Iraq had yesterday declared that it had liberated Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province west of Baghdad in central part of the country and ...

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter today said America has intensifie...

Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the US is prepared to assist the Iraqi army with more personnel and equipment to help them fight Islamic ...

The strikes destroyed an ISIS facility near Makhmur, Iraq, that was used to produce vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices. Car bombs a...

As a head logician for ISIS, Abdullah never selected recruits for the operations - that was the work of a separate department within the or...

The US is making significant gains in its fight against IS. But some are still skeptical about Washington's overall strategy.

"ISIS has never fought a real battle," Barak, who was also the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff said.

Obama administration argues, arming and training Sunnis to defend their own territory is the only viable way to beat back Islamic State.

A successful campaign to retake the city could send ISIS into retreat. But failure would only solidify the jihadists' hold over a sizable p...

The Iraqi army, which the US has tried to build up into a viable fighting force, fled when faced with dozens of car bombs in the provincial...

ISIS' penchant for massively powerful suicide bombings has been a hallmark of group since it first seized Mosul, Iraq's second largest city...

The Iraqi forces defeated by IS fighters in their takeover of Ramadi were not outnumbered and in fact showed "no will to fight", US said.

There is an "infinitely" greater chance of IS smuggling its first nuclear weapon from Pak to attack the US, as per the dreaded group's prop...

Barack Obama has played down the Islamic State capture of Ramadi, capital of Iraq's largest province, as a "tactical setback".

The sandstorm delayed American warplanes and kept them from launching airstrikes to help the Iraqi forces, as the Islamic State fighters ev...

The White House has promised to help the Iraqi forces as the Islamic State captured Iraq's largest province after fighting for 18 months.

The US has stepped up assistance to Iraq to combat al-Qaeda global terrorist groups who have seized its two major cities in Al-Anbar.