US President Donald Trump, who is to make his first visit to the Pentagon as Commander in Chief on Friday, is expected to ask Defense Secretary James N Mattis for ways to accelerate the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
The Pentagon has announced that the stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Iraqi city of Mosul is weakening.
At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured when three suicide car bombs exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, security sources said.
ISIS has offered a $1 million (approx Rs 6.8 crore) reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the terror group in Syria and Iraq.
The US-led coalition has confirmed that 54 civilians in Iraq and Syria were killed between March 31 and October 22 while carrying out airstrikes against terror group Islamic State.
Over a month after a major operation was launched against Islamic State militants, the Iraqi security forces on Thursday captured three more neighbourhoods from the terror group in eastern Mosul.
Terror group Islamic State has shot dead more than 60 people this week and hung some of their bodies from poles after alleging they had collaborated with Iraqi troops.
Islamic State suspect Subahani Haja Moideen has revealed that most youngsters from India who have joined the terror group are based in the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-declared caliph of Islamic State has been trapped by Iraqi Army in Mosul, a report claimed today.
Iraqi forces, fighting against Islamic States militant to recapture Mosul, have explored a network of tunnels and uncovered a bomb-making facility in a village near Mosul.
Around 900 Islamic State terrorists in Iraq were killed in the offensive to retake Mosul.
ISIS fighters, who often boast of their fearlessness and bravery, have been thoroughly exposed after they were caught fleeing Mosul wearing women’s clothing.
The United States today said that dislodging the terror group Islamic State from its self-declared capital, Mosul, will be a ‘significant strategic gain’.
An Iraqi military operation, backed by air and ground support from the U.S, was launched on early Monday morning to recapture the Mosul from Islamic State (IS) terror group.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants on Monday, launching the country on its toughest battle since American troops left
An ISIS operative, who got battle training in Iraq was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday and was planning to target judges of Kerala and foreign tourists, said sources. The accused, identified
The United States has decided to send 615 more troops to Iraq as the stage is set for an Iraqi-led battle to reclaim Mosul.
At least 11 members of Baghdad security forces today died in a triple suicide bombing against a security check point, a police officers said. The spokesman for the Salahuddin province police force, Col Mohammed al-Jabouri,
Islamic State militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on US and Iraqi troops in northern region, a Pentagon spokesman said.
A senior US State Department official has rejected reports suggesting that the policies administered by the Obama administration in Iraq led to the creation of dreaded terror group Islamic State.
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