The US military has been winding down its operations in Iraq after years of battling ISIS. Iraqi special-operations forces are continuing that fight against the remnants of the terrorist group.

In the ISOF battalion that photographer Nish Nalbandian and I recently shadowed, eight were killed in the last month of their Mosul campaign. Many more died earlier during their effort to retake ...

As the Republic of Iraq's Special Forces community continues to grow in numbers and capability, the Iraqi Special Operations Forces' 1st Brigade media department documents every step of the way ...

ISOF has been heavily used this year, both in hunting down terrorists, and working with American troops to clear out anti-government forces that still control many towns in western (Sunni Arab) Iraq.

Iraqi Special Operations Forces . The Iraqi Special Operations Force (ISOF) Operator Training Course graduated 36 personnel in October. This extremely challenging class had started with 1,200 students ...

Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) will consider the future training and materiel requirements of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) following the eradication of the self-proclaimed ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A member of Iraqi Special Operations Forces pays his respects during a memorial service held in Baghdad July 28, honoring their comrades who died during a ...

FALLUJAH, Iraq — Iraq's counterterrorism forces, known as the Golden Division, were once so loathed that they were nicknamed the "Dirty Division." They were accused of running secret prisons and ...

Iraq’s most coveted special forces unit suffered a nearly 40 percent casualty rate in its drive to liberate the dense city of over one million inhabitants, according to a U.S. Defense Department ...