AL-KHAZER, Iraq: Whenever members of Islamic State’s Mosul vice squad find a woman without gloves, they pull out a pair of pliers. What...
AL-KHAZER, Iraq: Whenever members of Islamic State’s Mosul vice squad find a woman without gloves, they pull out a pair of pliers. What...
BAGHDAD: An array of Iraqi forces, backed by a broad international coalition, is closing in on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, united...
Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu denounced Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as "weak" on Wednesday, further escalating tensions after Baghdad warned Ankara...
Former Tehran prosecutor general Saeed Mortazavi, whose role in curbing dissent has been condemned by human rights groups for years, has been sentenced...
Gogjali, Iraq: More than a million civilians in Mosul were in grave danger and aid workers were "bracing for the worst", a relief...
ANKARA: The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has denied allegations its fighters killed civilians during an ongoing operation to break the Bashar al-Assad regime’s...
KIRKUK, Iraq: She sent just one text to her mother: "I am trapped in a house with Islamic State fighters. Do not call...
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 10-hour truce on Friday in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russian defence ministry said. ...
MOSCOW: Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo until 1900...
ANKARA: The Turkish Armed Forces hit 80 Islamic State targets in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the army said Wednesday....
Baghdad: Aid workers are bracing for a long-feared exodus of civilians from jihadist-held Mosul after Iraqi forces said they had entered the city,...
MOSUL, Iraq: More than 100 Islamic State militants were killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the war media network of Iraq's...
Douma, Syria: Where you sleep. Whether your children go to school. When you can shop. The rhythm of bombardment dictates life in the...
Washington: The United States Tuesday slapped financial sanctions on a Yemeni company and its two owners accused of funneling money to the militant...
Beirut: Iraqi forces fought their way into jihadist-held Mosul on Tuesday, the military said, as a top commander declared the "true liberation" of...
Baghdad: Up to 600,000 children are among the civilians trapped in jihadist-held Mosul, Save The Children said on Tuesday, calling for safe corridors...
ZARQA/SHURA, Iraq: After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from...
Qayyarah: On a dusty plain south of Mosul, French artillery guns fire in support of Iraqi troops fighting to retake the city from...