Jihadists seize Syria army base, behead soldiers Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and beheading some...
Islamic State kills Syrian soldiers, captures parts of base: group Fighters from al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State killed at least 50 Syrian army soldiers and took over parts of...
Islamic state killed 270 during Syrian gas field takeover: monitor Militant group Islamic State killed 270 soldiers, guards and staff when they captured a Syrian gas field on...
Bodies found north of Baghdad as Sunni insurgents turn on each other Residents of a town north of Baghdad found 12 corpses with execution-style bullet wounds on Monday...
Iraq's Maliki rejects pressure to give up premiership Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki refused on Friday to give up his quest for a third term...
Iraq lawmakers convene to form government to fight "caliphate" Iraq's new parliament convened on Tuesday under pressure to name a unity government to prevent the country splitting...
Iraqi forces, ISIL battle for Tikrit raq's army launches an assault to reclaim Tikrit, the birthplace of former president Saddam Hussein.
ISIL seizes Iraq-Jordan border as Kerry visits Baghdad U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Iraqi leaders to unite against an al-Qaeda...
[GRAPHIC IMAGES] ISIL claim to kill hundreds of Iraqi soldiers, release 'execution' video (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) The ISIL Sunni insurgents in Iraq claim to have killed scores of government forces...
Rise of Islamic State tests Syrian army strategy The growing power of the ultra-hardline Islamic State means the Syrian army is now having to...
Confident Assad launches new term in stronger position Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new term as Syria's president on Wednesday, after an election...
Iraq tells U.N. 'terrorist groups' seized former chemical weapons depot Iraq's government has lost control of a former chemical weapons facility to "armed terrorist groups" and is unable...
U.S. increases security at overseas airports amid bomb concerns The United States said on Wednesday it would increase security at overseas airports with nonstop flights to the...
After Iraq gains, Qaeda offshoot claims Islamic 'caliphate' An offshoot of al Qaeda which has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "caliphate...
ISIL crucifies 9 men in Syria's Aleppo: NGO A jihadist group in Syria has publicly executed and crucified nine men, eight of them rebels fighting both...
Iran rejects U.S. action in Iraq, ISIL tightens Syria border grip Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by...
ISIL extends gains in Iraq, takes Turk diplomats hostage An al-Qaeda offshoot extended its gains in Iraq after capturing both the country’s second-biggest city and...
