Iraq Says U.S. Vows to Speed Support in ISIS Battle

Officials from the 68 countries will gather to discuss ways to intensify the current campaign against Islamic State. Iraq has said the Trump administration would speed up U.S. support to Iraq in the fight against ISIS......»»

Thomson Reuters The Pentagon on Monday played down any new role for US forces in Iraq's battle to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS, saying American personnel were behind the forward line of troops and acting in an advisory role to support Iraqis. "Ameri.....»»

As oil traders focus on rising rig counts and the potential for OPEC production cuts, a critical battle against ISIS is unfolding in Iraq overnight. Reuters News reports that Iraqi government forces, with air and ground support from the U.S. led coalition.....»»

In June 2014, ISIS overran Tal Afar, a Shiite enclave in the Sunni-majority province of Nineveh.....»»

Iraqi forces are preparing an offensive on ISIS-held Tal Afar, where the group has some 2,000 fighters......»»

A political dispute threatens to complicate the battle to oust Islamic State from the town of Tal Afar: Both the U.S.-backed Iraqi military and Shiite militias supported by Iran want to spearhead the fight......»»

APWASHINGTON (AP) — Southeast Asia's jihadis who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a different battle closer to.....»»

Thomson Reuters BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-backed Iraqi troops pushed into the last Islamic State stronghold in Mosul on Sunday, an Iraqi commander said, formally launching the final major battle of.....»»

The Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces captured a strategic border crossing from ISIS in Iraq, giving Tehran a chance to bolster its battle in Syria......»»

Until the West crushes ISIS’s ideology, bombings like the one in Manchester are going to continue—and maybe become more common......»»

Paul Szoldra/Business Insider CAMP PENDLETON, California — Maj. David Palka had seen combat before in Iraq and Afghanistan, but roughly 90% of th.....»»

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers wrote to President Donald Trump after he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, saying the U.S. was necessary for "rebuilding the country.".....»»

REUTERS/Ari Jalal MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces killed the Islamic State commander of Mosul's Old City on Tuesday as the battle for the militants' last stronghold in Iraq focused on a brid.....»»

The U.S.-led coalition believes Baghdadi has left the battle for the city in the hands of his commanders......»»

Thomson Reuters MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - As Iraqi government forces advanced towards his eastern Mosul neighborhood in November, a group of Islamic State militants stormed Abu Rami's home, put a gun to his head and t.....»»

REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Baghdad (AFP) — Iraqi forces launched the multi-pronged "second phase" of the battle to ret.....»»

Any further insurgencies are bound to cause even greater economic pain for a country already reeling from the impact of low oil prices. Any further insurgencies are bound to cause even greater economic pain for a country already reeling from the imp.....»»

Iraqi forces continue to battle ISIS neighborhood by neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and ISIS' last stronghold in the country. In neighboring Syria, progress against the terrorist group has been less forthcoming. While fighting rage.....»»

Thomson ReutersBAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) — In the early days of the assault on Islamic State in Mosul, Iran successfully pressed Iraq to change its battle plan and seal off the city, an intervention which has since shaped the tortuous course of .....»»

Kurdish fighters and the national army increasingly at odds amid parliamentary budget battle and uncertainty over policies of the incoming Trump administration......»»