ISIS battling for 2 big prizes in Iraq

Iraqi forces, U.S. airstrikes try to keep Ramadi, just 70 miles west of Baghdad, and the nation's biggest oil refinery out of ISIS hands

• Apr 16, 2015

​Religious, political tensions hamper fight against ISIS in Iraq

U.S. airstrikes have been successful but the different parties at play are complicating battle efforts

• Apr 14, 2015

Jamaican teen arrested in attempt to join ISIS

The 16-year-old was stopped in Suriname after authorities suspected he was trying to get to the middle east to join the militants

• Apr 12, 2015

Iraqi city of Nimrud stood for 3,000 years, until ISIS

One of the world's great archaeological treasures shown being reduced to dust by extremists with bombs and power tools in new video

• Apr 12, 2015

Bombing attacks in Egypt kill and injure multiple people

Casualties from the twin bombings were mostly policemen in northern Sinai

• Apr 12, 2015

Kansas man accused of suicide bomb plot at Army base

20-year-old John Booker planned to detonate a bomb at Fort Riley, authorities say

• Apr 10, 2015

If Tsarnaev gets death penalty, will extremists promote it as martyrdom?

As the Boston Marathon bomber faces the sentencing phase, NYPD's John Miller discusses the implications of the penalties

• Apr 9, 2015

ISIS-allied hackers claim worrying new attack

Group calling itself the Cybercaliphate manages to take down a global French TV network's 11 channels and website

• Apr 9, 2015

ISIS frees dozens of Yazidi women, kids

Kurdish official in Iraq says more than 200 freed members of minority sect are in poor health, showing signs of abuse

• Apr 8, 2015

​Spike in homegrown terror cases tests FBI's capabilities

The agency worries the volume of U.S. cases could eventually be too great to handle in a traditional way

• Apr 7, 2015

Iraq confronts grim legacy left by ISIS in Tikrit

Forensic teams begin digging up mass grave believed to contain remains of hundreds of soldiers killed by extremists a year ago

• Apr 7, 2015

Fourth man charged in alleged plot to aid ISIS

The suspect is accused of attempting to provide material support for terrorists and is believed to have helped others travel to Syria

• Apr 6, 2015

U.K. teen boy and girl arrested on terror charges

The boy, 14, and girl, 16, were taken into custody by authorities who believed they were preparing terrorist acts

• Apr 5, 2015

Beating ISIS in battle leaves bigger test for Iraq

Now that Saddam Hussein's hometown has been retaken from extremists, the Iraqi government faces its biggest challenge to its rule

• Apr 5, 2015

​Historic Christian library in Iraq saved from ISIS

Dozens of handwritten documents, some more than a thousand years old, removed from monastery and hidden as ISIS advanced on Mosul

• Apr 3, 2015

Philly woman accused of trying to "martyr herself" for ISIS

Prosecutors say 30-year-old Keonna Thomas attempted to travel overseas to fight with the terror group

• Apr 3, 2015

2 NYC women accused of domestic bomb plot

U.S. citizens arrested after an undercover investigation determined they were trying to build a homemade bomb

• Apr 2, 2015

Archaeologists fighting to save what ISIS may destroy

Shelling and looting by the extremists is decimating ancient artifacts that date back millenia; but one group is trying to offset the damage

• Apr 1, 2015

Iraq claims "magnificent victory" over ISIS

Officials say Saddam Hussein's hometown has been clawed back from militant group, and vow ISIS' stronghold in the country is next

• Apr 1, 2015

ISIS makes deepest foray yet into Damascus

If extremist group gains full control of refugee camp, they can potentially threaten the heart of the capital

• Apr 1, 2015

ISIS reportedly massacres dozens in Syrian village

New atrocity pinned on Sunni extremist group in central Hama province just a week after they claim to behead 8 in same area

• Mar 31, 2015

ISIS being dislodged from Saddam's hometown

After month of fighting and finally a reluctant ask for U.S. help, Iraq says gov't troops have reached center of Tikrit

• Mar 31, 2015

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 60 Minutes

Charlie Rose interviews the Syrian dictator as a four-year-old civil war drags on in which his regime has been accused of devastating attacks on civilians

• Mar 29, 2015

​Iraq begrudgingly asks U.S. for help in battle of Tikrit

The U.S. accepted the offer to help drive ISIS out of the city but under one major condition

• Mar 27, 2015

​Saudi Arabia calls up American expertise in bombing of Yemen

The Saudis want help in stopping the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from advancing in Yemen

• Mar 27, 2015

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