Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul
Iraqi forces on Sunday launched an assault to retake the northern city of Tal Afar from the Islamic State group,…
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Syria’s jihadists say responsible for Damascus bomb attack
A Syrian alliance of jihadist groups known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Sunday it was responsible for a double…
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…
IS rigs Mosul with bombs
Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as…
U.S. helped clinch Iraq oil deal to keep Mosul battle on track
Shuttle diplomacy by the United States' envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition brokered an oil deal between…
US-backed forces launch final assault against IS in Syria’s Manbij
US-backed forces battling Islamic State near the Turkish border in northern Syria said on Friday they had launched…
Several anti-IS partners do ‘nothing at all’: Pentagon chief
Several members of the US-led coalition attacking ISIS group in Iraq and Syria are doing "nothing at all" to help…
IS claims deadly shooting in Russia’s Caucasus
The Islamic State (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for a shooting at an ancient citadel in Russia's…
UN Security Council supports Libya unity accord
The UN Security Council gave its backing Wednesday to the new national unity government in embattled Libya, a move…
UN resolution to target ‘explicitly’ IS oil money
A draft resolution to be submitted to the UN Security Council takes "explicit" aim at the Islamic State group and…
