Islamic State (ISIS) militants have destroyed historic artefacts at a Mosul museum in Iraq. The head of the UN agency…
Islamic State (ISIS) militants have burned to death 45 people in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, the local police…
NBC has suspended Brian Williams after he admitted giving a misleading account of coming under fire in Iraq. The broadcaster…
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams says he is taking himself off air "for several days", amid questions over false…
At least 200 members of the Yazidi religious community, mainly elderly people, have been released by the Islamic State (ISIS)…
Pope Francis has delivered his second "Urbi et Orbi" - to the city and the world - Christmas message, highlighting…
The US will send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq to boost local forces fighting Islamic State (ISIS) militants, the…
ISIS militants have killed at least 50 members of an Iraqi tribe in western Anbar province, officials and tribal leaders…
Iraqi air strikes and ground forces appear to have halted the advance of Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the town…
According to Turkish officials, some 45,000 mainly Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours as Islamic…
Forty nine hostages seized by Islamic State (ISIS) from the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have…
President Barack Obama's plan to train and arm the moderate Syrian opposition fighting on Islamic State (ISIS) has been approved…
The US troops their fighting Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Iraq will not have a combat mission, President Barack Obama…
The Islamic State (ISIS) militant group may have up to 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria - three times as…
Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Iraq at the start of a Middle East tour to build support…
Humanitarian aid drops have been made by the US planes to the besieged Iraqi town of Amirli, the Pentagon has…
Acccording to US officials, a secret military mission had tried but failed to free journalist James Foley and other American…
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has released a video apparently showing the killing of American journalist…
Iraq’s PM Nouri al-Maliki has agreed to step aside, ending political deadlock in Baghdad as the government struggles against insurgents.…
Iraqi President Fuad Masum has asked the deputy speaker of parliament, Haider al-Abadi, to form a new government. Haider al-Abadi…
The US has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic State (IS)…
The US military has carried out a third round of airstrikes on Sunni Muslim militants to defend civilians in northern…
The US army has conducted its second air-drop of food and water to Iraqi people hiding in mountains from jihadist…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned all US airlines from flying over Iraq until further notice. The FAA said…
The US army has launched an airstrike against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq. The Pentagon said American aircraft attacked…