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Islamic State plans to reinstate the ancient Islamic dinar by minting its own gold, silver and copper coins, according to…

U.S.-led forces conducted 16 air strikes in Syria, most of them around Kobani near the Turkish border, and seven in the…

President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces…

More than one million Shiite Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques across Iraq on Tuesday for the Ashoura religious ritual…

The Canadian military dropped bombs on Islamic State positions in Iraq for the first time, in support of the US-led…

Iraqi Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State militants in Kobani, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed…

Cloaked in Kurdish flags, thousands of people lined the roads to cheer on a military convoy headed for what was…

Former Egyptian ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ahmed al-Ghamrawy said major powers use ISIS to consolidate their presence in the…

A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Thursday to help push…

Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday to help fellow Kurds repel an Islamic State advance…