Middle East Eye - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in the northeastern city of Khanaqin Three Shia Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern Iraqi city of Khanaqin on Tuesday, police said. The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attack, the ...

Even as a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran is considering cooperation with the US to check the insurgent advance in Iraq, Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani was putting out a far different message on Friday. Larijani told a conference in Tehran that the US was responsible for the Islamic State of Iraq and as-Sham, which has led the insurgency:...