Battle for Mosul: IS are ‘just beards’, survivor says
Since the Iraqi and Kurdish armies began an operation to re-capture Mosul, some 17,000 people living in the…
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Mosul battle: Iraqi special forces ‘break front line’
Iraqi forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in Mosul have broken through the front line without suffering…
Mosul battle: Iraqi PM Abadi urges IS to surrender
The prime minister of Iraq has urged the Islamic State group to surrender as government troops close in on its last…
Key Iraqi town targeted in Mosul battle
Iraq's Shia militia groups say they have launched an attack against Islamic State militants west of Mosul, as the…
ISIS using tens of thousands as human shields in Mosul
Islamic State forces in Iraq have abducted tens of thousands of men, women and children from areas around Mosul and…
Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul
Islamic State fighters kept up on Wednesday their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has…
IS executes dozens of prisoners near Mosul, officials say
Islamic State militants have in recent days executed dozens of prisoners taken from villages the group has been…
Amnesty says U.S. coalition underestimated impact on civilians in Syria
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants has not taken enough precautions to avoid civilian…
Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further
It has taken two years of training a demoralized army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the…
Mosul offensive: Turkish and Kurdish forces launch attacks on IS
Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq to…