Terrorism in Iraq

A 62-year-old veteran sniper has killed at least 173 ISIS fighters in Iraq after he volunteered to join the fight against jihad in his home country.

A footage shows Abu Tahseen allegedly shooting and hitting a militant from the mountains in Iraq.

Mr Tahseen has fought in five conflicts and he is an expert in spotting the target and shooting it.

Russia’s involvement in the Syrian conflict has undoubtedly turned the tide in favour of the Syrian government forces on the ground against the FSA and all other radical Islamist groups. TV network ‘Russia Today’ presents the 10 most dramatic hits against ISIS targets by the Russian military air-force campaign since it commenced its bombing campaign in 2015.

The IS/Daesh jihadists have released a new shocking propaganda video purportedly showing the moments three Iraqi men accused of spying being beheaded. The voiceover refers to the air bombings against the self proclaimed Islamic state by a ‘coalition of crusaders’. The video vows to take direct revenge against the west with acts of brute violence.

Following the latest news about intensified preparations to launch an operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul, it has stepped up its assaults in various parts of Iraq in recent weeks. Most recently last week, it carried out a suicide attack with an explosives-laden fuel tanker at the main checkpoint near Hillah, a Shia city 95 km south of Baghdad, killing at l

Two people have been killed, including a toddler, while two others have been wounded as eight Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) rocket projectiles hit the southeastern border province of Kilis. The military fired back at ISIL targets within the rules of engagement. 

Continuous violence has left at least 670 Iraqis dead in February, of whom about two-thirds were civilians, the United Nations said.

In Iraq, the death toll from devastating back-to-back market bombings carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group the previous day in eastern Baghdad climbed to 73 on Feb. 29, officials said.

Several of the critically wounded died overnight while 112 people remain in hospital, two police officials said.

Bombings claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group killed at least 24 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Feb. 28, the deadliest attacks to hit the Iraqi capital this year.

Days after expressing his pleasure over seeing his U.S. counterpart agree with Turkey over the "unreliability" of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the military wing of Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD), Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has once more accused Washington of making conflicting statements about the YPG and PYD, urging U.S.

An Iraqi court on Feb. 18 sentenced 40 men to death over the June 2014 massacre by jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, a statement said.

The central criminal court in Baghdad found 40 of 47 defendants guilty of involvement in the "Speicher" massacre, named after the base near where the victims were captured before being executed.