A U.S. defense official was unable to confirm at this point whether the militants had been cleared out of the...

 

 

 

U.S. President Barack Obama approves plan to deploy up to 450 additional military personnel to a base in Iraq...

  Iraqi soldiers and Shia militias fire on Islamic State targets east of Ramadi in the western province of Anbar

  More than 90,000 people have fled their homes in Iraq's western province of Anbar where Islamic State militants...

  The jihadists deployed vehicle and suicide bombs to tear through Iraqi government lines north of the city of Ramadi overnight...