IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the ...

Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by ISIL (ISIS) during its years ...

Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic ...

Father Benedict Kiely presented the icon to Bishop Benedictus Younan Hanno, Syriac Catholic archbishop of Mosul and its ...

Iraq's long-shuttered Mosul International Airport, rebuilt after it was devastated by ISIS, has drawn bids from foreign ...

South of Mosul, several villages and a military air base around the town of Shurqat, in Salahuddin province, also fell to militants, al-Nujaifi said. "What happened is a disaster by any standard ...

WASHINGTON — The battle for Mosul ultimately will be the biggest U.S. operation in Iraq since the end of the last war. That was Monday’s message from Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint ...

The fact is, Mosul was ready to collapse at any time, for a very long time, and ISIL ’s appearance was merely the result of many things that took place before that. One is the security vacuum.

Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, fell under ISIS rule in the summer of 2014, when the jihadist group took over swaths of northern and western Iraq. Today, Mosul is the group’s last urban ...

A look at what's expected to be the most important battle against ISIS. — -- Iraq's announcement of the start of the offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS is a pivotal moment in defeating ISIS ...

Iraqi officials have begun excavating a mass grave, which is believed to contain the remains of thousands of victims of the ...