The number of Iraqi civilians killed in acts of violence since the beginning of the year has significantly dropped, largely due to defeat of the ISIL terrorist group, United Nations and a monitor have said. Reports released this week by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the ...
Iraq launched an airstrike on an ISIL target inside neighboring Syria Thursday, the military said. F-16 fighter jets destroyed a building where members of the terror group’s leadership were operating, it said in a statement. ISIL, which once occupied a third of Iraq’s land, has been defeated in the country ...