Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from ISIS, an official said Tuesday, as U.S.-backed militia forces advanced on the extremists' Syrian stronghold Raqqa. Capturing Bashiqa would be a final step in securing the eastern approaches to Mosul, three weeks into an...

 The Russian naval group in the Mediterranean, headed by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, is preparing an offensive against rebels on the besieged neighborhoods of Aleppo city, according to reports citing a source in the Defense Ministry. Jets from the Admiral Kuznetsov, the Peter...

When Saada al-Aboud saw Islamic State fighters bringing weaponry into her village near their Syrian bastion of Raqa, she feared she and her family would become human shields for the jihadists. "Daesh fighters brought heavy weapons to our village and stayed among us so that if there were...

Iraqi investigators carried out an initial examination on Tuesday of a mass grave site discovered in an area south of Mosul that was recently retaken from the Islamic State group. Iraqi security forces announced the discovery of the site in the Hamam al-Alil area the day before, after...