Beirut — Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the spread of ...

The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost control of its territory nearly six years ago. By Alissa J. Rubin Reporting ...

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June 8, 2006 — -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq who led a bloody insurgency of suicide bombings and kidnappings, was killed in an airstrike Wednesday, north of Baghdad. U.S. Gen ...

Ali Awni Al-Harzi targeted as ISIS battlefield commander in Iraq. — -- A key suspect in the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week in Mosul ...

A high-profile leader of ISIS, described as one of the world’s “most dangerous men,” was killed in a US air strike Friday. The terror group’s second in ...

Arab media reported on August 18 that a US military convoy departed Ain al Asad airbase, a military facility hosting US forces in western Iraq, on its way to Syria. An Iraqi security source speaking ...

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a barrage of Iranian missile attacks, on June 21, 2025. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Iran retaliated on Monday for ...

Iraq has formally reopened the historic al-Nouri Grand Mosque in the northern city of Mosul, eight years after it was destroyed with explosives by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group. Built in the ...

A few years back I was having dinner with a former Special Forces soldier who had just recently returned from Iraq. This time he was working as a contractor there. It was sometime during 2008, because ...

After attack on Qatar, Iran on Monday launched missiles at the Ain al-Assad airbase in western Iraq, which houses U.S. troops, an Iraqi security official told The Associated Press on Monday. Several ...

KARBALA, Iraq (Reuters) -Majid al-Kareem is poorly equipped for his 500 km pilgrimage by foot through the scorching deserts of southern Iraq. He wears sandals and black clothes that absorb the heat, ...