A New Jersey man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen firearms after prosecutors accused him of scheming to sell several guns believed to have belonged to the family of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
The Islamist terror group ISIS on Friday launched a major assault on Kirkuk. The organization, which calls itself the "Islamic State" and controls large swaths of land in Syria and Iraq, is apparently renewing its efforts to take the city 147 miles north of Baghdad.
The fate of two Japanese hostages held by the Islamist terror group ISIS was unclear on Friday after a deadline to pay ransom for their release had passed. The "Islamic State, which controls large swaths of land in Iraq and Syria, had demanded $200 million to free them.
On Friday, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud vowed to the policies of his predecessor, the late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, as he took over the reign of Saudi Arabia, one of the closest Middle East allies of the United States. The new ruler called for unity among his region's countries in a period of widespread unrest.
In last night's State of the Union address, President Baracl Obama celebrated the fact that "fewer than 15,000" U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan and Iraq. For Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, however, that is not a cause for optimism.
ISIS hacked into U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and began posting threats, documents and propaganda videos. Both accounts have since been suspended.
U.S. and coalition forces on Sunday and Monday launched 20 airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon announced in a statement. Meanwhile, reports emerged on Monday that the terrorist group had executed more than 100 of its members whose loyalty it deemed "questionable."
Some 60 journalists around the world lost their lives in the course of their work in 2014, the Committee to Protect Journalists said, and more than 40 percent of them were murdered.
On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry appeared before a Senate committee to ask the U.S. legislature for greater powers in the fight against ISIS. These would give the U.S. military greater freedom in its current fight but also blur the extent of American involvement.
Footage shows Iran has become more involved in the fight against ISIS. A recently released video shows an Iranian fighter plane attacking ISIS positions within Iraq. However, the Iranian government denies their involvement despite visual evidence and U.S. tacit acknowledgement.
Iraqi forces broke the Islamic State group's siege of the country's largest oil refinery in the northern town of Baiji Saturday, after jihadists had control of it for months.
In an effort to dispel rumors that its leader had been killed, ISIS on Thursday released a 17-minute audio recording of a man purported to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Smoke rises as a house is blown up by Egyptian security forces in northern Sinai. The government is trying to choke off the militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which has pledged its allegiance to ISIS.
The United Nations agency tasked with protecting refugees worries that as many as a million people who fled violence in Iraq and Syria may be left "without proper help" in the coming winter.
A series of airstrikes carried out by United States, Iraqi and coalition aircrafts against the Islamic State positions and troops may have wounded the group's elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Iraqi officials announced that the leader was wounded, but American officials did not confirm al-Baghdadi's status.
Two bomb attacks killed at least 34 people and injured dozens in and around Baghdad, Monday. Two bomb attacks killed at least 34 people and injured dozens in and around Baghdad Monday.
The war in Syria and Iraq may be intensifying if reports that former Iraqi pilots are training ISIL to fly captured Syrian military planes are proven true.
