Al Qaeda in Iraq, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia), and the al-Shabab group in Somalia have all used the same flag, he says. “The most important thing is the ...

Syrian security personnel gather at the border-crossing between Al-Bukamal in Syria and Al-Qaim in Iraq, ... carry flags during a ceremony in Baghdad on June 21, 2018, ...

Across the regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Armenia known collectively (but never officially recognised) as Kurdistan by Kurds, a wide network of political parties, armed groups and ...

US soldiers carry the Iraqi and US national flags during a flag retirement ceremony on Dec. 15, 2011 at Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, marking the end of the US military engagement in the country.

The FBI said they recovered an Islamic State group flag, which is black with white lettering, from the vehicle. (AP Photo ... IS had seized stunning amounts of territory in Iraq and Syria by 2014.

1. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the new public enemy No. 1. Little is known about the man shepherding thousands of radicals between Syria and Iraq.