(Reuters) The Iraqi army and Sunni tribal fighters have dislodged Islamic State from the al-Waleed border crossing into Syria, an Iraqi military statement said on Saturday. The capture of
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(Reuters) Kurdish fighter Habun Kamishli proudly recalled the cat and mouse game she played with an Islamic State suicide bomber in the Syrian town of Raqqa, where the militant
(Reuters) The United Nations said on Thursday it will not have a role in the Iraqi Kurdish referendum on independence planned to be held in September. The United Nations
Ain Issa (Reuters) Islamic State militants in Raqqa are passing themselves off as civilians to try to avoid intensifying air strikes and shooting anyone caught trying to escape their
(SyriaNews.media) The Syrian Democratic Forces captured the Briton known as “Jihadi Jack”, who joined the Islamic State in Syria in 2014, Qasioun News reported on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Jack
Hawija (IraqiNews.com) Five infants died of various health complications as Islamic State militants continue to deny food and medicine to families opposing its rule in southwest Kirkuk. Jabbar
(Reuters) United Nations war crimes investigators said on Wednesday that intensified coalition air strikes supporting an assault by U.S.-backed forces on Islamic State’s stronghold of Raqqa
Qamishli (Reuters) Islamic State militants enslaved Noura Khalaf for three years, dragging her from her small Iraqi village across their territory in Syria. They bought and sold her five
(Reuters/IraqiNews.com) Turkey’s military killed 20 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes targeting southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq, the army said in a
Mosul (Reuters) Iraqi forces on Tuesday reported progress in the U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge Islamic State from Mosul, announcing the capture of a district just north the