ISIS

Iraq Kurds retake Mosul dam from ISIL

BAGHDAD: Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants with the help… Read More

Maliki of Iraq steps down

BAGHDAD: Nuri al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped… Read More

United States sends another 130 military personnel to Iraq

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has sent about 130 additional military personnel to Iraq, U.S Defense Secretary… Read More

US ready to help new Iraq PM, Iran welcomes choice

BAGHDAD: Iraq's new prime minister-designate won swift endorsements from uneasy mutual allies the United States… Read More

Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive – Iraq

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority… Read More

Obama says won’t let Islamic militants create caliphate – NYT

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to consider broader use of military… Read More

Obama orders air strikes on ISIL in Iraq

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had authorized "targeted" U.S. air strikes against… Read More

Ayatollah Sistani urges PM Maliki to step aside

BAGHDAD: Iraq's most influential Shi'ite cleric urged political leaders on Friday to refrain from clinging… Read More

Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 27 people – police, medics

BAGHDAD: At least 27 people were killed in a wave of bombings in mostly Shi'ite… Read More

After Iraq gains, ISIS declares itself Islamic ‘caliphate’

BEIRUT:  An offshoot of al Qaeda which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an… Read More

Suicide blast injures 19 in Beirut

BEIRUT: A suicide bomber blew up his car in southern Beirut on Monday night near… Read More