BAGHDAD Jan 30 (Reuters) - Transfers of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq by the U.S. military have slowed this week, seven sources familiar with the matter said, following calls by Baghdad ...

The number of mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least 3 times higher than the total from any other 10-year period since the 70s. The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu ...

MUNICH, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iraq is in talks with other countries including Arab and Muslim states to repatriate Islamic State prisoners, its foreign minister said, and the U.S. military said it had ...

Ex-prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is often seen as responsible for sectarian tensions and military mismanagement that made the "Islamic State" possible in Iraq. He's just been nominated as Iraq's next ...

Local youth play atop of a damaged armored vehicle belonging to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at the site of clashes with Syrian government forces in the village of al-Hol in northeastern Syria's ...

The U.S. is sending an additional 300 troops to Iraq to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy and elsewhere in the Baghdad area to protect U.S. citizens and property, officials said Monday. That raises ...

AL-HOL, Syria (AP) — The U.S. military says it has begun transferring detainees from the Islamic State group who were held in northeastern Syria to Iraq to ensure they remain in secure facilities. U.S ...

And I'm Renee Montagne. We're aiming to bring you up to speed this week on the players in this new crisis in Iraq. This morning we look at the group at the center of it all - ISIS - the Islamic State ...