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September 26, 2017

The Latest: UN regrets Iraq's Kurds went ahead with vote

The latest on the Iraqi Kurdish referendum on support for independence from Baghdad and the tensions surrounding the vote ...

September 25, 2017

US-backed forces say Russia attacked them in eastern Syria

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria say Russia bombed their positions on Monday in a major natural gas field they recently ...

September 25, 2017

Contractors accuse Iraq of shake downs to force tax payments

American military contractors operating in Iraq are accusing Baghdad of employing strong-arm tactics to make them pay ...

September 25, 2017

The Latest: HRW says US-led coalition Syria strike killed 84

The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 7:15 p.m. An international human rights group says two airstrikes by the ...

September 25, 2017

US military kills 17 ISIS militants in Libya airstrikes

The U.S. military says 17 Islamic State militants were killed in airstrikes on Libya. The Friday airstrikes, which were ...

September 24, 2017

Airstrikes hit Syria's Aleppo despite ceasefire

Airstrikes have targeted rural Aleppo in northern Syria Sunday for the first time in months since a cease-fire took hold in ...

September 24, 2017

Iran strikes IS bases on Syria-Iraq border with drones

Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's elite Revolutionary Guard has targeted bases belonging to the Islamic State ...

September 24, 2017

Syria looks to peace, North Korea to attack on US mainland

Syria's foreign minister told world leaders Saturday that victory against terrorists in his war-ravaged nation "is now within ...

September 23, 2017

US-backed SDF says it took Syria's largest gas field from IS

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters captured Saturday the country's largest gas field from the Islamic State group in an eastern ...

September 22, 2017

The Latest: Turkey says Kurdish referendum plans illegal

The Latest on developments in Iraq (all times local): 21:00 Turkey's highest security body has branded as "illegal and ...

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, Nikki Haley

September 21, 2017

UN votes to help Iraq collect evidence against Islamic State

U.N. investigators will help Iraq collect evidence to build potential war crimes cases against Islamic State extremists, ...

September 21, 2017

Iraqi forces begin operation to retake Hawija from IS group

In a push at dawn, Iraqi forces launched an operation on Thursday to retake the town of Hawija — one of the last extremist ...

September 21, 2017

US pressures Iraqi Kurds to abandon vote on independence

The United States ramped up pressure Wednesday on Iraq's Kurds to abandon a planned referendum on independence, threatening ...

September 21, 2017

Defense: Man accused of terror plot an 'idiot,' not fighter

A man accused of participating in a plot to behead conservative blogger Pamela Geller became consumed by Islamic State group ...

September 20, 2017

Battle against IS in Raqqa is in 'final stages,' force says

The battle for the Islamic State group's de-facto Syria capital, Raqqa, has reached its "final stages," the Syrian Democratic ...

September 19, 2017

Al-Qaida-led fighters on the offensive against Syrian troops

Insurgents led by an al-Qaida-linked group launched one of their widest offensives yet Tuesday against Syrian pro-government ...

September 19, 2017

Syrian troops battling IS cross river toward US-backed force

Syrian troops battling the Islamic State militant group crossed to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in Deir el-Zour ...

September 18, 2017

The Latest: US says Syrian allies in touch with Assad forces

The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 9:45 p.m. The spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition says their allies on ...

September 16, 2017

Iraq PM: Half of IS families detained near Mosul are Turkish

Turkish nationals make up half of the hundreds of families being held in a camp near Mosul for suspected links to the Islamic ...