(BBC)- The Iraqi military says it has launched a new offensive aimed at re-capturing western towns near the Syrian border from the jihadist group Islamic State. The operation will involve army and federal police units, along with tribal fighters. Their main targets are the towns of...

Six Iraqi civilians were killed and another 17 injured on Thursday when a car bomb shook capital Baghdad, according to a local security source. "The explosive-laden vehicle blew up in the city’s eastern [predominantly Shia] Al-Obeidi area," Ahmed Khalaf, a Baghdad police officer, told...

Turkish warplanes and artillery have struck ISIS targets in Syria, 'neutralizing' 38 of the group's militants, Turkey's military said in a statement Thursday. In a round-up of its military operations over the last 24 hours in support of rebels in northern Syria, the army said airstrikes by...

The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it has doubled to about 450 the number of military advisors assisting Iraqi troops engaged in the fight to retake Mosul from ISIS fighters. "We have increased the number of advise and assist forces that are there with the ISF (Iraqi Security Forces)...