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September 08, 2016

US general: Urban fight to retake Mosul will be difficult

The urban battle to retake Iraq's second largest city from Islamic State militants that will unfold in the next two or three ...

September 08, 2016

Iranian faction among Kurds trained by US against militants

An Iranian Kurdish rebel group received military training in weapons and explosives from U.S. and European advisers as part ...

September 08, 2016

Lauer's rough night increases pressure on debate moderators

Traffic cop or truth detector? The rough reception given Matt Lauer for his back-to-back interviews with Hillary Clinton and ...

September 08, 2016

Clinton blasts Trump's comments on military generals, Putin

Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian ...

September 07, 2016

The Latest: Emails show Powell advising Clinton on emails

The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 10 p.m. The top Democrat on the House Oversight committee has ...

September 06, 2016

GOP woos veterans, but Trump has rubbed some vets wrong way

It was more than a routine get-out-the-vote knock on the door when Iraq War veteran and Nevada Republican Party staffer Jon ...

September 06, 2016

IS car bombing kills at least 12 civilians in Iraqi capital

A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group struck a bustling commercial area of central Baghdad overnight, killing at ...

September 02, 2016

Attacks across Iraqi capital kill 15 people, wound over 50

A series of attacks across Baghdad, including an explosion at a weapons warehouse that set off munitions and sent a huge ...

August 31, 2016

Slain IS figure was powerful leader with multiple roles

With the killing of Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the Islamic State group lost one of its most powerful figures, a militant with ...

August 30, 2016

Russia says it killed IS spokesman al-Adnani in Syria strike

Russia's Defense Ministry says its airstrike killed the Islamic State group's spokesman and chief strategist. The Defense ...

August 30, 2016

HRW: Iraqi militias recruiting children ahead of Mosul push

Iraqi militias are recruiting children from camps for civilians displaced by conflict ahead of the long-awaited operation to ...

August 29, 2016

Oil wells south of Mosul burn days after key town retaken

The skies above this small northern Iraqi town are black with smoke and ash rains down from around a half dozen oil wells ...

August 29, 2016

Islamic State bombing kills 54 government recruits in Yemen

A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State in Yemen's southern city of Aden on Monday killed at least 54 ...

August 28, 2016

Iraq requests new Saudi envoy after assassination remarks

Iraq's Foreign Ministry said the government on Sunday formally requested that the Saudi ambassador in Baghdad be replaced ...

August 25, 2016

Iraqi defense minister gets no-confidence vote

Iraq's minister of defense received a no-confidence vote from parliament Thursday just as Iraqi forces retook a key northern ...

August 25, 2016

Syria's Kurds: An embattled US ally in a complex civil war

Syria's battle-hardened Kurds have proven their mettle against the Islamic State group, and in the process, carved out an ...

August 22, 2016

Juvenile suicide bomber foiled in Kirkuk

A juvenile would-be suicide bomber was apprehended in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk before he was able to detonate his ...

August 21, 2016

Child bomber in Turkey not the only violent use of children

The suicide attacker who detonated his explosives amid an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at ...

August 21, 2016

Baghdad authorities clear site of deadly mall bombing

Traffic began to file through central Baghdad's busy Karradah street on Sunday for the first time in nearly two months.