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...

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Many of the commanders are former army officers who served under Saddam Hussein

Tehran and Riyadh are fighting several proxy wars in the Middle East, including in Syria and Yemen, but...

Besides inciting hatred against Muslim minority communities in the country, ASWJ has also opposed any...

Militia fighters killed at least 66 Sunni males and abused at least 1,500 others fleeing the Falluja...

While Iraqi government security forces administer databases of information to identify possible IS fighters...

Saudi Arabia fears the Houthis represent a foothold on the Arabian Peninsula for political Shiaism inspired...