Palmyra, Syria fell to ISIS just days after the militants chased the Iraqi army out of Ramadi, Iraq, a city of 500,000. ISIS is on the offense, its momentum unbroken by the U.S.-led campaign of ...

In a neighborhood where a hidden bomb once lifted a 60-ton Abrams tank 5 feet off the ground, U.S. Army Capt. Jeff Kersey warily trains his assault rifle’s spotlight on reeking mounds of curbside ...

Ramadi, Iraq – Weapons locked, loaded and ready, a U.S. Marine platoon runs through this troubled city’s war-wrecked streets, hurling yellow, gray and violet smoke grenades to shroud their path.

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. A clash between Iraqi insurgents and U.S. Marines has resulted in the deaths of five girls, ...

Former Marine Bing West talks with Steve Inskeep about the efforts against insurgents in Ramadi. Bing has been to Ramadi nine times since 2003. He returned from an assignment there last week, ...

Next we'll talk to a recent visitor to Ramadi. He's Bing West, a retired Marine and - there really is no such thing as a retired Marine, is there, Mr. West? Mr. BING WEST (Veteran, U.S. Marines; ...

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- The U.S military is sending 1,500 soldiers in Kuwait to Anbar province. The soldiers are likely bound for the provincial capital, Ramadi, where U.S. military officials say ...

Hundreds of armed men marched through the capital of Anbar province as mosque loudspeakers broadcast a statement by the Mujahidin Shura Council. Cars also formed convoys in a show of strength in an ...

Mahmud Zaal, a correspondent for Baghdad Television, was killed on Tuesday while working in the Khalidiya area, about 20km east of Ramadi, said his station deputy director Thair Ahmad. The ...