The Pentagon said Abu Wahib, who has appeared in several ISIS execution videos, was the Islamic State group’s “military emir for Anbar province.”
While the smaller number of active soldiers may be surprising to some, it was actually part of a larger plan proposed by the Pentagon in 2014.
An Iraqi planning ministry official said that between 2004 and 2016 as much as $31.4 billion in damages had been sustained.
The new energy minister is one of a handful of Saudi figures whose views are closely watched by those seeking insight into the world’s largest crude oil exporter.
Human remains found in different areas of the country were said to be “evidence of the heinous crimes” committed by the Islamic State group.
The name had ranked among the 1,000 most popular for girls born in the United States for 15 years, government data show.
So far this year, 10 journalists have been killed doing their jobs, a number that’s likely to rise. In 2015, 25 were killed.
The capture of the Shaer gas field in the desert comes after the militants lost the ancient city in March to the Syrian regime.
Everyday life has come to a standstill in Kilis as anger against the government, the Islamic State group and Syrian refugees has begun to boil over.
Melbourne-born Neil Prakash was linked to militant plots in Australia and had appeared in several ISIS propaganda videos, reports said.
Capt. Nathan Michael Smith has alleged that the president does not have proper authorization to wage a war against the Islamic State group.
The enigmatic Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has emerged as the face of the anti-corruption movement in Iraq just in time for the 2018 election.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter also said the U.S. greatly regrets the death of a Navy SEAL in an attack by the Islamic State group in Iraq.
Desperate refugees are taking a new route to Europe from North Africa, and it’s more dangerous than ever.
Aria Ladjedvardi, a German national of Iranian descent, is accused of having posed alongside the severed heads of victims in Syria.
The soldier was hit by “direct fire” from Islamic State group militants while he was aiding Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
“Allah’s Soldiers,” an upcoming documentary from French journalist Said Ramzi, tracks the formation of an ill-fated terror plot.
Taking out its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, would have a “great impact” on the Islamic State group, CIA Director John Brennan said.
After substantial territorial losses, the militant group has responded with more attacks, analysis firm IHS said.
The bombings represented a rare attack by the Sunni group against the mainly Shiite southern provinces near Samawa, Iraq.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is set to begin its annual conference Monday, focusing on threats from terror groups rather than nations.
The protests — demanding a vote on overhauling the government — continued as Iraq's premier reportedly called for rioters to be pursued and punished.
