US Sanctions Paramilitary Group Based in Iraq and Backed by Iran
The group’s secretary general, Akram al-Kaabi, “has said he would overthrow the Iraqi government if ordered to do so by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei,”...
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Iraqi official says bodies found in post-Daesh Mosul
A total of 4,720 dead bodies have been pulled from the rubble of Iraq’s northern city of Mosul since Iraq’s three-year war with the Daesh...
6 PMF fighters killed by Daesh in northern Iraq
Six fighters affiliated to the Popular Mobilisation Forces (Hashd AL-Shaabi) have been killed and 31 others have been wounded in an ambush by Daesh gunmen...
Al-Qaeda militant gets death sentence for triple murder
An anti-terrorism court on Thursday awarded a double death sentence to an Al-Qaeda militant, convicting him of killing three Tableeghi Jamaat preachers, including two Moroccan...
Top general says ISIS just lying in wait
The outgoing senior commander in the war against ISIS delivered a sobering message in his final appearance before Congress, warning that the terrorist group is...
Liberated Yazidi women burn their veils as Islamic State crumbles
As she emerged from five years captivity inside the Islamic State, Barfe Khalaf Farho wanted one thing more than anything else: fire
Islamic State introduces the new Jihadi John through beheading video
Social media websites published lately photos of a person called Mohammed Reza Haque, who was said to be the new “Jihadi John” of the Islamic...