Historic landmarks in Iraq’s Mosul are reopening as the city heals from Islamic State devastation
For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...
Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Jordan aim to jointly tackle Islamic State, Ankara says
Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Jordan will take steps toward jointly combating Islamic State in the region and they aim to hold a ...
Who's pulling the strings in the DR Congo crisis?
The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...
Islamic State members held for years in a Syria prison say they know nothing of the world
A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...
Turkey says it will join with neighbors to fight the Islamic State group in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Jordan will come together to fight the remnants of the ...
Puntland offensive deals blow to Islamic State in Somalia
Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...
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Four Islamic State members, including two leaders, killed in eastern Iraq
A fighter from the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), mans an anti-aircraft gun mounted on the rear of a vehicle in Mosul July 16, 2014. (credit ...
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Historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul reopen as city heals from Islamic State devastation
For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017.Nearly eight ...
US-backed commander says his Kurdish-led group wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria
Abdi said the Kurds of Syria do not want to break away from the country or set up their own autonomous government and ...
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Destroyed by Islamic State fighters, Iraq’s ancient Nimrud site is becoming whole again
Once the crown jewel of the ancient Assyrian empire, the archaeological site was ravaged by Islamic State (IS) fighters after they seized large areas of Iraq and neighbouring Syria in 2014.
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US Military Campaign Against Islamic State Ramps Up
The U.S. military has waged a series of large strikes on the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and Iraq over the past month in what appears to be an uptick in the decade-long campaign against ...