Ex-prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is often seen as responsible for sectarian tensions and military mismanagement that made ...

U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops announced on Wednesday they were in "full control" of eastern Mosul, after routing Islamic State militants from that part of the northern city almost exactly three ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi special forces fighting Islamic State militants in the northern city of Mosul seized a new neighborhood on Friday and took full control of a densely-populated neighborhood, where ...

An Iraqi Army soldier from the 9th Division shoots towards Islamic State positions during clashes in Al-Qasr village, 7km to Mosul, Iraq. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) A soldier of ...

Carter flew to the Iraqi capital on an announced visit to "survey key locations directly supporting the battle for Mosul," the Pentagon said. Carter flew to the Iraqi capital on an announced visit to ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the ...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Sporadic clashes continued on Tuesday in Mosul, even after Iraq's prime minister declared a "total victory" over the Islamic State group in the city and at least one airstrike hit ...