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 ...

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

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met on Thursday in Qatar with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first ...

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

Islamic State leader Abu Khadija held the position of the so-called governor of Iraq and Syria and was also the head of its foreign operations offices.

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 head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime ...

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 ...