Pope Francis has an ambitious agenda for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, including some of the country's most treasured sites.
Here are five key...
By Ahmad Al-Rubaye
MOSUL—I have covered nearly the entire nine months that Iraqi forces spent retaking Mosul from Islamic State jihadists. I would spend weeks...
MOSUL"•Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over “brutality and terrorism” in Mosul on Monday, announcing his forces had ended the Islamic State group’s...
HILLA, Iraq"•A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 70 people, mainly Shiite pilgrims, south of Baghdad on Thursday, as...
QARAGOSH, Iraq"•Iraqi forces advancing on Mosul faced stiff resistance on Monday from the Islamic State group despite an unprecedented wave of US-led coalition air...
AL-SHURA, Iraq"•Iraqi forces launched an offensive Monday to retake Mosul and deal a death blow to the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” in the city...
Washington—Islamic State fighters inside the jihadist group’s Iraqi stronghold of Mosul are “weakening” and showing signs of frustration ahead of a battle to recapture...
