Aid group says IS shooting civilians fleeing Fallujah battle
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN The Islamic State group has been shooting at civilians as they try to flee the nearly two-week battle between Iraqi government forces and IS militants in the…
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Islamic State kills dozens of its own in hunt for spies
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there…
Iraqi forces push into Fallujah as IS bombings kill 24
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Iraqi forces started pushing into the city of Fallujah on Monday as a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad and near the…
US, other powers want to arm Libyan government
By GEORGE JAHN and MATTHEW LEE The United States and other world powers say they are ready to supply Libya’s internationally recognized government with weapons to counter the Islamic State…
Additional bombings bring death toll to 88 across Baghdad
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SUSANNAH GEORGE he scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi… Read more BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police and hospital…
Afghanistan faces tough battle as Haqqanis unify the Taliban
By KATHY GANNON A shadowy, Pakistan-based militant faction is on the rise within the Taliban after its leader was appointed deputy and played a key role in unifying the fractured…
US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to Iraq
By LOLITA C. BALDOR The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight…
Syrian government launches offensive south of city of Aleppo
By PHILIP ISSA and ZEINA KARAM Syrian troops and their allies launched an offensive Tuesday to retake an important hilltop village south of the city of Aleppo from militants, including…