IRAQ

Series of car bomb explosions in Damascus, Syria killed several and left more than a dozen wounded, including a suicide bomber who blew himself up after being surrounded by the security forces.

ISIS has carried out numerous atrocities against the members of the Yazidi community, slaughtered and killed thousands of innocent people and forced women and children of the religious minority to become sex slaves.

President Donald Trump said he was "particularly gratified" the apex court's decision to revive parts of the ban was 9-0.

Just days ahead of Eid Al-Fitr, Saudi Arabia law enforcement officials said a man who was planning to attack Mecca's Grand Mosque blew himself up after being surrounded by police.

From Lyudmila Pavlichenko to Hanna Böhman, female snipers have provided valuable contributions on the battlefield.

A Canadian soldier made history recently after shattering the world record for longest-range sniper kill in history.

Russian media cited Sergei Lavrov saying with high degree of certainty that the ISIS leader was eliminated last month. 

The Canada Special Forces marksman shot from a distance of 3,450 meters and hit his target, breaking the previous record by almost 1000 meters.

The U.S. and Iraq said that ISIS blew up the mosque while ISIS said U.S. warplanes were responsible for the Mosul's big loss Wednesday, reports said.

Turki al-Binali was a close confidant of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and had a central role in provoking terrorist attacks around the world,said Combined Joint Task Force.

On Sunday, U.S. fighter plane shot down a Syrian jet after the Syrian plane dropped bombs near U.S.-backed coalition forces. On the same day, Iran too launched missiles targeting the Islamic State group in Syria.

Eid Al-Fitr dates may vary this year, depending on which country gets to sight the new moon first.

Over the years, several reports claiming to have captured, wounded or killed Baghdadi have surfaced, ultimately proving to be untrue.

Airstrikes aren't always hitting their targets.

Death tolls are rising in the battle.

Although Raqqa is surrounded from the east, north and west, ISIS is doing everything in its power to maintain control of its de facto capital.

The two Chinese nationals who were abducted by ISIS last month were reportedly executed, the Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying stated.

It's been a deadly two weeks in Iraq.

Mohamad Khweis said he only joined the terrorist group to know what the Islamic State group was like and that after a few months, he realized the terrorist group was not for him.

Former FBI Director James Comey may have been spot-on about how ISIS would expand and how the United States may have affected its spread.

"Black service members were substantially more likely than white service members to face military justice or disciplinary action."