Despite its size and the presence of over 80 surrounding villages, the area remains without a functioning hospital, forcing ...

Iraqi forces have arrested seven wanted extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in separate counter-terrorism operations ...

He has just returned from the front lines in Nineveh Province, where he visited Kurdish ... Our conversation turns from Iraq generally to the work that brought him here: assisting with the primary ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed in an Iraqi strike on their ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi security forces on Tuesday arrested seven suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militants in ...

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In June 2014, ISIS launched an all-out offensive in northern and western Iraq, seizing large swathes of territory, including ...

Iraq sent armoured vehicles on Monday to reinforce ... Similar forces were deployed along the border further north in Nineveh province, it said. The move comes after the Syrian Observatory for ...

At least 60 Daesh militants have been reportedly killed in the Iraqi army's airstrikes on the northern Nineveh province. Iraq's al-Ghadeer television said on Monday that Iraqi jets bombed Daesh ...

ISIS militants began a full-scale attack in northern and western Iraq in June 2014, taking control of vast areas of land, ...