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Egypt refused to dispatch troops to Iraq and Syria to take part in military operations against the Islamic State (IS)…

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Badr Abdel Aaty welcomed on Tuesday formation of the new Iraqi government, headed by Heidar al-Abady, which…

Islamic State fighters attacked a riverside town north of Baghdad on Monday with gunboats and a car bomb, killing 17…

The United States launched its first air strikes in Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland, bombing jihadists near a key dam on…

In the cities and towns across the desert plains of northeast Syria, the ultra-hardline al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State has…

Violence in Iraq left at least 1,420 people dead in August as Iraqi forces fought to regain areas overrun by…

Iraqi security forces backed by Shia militias on Sunday broke the two-month siege of Amerli by Islamic State militants and…

Iran has supplied weapons and ammunition to Iraqi Kurdish forces, Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani said Tuesday at a joint press…

Jihadists carried out a "massacre" in the northern Iraq village of Kocho, killing dozens of people, most of them members…

Nouri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him as Iraq's prime minister violated the constitution…