
Iraqi authorities have uncovered a mass grave in the country’s northern province of Kirkuk that contains the remains of dozens of civilians believed to have been executed by ISIL Takfiri terrorists when they were in control of the area. Adel Ismail, a lieutenant-colonel in the Iraqi federal police force, told media ...

The Kurdish-dominated force in Syria warned Thursday that a US Syria troop pullout could allow the ISIL Takfiri group to “rebuild”. “It will have a negative impact on the counterterrorism campaign,” the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US-led coalition’s main military partner in the battle against IS, said in a statement. ...