BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb blast killed at least one person and injured more than a dozen the Iraqi town of al-Qaim on the Syrian border on Friday, a statement from Iraq's military said. The ...

Iraqi forces on Friday entered Al-Qaim, the main town in the Islamic State group’s last bastion in the country, military commanders said. Early Friday morning, Iraqi forces unleashed a barrage of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraqi army commanders visit by helicopter a military base near a border crossing with Syria at Al-Qaim ANBAR (Reuters) -Iraq has ...

ERBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have entered al-Qaim, one of the last remaining territories in the country still held by Islamic State militants, the Joint Operations Command said on Friday. Units ...

Iraq sent armoured vehicles on Monday to reinforce its long border with Syria, in a bid to ease concerns after a surprise offensive in the neighbouring country by Islamist-led insurgents. The ...

Iranian-backed militias are seeking to benefit from the clashes between the Syrian transitional government and the Syrian Democratic Forces. The US backed the SDF in the war against ISIS. In clashes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraqi security forces stand guard during a funerary procession for a slain member of Iraq The most recent attacks have targeted a ...

Iraq and Syria have reopened a major border crossing that was shut for security reasons six months ago. Syria said on Saturday that it had reopened the Al-Qaim-Buakamal crossing and Iraq has confirmed ...

ANBAR (Reuters) -Iraq has officially reopened the Qaim border crossing with Syria for trade and passenger traffic, a spokesman for the Iraqi border authority said on Saturday, marking a key step in ...