A senior Iraqi general predicts the battle for IS-held Tal Afar to be relatively easy, with IS militants “worn out and demoralised” after their Mosul defeat. A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory [ More … ]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it has “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Tuesday that it had [ More … ]
Iraqi forces fought to eliminate the last pockets of Islamic State group resistance in Mosul on Monday after PM Abadi visited the devastated city to congratulate troops on securing victory. Iraqi forces fought to eliminate [ More … ]
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has arrived in Mosul to congratulate troops on their victory over the Islamic State group after an eight-month battle to liberate the city. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in [ More … ]
The Iraqi army on Thursday announced that it had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a ‘caliphate’ in 2014. The Iraqi army has announced the recapture of [ More … ]
Iraqi forces battled deep into the devastated historical heart of Mosul and closed in fast on the last pockets of IS, retaking two thirds of the Old City on Sunday. Iraqi forces have retaken two [ More … ]
Iraqi forces started storming the Daesh-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, a military statement said. The historic district is the last still under control of the militants in the city which used to be their [ More … ]
Moscow says its jets may have killed leader of world’s most notorious terror organisation in a May airstrike. If true it would be a major propaganda coup for the Russians. Moscow says its jets may [ More … ]
The recapture of Mosul from Islamic State group will be complete in one week, local reports said on Monday, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issues orders to prepare for celebrations. The recapture of Mosul from [ More … ]
Pentagon admits Mosul strike killed 105 civilians, but blames ISIL for placing explosives in site sheltering civilians. A US-led air raid in March against a building in the Iraqi city of Mosul killed at least [ More … ]
Iraqi forces and militias deployed to fight the Islamic State group from Mosul, ISIS last stronghold in Iraq, have abused civilians according to The New Arab news website. In a team of seven foreign reporters [ More … ]
Aid group operating in Mosul reports six-fold increase in civilians arriving at a camp for displaced people over two days. The number of people fleeing the ongoing battle in the Iraqi city of Mosul is [ More … ]
Anti-IS Iraqi forces continue to make gains in western Mosul as the militants offer increasingly limited resistance to the coalition-backed advance. Iraqi forces announced on Tuesday they had retaken yet another neighbourhood of western Mosul, [ More … ]
Iraq’s paramilitary Shiite militias captured the northern province of Hatra on Thursday, cutting off several desert tracks used by Islamic State to move between Iraq and Syria, sources close to the militias said. At the [ More … ]
A number of dead bodies have been washing up along Iraq’s Tigris River bearing marks of torture, while no one knew who they were belonging to or who killed them. At the height of its power [ More … ]
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