Army assumes command of facility in western Anbar province following departure of US-led international troops - Anadolu ...

On Saturday, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said the Iraqi army has taken full control of Ayn al-Asad Airbase, the country's second-largest military airbase, in the western province of Anbar following the ...

U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops announced on Wednesday they were in "full control" of eastern Mosul, after routing Islamic State militants from that part of the northern city almost exactly three ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi special forces fighting Islamic State militants in the northern city of Mosul seized a new neighborhood on Friday and took full control of a densely-populated neighborhood, where ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the ...

The Islamic State group put up fierce resistance to defend the city it seized more than two years ago and also claimed responsibility for deadly suicide attacks further south. The elite ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Sporadic clashes continued on Tuesday in Mosul, even after Iraq's prime minister declared a "total victory" over the Islamic State group in the city and at least one airstrike hit ...