Kurdistan overwhelmingly votes for independence from Iraq
Kurds in northern Iraq have voted overwhelmingly to secede from the nation, with nearly 93 percent approving a referendum held on Monday.
The referendum is...
Israel announces support for Kurdish independence
Israel has become the first country to back Iraqi Kurdistan’s bid for independence.
The announcement by Tel Aviv reflects the close relationship that has developed...
Undying terror finds ways to resurrect: Is this really the end of Daesh?
Journalist Ramzy Baroud says that it is time to face the ugly truth: Terrorism emanates from Western military interventionism, and the brutality and humiliation...
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “confirmed killed”
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been confirmed killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
Reports from the Coventry-based organisation are used...
ISIS destroy Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul according to Iraqi army
ISIS fighters have reportedly blown up the historic Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul according to the Iraqi army.
Iraqi government forces and Shia militias advanced...
Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al Sadr calls on Bashar al Assad to step down
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has become the first major Shia leader to call on Syrian President Bashar al Assad to step down.
Sadr, who is...
Hundreds feared dead in suspected U.S. air strike in Iraq
At least 112 bodies have been pulled from the site of a US-led coalition airstrike in Mosul, Iraq.
The deaths have sparked renewed concerns about...
VIDEO: This how the US army drove through traffic in the streets of Iraq
Shocking video footage showing how an American military Humvee rammed civilian cars from behind and drove towards oncoming traffic in the busy streets of...
Foreign ISIS fighters likely to be well educated but unemployed
A study by the World Bank of 4,000 leaked ISIS membership documents shows ISIS fighters are likely to be better educated and better off...
Council of Sunni Iraqi scholars issue statement condemning Fallujah “massacre”
The largest council of Iraqi Sunni scholars have issued a joint statement condemning what they describe as a "massacre" in Fallujah during the recent...
