Iraq forces battle ISIS in Mosul after PM fetes ‘victory’
Iraqi forces battled the last Islamic State (ISIS) militant group holdouts in Mosul on Wednesday, a day after the…
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ISIS fights fiercely in shrinking Iraqi, Syrian strongholds
Western-backed forces edged into the final redoubts of the two capitals of Islamic State's self-declared…
ISIS blows up historic Iraq’s Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret,…
Russia says may have killed ISIS leader; West and Iraq doubtful
Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike in…
U.S. expands presence in Syrian desert, rebels say
U.S. troops based in Syria's southeastern desert have expanded their footprint, rebels there say, increasing the…
Syrians say militants shoot escapees, air strikes kill civilians as Raqqa battle…
Islamic State militants in Raqqa are passing themselves off as civilians to try to avoid intensifying air strikes…
Afghan civilians killed as US soldiers open fire after bomb attack: official
Three Afghan civilians from one family were killed early on Monday morning when American troops opened fire after…
U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city
U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town,…
US-backed Syrian force starts battle to capture Raqqa from ISIS
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday it had begun a battle to capture Raqqa, Islamic…
US-backed forces capture IS-held town near Syria’s Raqqa: monitor
U.S.-backed forces took over a town west of Raqqa from Islamic State on Friday as they advance towards the…
