BAGHDAD (AP) — Prisoners seized weapons and set off hours-long clashes with security guards at a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown that left 12 dead, including 10 guards, before dozens of inmates ...

Islamic State detainees are being transferred from northeastern Syria to Iraq, raising questions about managing the legacy of the war on terror, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad ...

BAGHDAD, May 9 (Reuters) - Fifty inmates and 12 police died in a prison escape organised by Islamic State, Iraqi officials said on Saturday, while supporters of the group acknowledged it staged the ...

Recent conflict between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria has again brought to the world's ...