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Video of the Islamic State Obliterating the Tomb of Jonah Emerges
Militants from the Islamic State lined the holy site in Mosul with explosives and demolished the building in a matter of seconds.
Car Bombs Rip Through Baghdad as Iraq's New President Is Named
Two parked cars packed with explosives detonated this evening just hours after lawmakers named a new president.
Inside Baghdad's Increasingly Crowded Morgue
VICE News visited Baghdad morgue, where bodies are beginning to arrive at the fastest rate in years, and many appear to have been executed.
Dozens Killed in Baghdad Suicide Attack
A bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at a checkpoint packed with families traveling to a Shiite shrine, killing 24.
Iraq's Christians Flee Mosul and Fear for Their Safety in Baghdad
As the last Christians in Mosul flee from an Islamic State ultimatum, those in the rest of the country say they too fear for their safety.
In Syria, the Enemy of America's Enemy Is Still a Lousy Friend
If the US aligns itself with the Assad regime to battle ISIS, it will only encourage the conditions that produced ISIS in the first place.
Iraq's ISIS Crisis Puts Long Disputed Oil-Rich Kirkuk Back Into Kurdish Hands
Alongside the Kurds, Kirkuk has large Turkmen and Shiite Arab populations. All three groups have conflicting historic claims to the region.
Mosul Residents Enjoy Calmer Lives Under ISIS Control, For Now
Many feared brutal violence when ISIS fighters took Iraq's second city. Instead, they're acting with moderation and gaining local support.
'We Are Prepared to Defend Kurds in Iraq at Any Cost'
Cemil Bayik, longtime military leader and cofounder of the PKK, sat down with us in Iraq to discuss the Kurdish response to ISIS.
ISIS Is Radicalizing Kidnapped Kurdish Students
After kidnapping 600 Kurdish students last month, the extremists still have 150 boys and are reportedly giving them an Islamic “education.”
ISIS Fighters Roll Across Iraq — Until They See the Peshmerga
Kurdish peshmerga troops holding territory in Iraq currently maintain an uneasy truce with ISIS, but few of them expect it to last.
Now Even ISIS Has Its Very Own Whistleblower
The mysterious Twitter account @wikibaghdady has been spilling ISIS's secrets to the world, but some say it doesn't always get it right.