Despite using state-of-the-art weaponry, the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq appears unable to avoid civilian casualties as it battles the extremists in close urban combat. The coalition is backing Iraqi forces in the battle to push out ISIS from west Mosul, a maze of narrow and...

On west Mosul's Baghdad street, thousands of displaced Iraqis flee the fighting with their meagre belongings but similar numbers walk in the other direction, heading straight back into the war-torn city. The street is currently the main corridor for civilians fleeing the battle between the...

Iran strongly denied any meddling Thursday after Arab leaders condemned "foreign interference" in their affairs in a clear reference to the Islamic republic. Arab heavyweight Saudi Arabia has been at loggerheads with Iran over the conflicts in Syria and Yemen and political unrest in Bahrain,...

At least 14 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at an entrance to Baghdad, in an attack claimed by ISIS, officials said Thursday. The blast, which hit the checkpoint at the main southern entrance to the city Wednesday night, also wounded at least...