(Reuters) U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled their way to within firing range of Mosul’s main government buildings, a major target in the offensive to dislodge
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(Reuters) The families cowered in basements, huddling in the dark as war raged overhead between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants fighting for control of the streets of Mosul.
(Reuters) Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge on Monday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river, as thousands of civilians fled the
(Reuters) U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul on Sunday, aiming to capture a bridge across the Tigris which would link the city’s government-held eastern
(Reuters) U.S.-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul on Saturday after retaking the city’s airport from Islamic State and punching into built-up areas of the
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army forces held off an attack by Islamic State militants on Monday at western Anbar, an army commander said in statements. Brig. Gen. Nawman al-Zawbai,
(Reuters) U.S.-backed Iraqi forces fought Islamic State fighters on Monday to clear the way to Mosul’s airport, on the second day of a ground offensive on
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three children died late Sunday when a landmine planted by Islamic State militants in Ramadi, according to officials in Anbar. The three kids, aged 9-13 years,
(Reuters) If Islamic State is driven from its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, it will switch tactics to wage an insurgency from mountains and deserts, a top Kurdish intelligence official
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) An attack by Islamic State militants at checkpoint in Diyala on Thursday left one tribal fighter injured, news reports quoted a security source as saying. IS