The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years ...

The U.S. and Iraq announced an agreement last year to wind down the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by September 2025, with U.S. forces ...

The Islamic State has crafted its tactics and message to best meet local considerations. "In Iraq, they portray themselves as the protectors of the Sunni community," al-Tamimi said.

7 U.S. troops hurt in raid targeting Islamic State group militants in Iraq The U.S. military's Central Command alleged the militants were armed with "numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive ...

Back in June we talked in this blog about AP’s preferred abbreviation for the fast-growing Islamic militant group in Iraq and Syria, known variously at the time as ISIL and ISIS. We explained why our ...

This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning ...

Don’t Be Fooled: America’s ISIS Crisis Is Just Beginning Developments over this last weekend have left many Americans (and many of our allies) wondering about the progress (or lack thereof) of ...

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Libya was listed on 4 March 2020 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2368 (2017) as being associated with ISIL for “participating in the ...

Some people call it the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Others call it the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Why does the Al Qaeda splinter group have more than one name?

Without U.S. help, Iraq struggles to push into Tikrit ISIS slows largely-Iranian-backed ground force trying to reclaim city for Iraq, and it's unclear whether Iraq even wants U.S. help Mar 4, 2015 ...

The name refers to the group’s stated goal of restoring a medieval Islamic state, or caliphate, in Iraq and Greater Syria, also known as the Levant — traditional names for a region stretching ...

Dilbar Ali Ravu, 10, is kissed by his aunt, Dalal Ravu, as Yazidi children are reunited with their families in Iraq after five years of captivity with the Islamic State group, March 2, 2019.