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

Iraq said around 16,000 of its citizens remain in Syria’s al-Hol camp, which houses families linked to ISIS. Ali Abdullah, an ...

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

Battle of Mosul would have been unrecognizable to Henri Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 war movie directed by Ridley Scott set during 1993's Battle of Modadishu, one of the largest ...

Al-Maliki's order came a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered to help purge militia members from Iraqi security forces. He criticized the government for denying ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Thursday to help purge Iraqi security forces of militia members. But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent ...

Adam Kelwick from Liverpool's Abdullah Quilliam Mosque is touring Syria to distribute meals and money during Ramadan ...

A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war ...

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“The Zionist threats to target Iraq were clear, and our constitution, government, and interests prevent us from making the decision [to go to] war,” the top diplomat stated, noting that ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s influential Shiite cleric Muqtada ... The ceasefire went into effect in mid-January, following 15 months of war between the two sides which began after Hamas ...