IRAQ

The Iraqi crisis will have ripple effects through the global economy.

The Iraqi government denied witness accounts that security forces fled Tal Afar.

Capturing the frontier is a dramatic step toward the goal of building a caliphate across swathes of Syria and Iraq.

ISIS now reportedly controls most of Iraq's western border and is in a position to easily move weapons to arm Syrian rebels.

Kerry is the highest ranked U.S. official to visit Egypt since al-Sisi was elected president in May.

Netanyahu says a better idea would be to pit Iran against the Sunni extremists.

Pentagon aware of pictures showing U.S. Humvees in ISIS hands.

Rand Paul told David Gregory on "Meet The Press" the Iraq crisis was partly fueled by failed American policies over the last 13 years.

Little is known about Abu Deraa.

The situation in Iraq continues to become more complicated as another religious militia shows its fighting capabilities.

Syria stages five bombing raids near the Iraqi border in bid to halt ISIS advance.

U.S. intelligence agencies have repeatedly warned top government officials that Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki and his policies were gravely antagonizing his country's Sunni population, two U.S. security officials said on Friday.

Scarred by a decade of war, many Iraqis fear another U.S. intervention. Obama is pushing Baghdad to find a political solution.

The onetime darling of Washington is jockeying again for the top job in Iraq, but he's a very controversial figure.

Turkey's energy minister said the Kurdish oil is "entirely legitimate."

Iraqi government forces are coming together to beat back a Sunni extremist group that has taken over significant regions.

The explosion reportedly took place in Horrah village in the countryside near Hama, located in west-central Syria.

A source close to Maliki told Reuters that the government planned to hit back now that it had halted ISIL's advance.

Washington clearly would like to be rid of the Iraqi prime minister. But will it improve the security situation in the country?

An Iraqi government-owned television station has been airing a strange anti-ISIS ad.

If the extremist group manages to hold on to Iraq's biggest refinery, it's trouble ahead for Kurdistan -- and for fuel prices.