MENA News U.S. forces embedding more to help Iraqis seize Mosul Ghada Ismail Dec 24, 2016 0 U.S. forces assisting Iraqi troops to retake Mosul from Islamic State are embedding more extensively, a senior…
MENA News Islamic State strikes back to slow Iraqi forces in Mosul Ghada Ismail Dec 5, 2016 0 Islamic State fighters retreating in the face of a seven-week Iraqi military assault on their Mosul stronghold…
MENA News Water cuts and rising food prices leave Mosul facing crisis Ghada Ismail Nov 30, 2016 0 Fighting between Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants has cut water supplies across a large part of Mosul,…
MENA News Mosul battle: Iraq militias ‘cut off IS access to city’ Ghada Ismail Nov 24, 2016 0 An Iraqi paramilitary force says it has seized a key road west of Mosul, effectively encircling the city controlled…
MENA News Civilian casualties from Mosul are overwhelming capacity, U.N. warns Ghada Ismail Nov 20, 2016 0 Mounting civilian casualties from fighting in eastern Mosul between Iraqi forces and Islamic State are overwhelming…
MENA News After IS kidnap and oppression, Iraqi girls eager to get lives back Ghada Ismail Nov 20, 2016 0 The first thing Iraqi teenager Afrah did when she escaped Islamic State captivity near Mosul was to remove her face…
MENA News Iraqi militia threatens Islamic State’s supply route to Syria Ghada Ismail Nov 17, 2016 0 Iraqi Shi'ite militias said on Wednesday they had driven Islamic State fighters from an air base west of Mosul,…
MENA News Iraqi forces retake historical town of Nimrud Ghada Ismail Nov 14, 2016 0 Iraqi government forces say they have captured Nimrud, the site of an ancient Assyrian city overrun by Islamic…
MENA News Iraqi army says advances in Mosul, despite suicide bombers Ghada Ismail Nov 13, 2016 0 Iraqi special forces backed by U.S. and Iraqi air power took control of two districts of eastern Mosul on Saturday…
MENA News Iraqi special forces seize Mosul district in fresh push Ghada Ismail Nov 12, 2016 0 Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State…