In July, more than 80 people were killed in an attack on a demonstration by the mainly Shia Hazara minority...
UNESCO has said that the destruction of Nimrud by Islamic States amounts to a war crime
According to the United Nations Children's Fund, 4.7 million children have been directly affected by...
The battle to retake Mosul is now in its fourth week, and while troops have entered the built-up area,...
The elite Counter-Terrorism Service has been spearheading the attack on the eastern front of the three-week-old...
CTS forces made their first real push into the streets of Mosul on Friday but were met by a deluge of...
CTS forces remained inside the city however and there were at least five regiments involved in the operation...
The materials spell out beard requirements and guidelines for taking women as sex slaves
The battle that started on October 17 with air and ground support from a US-led coalition is shaping...
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi appeared on state television on Monday wearing camouflage uniform, said,...
Aoun's election will mark the first time one of Lebanon's main Maronite politicians has been elected...
The United States says the battle has taken a heavy toll on IS forces, with up to 900 killed in the first...
Some 3,000 to 5,000 IS fighters are believed to be inside Mosul, Iraq's second city, alongside more than...
The Kirkuk assault was carried out by more than 50 sleeper cells. They struck targets in and around the...
Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces are pressing a week-old offensive on Iraq's second city, which is also...
Turkish forces have made several previous ground forays into Iraq in recent years, raising tensions between...
Mosu had a population of about 2 million before the Sunni militants seized it in 2014. Mosul became the...
Ancient minorities have always been an integral part of Iraq's complex social fabric. Their attitudes...
The Iraqi army is attacking Mosul on the southern and southeastern fronts, while the Peshmerga carried...
100,000 Iraqis may flee to Syria and Turkey to escape the Iraq's military assault aimed at ousting IS...
Mosul, home to up to 1.5 m people, has been the headquarters of IS's self-declared caliphate in northern...
