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Iraqi army, Shiite militia deploy from base near Ramadi

A convoy of Shiite Muslim militia and Iraqi army forces set out from a base near Ramadi on Saturday toward areas held by ISIS, an eyewitness and a local official said. Pro-government forces are seeking to retake the capital of the sprawling western province of Anbar after ISIS overran it last...

Islamic State expands its 'state'

Almost a year after Islamic State's shock capture of Mosul, Iraq's second city, the black flags of the jihadis have been raised over Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province to the west of Baghdad, seat of Iraq’s increasingly theoretical central government. Nobody talks of Mosul or recapturing...