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More than 60 percent of sorties against Islamic State in Iraq are carried out by the nation's air forces and…

Special-forces raids on an Islamic State stronghold in northern Iraq are under way before a planned offensive to retake Mosul,…

Sectarian attacks south of Baghdad have aroused local fears that an escalating row between the region's Sunni and Shi'ite powerhouses…

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari held talks in Tehran Wednesday with the crisis between Saudi Arabia and Iran in focus…

Islamic State's territory shrank by 40 percent from its maximum expansion in Iraq, and by 20 percent in Syria in…

The last time Saudi Arabia broke off ties with Iran, after its embassy in Tehran was stormed by protesters in…

Iran accused Saudi Arabia on Monday of using an attack on its embassy as a pretext to sever ties in…

Blasts rocked two Sunni mosques in central Iraq Monday, amid fears of renewed sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of…

Attacks by five suicide bombers on an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad on Sunday killed at least 15 members…

Iraq's military says Islamic State militants have launched suicide attacks in the western city of Ramadi days after troops drove…