
Five years after the multi-sided war began, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and 11 million - half of Syria...

Iraqi Shiite militiamen worked with other Iraqi forces "as one team, and we (achieved) this great victory."

The US does not believe Iran was involved in the kidnapping, or that the three are being held in Iran

One widely circulated joke even detects phonetic evidence of Iraqi antecedents in the Russian president's name

The attack could further harm relations between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the Gulf region.

Shi'ite militia groups have become the most powerful military force in Iraq since the national army first collapsed last June...

Obama recognized that the mobilization of Shi'ite militias had been necessary to counter ISIL's advance last year.

If Sunnis dislike what they see in Tikrit, they may not back the government's efforts against Islamic State.

Iraqi Shiite militias accused Washington Thursday of hijacking the operation to retake Tikrit, threatening a mass pullout even as regular government...

Iraq's request to the U.S.-led coalition for air strikes in the campaign to retake Tikrit from Islamic State insurgents is ...

It is that idea which many seem to find appealing: a strong response to IS, so different from the impotent collapse...

Wearing a camouflage uniform with militia patches and a green headband, Nawar Mohammed is the image of an Iraqi Shiite fighter except...

The US military's top officer said Iran is bolstering the firepower of Shiite militias in Iraq but it remains unclear...