI ATTACK ON MOSUL BEGINS WITH KURDISH FORCES MOVING IN FROM THE EAST

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›

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›

MOSUL RESIDENTS 'WON'T LEAVE' DESPITE DIRE CONDITIONS

Seven weeks into the Mosul operation, the remaining residents struggle for basics of survival... READ MORE›

THOUSANDS FLEE IRAQI ADVANCE ON TIKRIT

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

BAGHDAD BOMB TOLL HITS 200; IRAQIS TAKE OUT ANGER ON PM AL-ABADI

ISIS militants still control Iraq's second-largest northern city of Mosul, north of Baghdad... READ MORE›

MOSUL: YOUR GOOGLE SEARCH QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Iraqi military inflicts 'heavy losses' on isis in mosul... READ MORE›

IRAQ FORCES 'ENCIRCLE IS IN TIKRIT'

State-run al-Iraqiya TV said government forces were advancing but progress has been slowed by roadside bombs... READ MORE›