Spain temporarily relocated its special forces from Iraq — deployed to combat the IS extremist group — due to deteriorating ...

BRITISH troops in an Iraq Special Forces base have fired so many missiles at Iranian drones more rockets had to be flown in.

BAZWAYA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's special forces have begun an assault on Mosul, part of operations to drive the Islamic State group from the country's second city. Troops have opened up with artillery, ...

(AP) -- The United States is deploying up to 275 military troops to Iraq to protect the U.S. Embassy and other American interests and is considering sending a contingent of special forces soldiers as ...

MOSUL, Iraq-Islamic State fighters launched counterattacks Saturday against Iraqi special forces in eastern Mosul, emerging from populated areas deeper in the city to target the troops with mortars ...

Iranian forces have provided advice and other assistance, including funding for various militias fighting IS in Iraq. The CTS is an elite Iraqi special forces unit that has spearheaded assaults in ...

MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi forces slowly advanced on Monday to retake the last patch of ground in Mosul where Daesh (the so-called IS) militants are holding on to a tiny sliver of the Old City, west of the ...