ISIL fighters expand offensive in western Iraq
Al-Qaeda offshoot takes control of Syrian border crossing and nearby strategic towns; thousands of Shiites march in Baghdad
View ArticleIraqi forces push into insurgent-held Tikrit
Conflicting reports suggest government forces gaining ground for the first time against ISIL
View ArticleReport: ISIL captures Syrian border town
Jihadi group said to overtake strategic site of Boukamal after battling for days
View ArticleUN warns Iraq of ‘chaos’ if no political progress
33 killed, including 29 women, in raid on Baghdad housing complex as sectarian fighting escalates
View ArticleIn fight against Islamic State, Iraqi PM sacks 24 officials
Following a deadly border attack that killed 15 Iraqi policemen, Iraq restructures security forces to stave off IS onslaught
View ArticleActivists: Outreach made to IS over Christian captives
Assyrian rights groups and local tribal leaders reportedly making headway in recovering 220 abductees
View ArticleEvidence that IS used chemical weapons, Iraqi Kurds say
Kurdish government says jihadist group used chlorine gas in January suicide car bombing
View ArticleIS cements grip on Iraq-Syria border in jihadist surge
New territorial gains prompt tens of thousands to flee and raise concerns jihadists will destroy ancient ruins of Palmyra
View ArticleUK ex-army chief wants boots on the ground to fight IS
Sir Richard Dannatt says airstrikes are insufficient, calls on parliament to consider deploying up to 5,000 troops, The Guardian reports
View ArticleUN: 22,000 fighters from 100 countries in Syria and Iraq
Report suggests world unprepared to deal with ramifications of Islamic State’s foreign recruits
View ArticleAgainst Islamic State, airstrikes may not suffice
With little concern for civilian suffering and able to melt into population centers, jihadists prove hard to kill from the air
View ArticleIraq calls for more intel from allies against Islamic State
Jihadist group’s gains partly due to its supply of well-trained foreign fighters, says PM Haider al-Abadi
View ArticleUS-led coalition doubles down on IS group strategy
Washington pormises more arms to Iraq; PM decries lack of practical support as jihadists make territorial gains
View ArticleKurds’ Syrian offensive against Islamic State rolls forward
Repeated victories against jihadists help make the Kurds Washington’s long-sought ‘partner on the ground’
View ArticleIslamic State is led by more than 100 of Saddam’s former officers
Iraqi dictator’s ex-generals gave jihadist group the structure and discipline needed to turn ‘from terrorist organization to proto-state’
View ArticleIraq says it hit convoy of Islamic State chief in air raid
Fate of jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi unknown; Baghdad hails ‘heroic operation’ of airstrike near Syrian border
View ArticleIslamic State chief not killed in Iraq airstrike — local residents
Locals says body of notorious jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi not among those recovered after Karbala air raid
View ArticleMiddle East’s ‘demons’ now an unstoppable force, writes veteran correspondent
In book of on-scene diaries 'The Age of Jihad,' Patrick Cockburn describes why the sectarian holy war in the Middle East is now an unclosable Pandora's box
View ArticleEx-journalist is lonely lifeline for Yazidis sold into sex slavery
Nareen Shammo quit her TV job to rescue her kinswomen from torture, rape and death at the hands of Islamic State
View ArticleUS official blasts deal that moved Islamic State fighters from Lebanon border
Lebanese army buses hundreds of jihadists out of combat zone in return for info on missing soldiers
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