The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, officially as the Islamic State, and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh, is a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi doctrine of Sunni Islam. Read More
Turkey said it wanted to avoid Iraq becoming a stage for a proxy war and urged parties involved in the ongoing United States-Iran crisis to refrain from violating Iraqi sovereignty. ...
The forces of Libya's UN-backed government on Tuesday withdrew from the strategic coastal city of Sirte to "save civilian lives" after the rival eastern-based army took over it on Monday, spokesperson of the protection force of Sirte said. ...
The Pentagon has said that that there was no policy change regarding the presence of US troops in Iraq, after media reports said that American personnel were preparing to withdraw from the war-torn country. ...
The United States on Sunday expressed disappointment over Iraq's decision to expel all foreign troops from its territory and cutting off ties with the US-led international anti-terrorist coalition. ...
An affiliate of the Islamic State in Nigeria has said that it has executed 11 people in retaliation for the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in October. ...
French ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain on Monday stressed that his country will continue to keep pressure on Pakistan to see whether the Islamic State is fulfilling its commitment to the Financial Action Terror Force (FATF). ...
