October 2016

An Iraqi paramilitary coordination group made up of Iranian-backed Shiite militias has been ordered to cut the Islamic State (IS) militant group's access to Syria in northern Iraq, in a bid to prevent thousands of jihadists fleeing to the…

Iraqi militia fighters are flocking to Syria to bolster the Assad regime's rebel headquarters in Aleppo, further complicating the tangled web of alliances the United States relies on to fight the Islamic State, which can turn an ally into…