The Iraqi government is looking to gain control of Iranian-aligned armed groups that operate inside of Iraq but outside state ...

Nobody else was killed but one officer was injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack, the first time it took credit for a U.S.-based attack.

This paper quantifies the direct and indirect economic effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the Islamic State on six Levant countries -- the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the ...

A camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) north of Erbil city has been emptied as all residents have returned to their ...

This analysis of IS-K was published in 2018 and is not being updated. For a more recent analysis of Islamic State Khorasan from the Transnational Threats Project, please click here. Islamic State ...

It has always been a dream to return here,” said Abu Hamza, one of the few visitors to Palmyra since last month’s downfall of ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

The FBI said Shamsud-Din Jabbar made videos declaring his support for Islamic State. The terror group's flag was also found.

On January 21, 2025, the Iraqi Parliament passed several laws, including the amended personal status law and a general ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday after talks in Baghdad that a joint battle using "all our resources" must ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan urged for a unified effort to combat Islamic State and Kurdish militants after his ...