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The number of people killed in extremist attacks declined for the second successive year in 2016 but more countries were…

After helping Iraq stifle a Kurdish push for independence, Iran is now positioning itself to take control of oil exports…

Huda Jalal Yassi, chief of the Arab Women Investors Union, spoke last month of governmental plans to establish several development…

A mass grave containing the remains of at least 400 suspected victims of “Islamic State” (IS) terrorists was discovered in Iraq on…

The Islamic State group recaptured Albu Kamal in eastern Syria on Saturday after a fierce fightback to save the last…

Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Saturday to capture Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic-State control, leaving the group’s…

Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate was on the verge of final defeat on Friday, with Syrian government forces capturing its last…

Iraqi forces have entered al-Qaim, one of the last remaining territories in the country still held by Islamic State militants,…

Iraqi forces threatened on Wednesday to resume operations to capture northern Kurdish-held territory after accusing authorities there of delaying handing…

Iraq’s Kurdistan region said on Thursday it has offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a strategic crossing into Turkey, with…