Iraq’s peshmerga storm Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces stormed an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, clearing a pocket…
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Syrian militias slightly advance in attack on Islamic State stronghold Raqqa
U.S-backed Syrian armed groups have captured a number of villages in the first days of an offensive to retake the…
Obama unlikely to see assault on Islamic State’s Syria stronghold
A U.S.-backed assault on Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself…
Iraqi PM: Mosul ‘will be liberated soon’
The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their…
Tears and joy as families fleeing Mosul reunite with relatives
Iraqis fleeing the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul reunited with their families on Friday, holding hands…
Turkish military says hits 71 IS targets in northern Syria
Turkey's military hit 71 Islamic State targets in Syria over the last 24 hours, the army said on Saturday,…
Bombs hit convoy of displaced people in Iraq, killing 18
Two roadside bombs struck a convoy carrying Iraqi families fleeing an Islamic State-controlled town in the north…
Iraqi forces advance deeper into eastern Mosul
Iraqi special forces said they recaptured six districts of eastern Mosul on Friday, expanding the army's…
IS kills 40 near Mosul, tries to move 25,000 to use as shields
Islamic State militants killed 40 former members of the Iraqi Security Forces near Mosul on Saturday and threw…
Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines
After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its…
