Coalition Says Fewer Than 3,000 IS Fighters Remain in Iraq and Syria
BAGHDAD — The United States-led international coalition fighting Islamic State estimates that fewer than 3,000 fighters belonging to the hardline Sunni militant group remain in…
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How ISIL changed the oil map of Iraq
The last three years dramatically reshaped the oil map in Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer. The dust from the military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq…
Syrian govt recaptures border town from ISIS
BEIRUT • The Syrian army and its allies took complete control over Albu Kamal, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) last significant town…
British man fighting Isis in Syria has been killed in Raqqa, sources say
A British man who went to Syria to fight Islamic State has been killed in Raqqa, a month after Kurdish commanders declared the “total liberation” of the group’s de…
IS conflict: Iraq begins final push to clear western desert
Iraqi forces say they have launched an offensive to clear the desert bordering Syria of so-called Islamic State (IS). Army, police and paramilitary units are…
The Islamic State Is Finished In Iraq And Syria, Iran Declares
Iranian leaders on Tuesday declared the end of the territorial hold of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the announcement…
Syria military operation ‘wrapping up’, Putin tells Assad in Russia talks
Vladimir Putin has hosted Bashar al-Assad for talks during which the two presidents agreed the focus in the Syrian conflict was switching from military operations to the…
ISIS just lost its last town in Iraq
In 2014, ISIS controlled around 34,000 square miles of territory in Iraq and Syria. As of Friday, ISIS lost its last stronghold in Iraq. That’s because on…
Russia is using a video game to ‘prove’ the U.S. is letting ISIS flee Syria
The image provided by the Russian defense ministry was damning: three Islamic State trucks led by an armored vehicle on their way to a key battlefield in…
Trump, Putin agree ‘no military solution’ in Syria
Russia and the United States will continue their efforts fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Syria, US President Donald Trump and Russian Vladimir…