Outside Kirkuk, Iraqi troops were filmed trying to halt the advance of Sunni militants. But when the government forces fled, Kurdish fighters moved into the city that they have long claimed as ...

Washington has had troops in Syria for years as part of international efforts against the Islamic State (IS) group, which ...

The extremist organisation had existed as a mere “paper state” since its founding as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in ...

However, the new documents appear to show that Shara’a was held by US forces and the Iraqi government at detention camps such ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service ...

The shadow of the four executioners with British accents often loomed over the trial of the jailers and torturers of the ...

The U.S. has sent more forces to Syria, tamping down on the immediate threat, but experts warn that the extremist group could ...

Boris Johnson, John Prescott and Sir Christopher Meyer have condemned Tony Blair's Iraq crisis claims. Iraq Crisis: Spain Arrests Eight Suspected Isis Recruiters Spain arrests eight suspected Isis ...

The U.S. and Iraq announced an agreement last year to wind down the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition ...

President Vladimir Putin has called the downing of its jet as a 'huge mistake' and claimed that Turkey was protecting its oil trade with Islamic State. The ex-wife of Isis leader Abu Bakr al ...