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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS INCLUDE GLOBAL CALL FOR PEACE BY POPE FRANCIS
Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II, 90, did notA attendA the Christmas morning church service near her Sandringham estate inA Norfolk, England, because of a bad cold... READ MORE›
ISIS SENT FOUR CAR BOMBS THE LAST ONE HIT ME
Mr. Denton, a photographer for The New York Times, was with Iraqi counterterrorism forces as they began pushing toward Mosul last week... READ MORE›
MOST INTENSE DAY OF FIGHTING SINCE OFFENSIVE BEGAN
Iraqi military inflicts 'heavy losses' on isis in mosul... READ MORE›
FIERCE ISIL RESISTANCE AS IRAQI TROOPS MOVE ON MOSUL
Tens of thousands of troops are involved, while there are thought to be nearly 6,000 ISIL fighters in and around Mosul... READ MORE›
KURDS HEADING INTO THE TEETH OF ISIS OPEN A NEW FRONT
The hostages would be killed, the Islamic State had warned, it the pesh merga attacked... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL: IRAQI ARMY MAKING ADVANCE
For two days ISIL forced Iraqi security forces to declare a state of emergency in the northern city of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
IRAQI CHRISTIANS, SCARRED BY ISLAMIC STATE'S CRUELTY, DOUBT THEY WILL RETURN TO MOSUL
The Church of Mart Shmoni, damaged by Islamic State fighters, in Bartella, Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI ELITE UNIT, KURDISH FORCES IN FRESH PUSH TO CLOSE IN ON MOSUL
Ali Awni, a Kurdish officer, kept a handheld radio receiver open on a frequency used by Islamic State... READ MORE›
AS ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS ROUTED IN IRAQ, THEIR FAMILIES FEAR REPRISALS
Their husbands, sons and brothers are dead, but the women and children Islamic State militants left behind will live to pay the price for their actions... READ MORE›
IRAQ: SECURITY FORCES FIGHT ISIL GUNMEN IN KIRKUK
The Turkish president has also warned of sectarian bloodshed if the Iraqi army relies on Shia militias to retake Mosul, a predominantly Sunni city... READ MORE›
MOSUL FIGHT UNLEASHES NEW HORRORS ON CIVILIANS
The figure would be far higher had the Islamic State not begun forcing residents of those villages to relocate toward Mosul... READ MORE›
'WE USUALLY CRY WHEN WE WATCH THE NEWS'
Mosul residents confirm that enslaved Yazidis are still inside the city, where conditions for civilians are rapidly deteriorating... READ MORE›
SULPHUR CLOUD FROM TORCHED PLANT KILLS TWO IRAQIS
Fighting rages as nearly 1,000 treated for breathing problems following sulphur plant fire south of key Iraqi city... READ MORE›
IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES JOIN BATTLE TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISIS
The Kurdish forces, or peshmerga, who are also taking part in the offensive, announced a large-scale operation to the north and north-east of Mosul on Thursday... READ MORE›
IRAQI, KURDISH FORCES SAY THEY FEEL LET DOWN BY LEVEL OF U.S.-LED AIR SUPPORT
KANHASH, Iraq - Iraqi and Kurdish forces have relied heavily on U.S.-led coalition jets as they have won back territory from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
KURDISH FORCES VOW NO RETREAT UNTIL NINEVEH PLAINS ARE RETAKEN FROM ISIS
Peshmerga officers said the New Zealand SAS are also present... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE ON TOWN WHERE ISLAMIC STATE ACCUSED OF EXECUTIONS
Kurdish peshmerga fighters are also deployed on the eastern and northern fronts, and Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite militias are attacking Islamic State west of Mosul... READ MORE›
MILITANTS ENTER WESTERN IRAQI TOWN OF RUTBA
Meanwhile, Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched fresh attacks to the north-east of Mosul which is occupied by IS... READ MORE›
ATTACK ON KIRKUK AND CHEMICAL FIRE PUSH TROOPS BACK FROM MOSUL FRONTLINE
My views about Mosul have changed after what I saw in Kirkuk, said Karwan Hama Tata, a Kurdish fighter wounded in the fighting on Friday... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE FORCES ATTACK IRAQ'S OIL-RICH CITY OF KIRKUK
In Bartella, around six miles east of the outskirts of Mosul, the militants dispatched a barrage of 15 car bombs against the elite Iraqi forces... READ MORE›
DOZENS OF DECAPITATED BODIES FOUND AT SCHOOL NEAR MOSUL
The Iraqi Joint Command issued a brief statement condemning the Islamic State... READ MORE›
IRAQ 'INVESTIGATING MOSUL CLIFF KILLING VIDEO'
Human rights groups say they have received numerous witness reports of torture and executions in Mosul... READ MORE›
BITTERSWEET MASS AS TOWN NEAR MOSUL CELEBRATES FIRST CHRISTMAS SINCE 2013
The church was badly damaged during Islamic State's time in control of the town, with crosses taken down, statues of saints defaced and the chancel burnt... READ MORE›
RESIDENTS ON OUTSKIRTS OF MOSUL WAVE WHITE FLAGS AS TOP IRAQI COMMANDER DECLARES TRUE LIBERATION OF THE CITY HAS BEGUN
Daesh doesn't have enough men, so they defend with suicide trucks and roadside bombs, said Ahmed Majid, one of the Golden Division soldiers holding Bazwaya... READ MORE›
IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES JOIN BATTLE FOR MOSUL
The special forces advanced in some 150 Humvees decked with Iraqi flags and Shia religious banners... READ MORE›
SYRIA DENOUNCES QATAR FOR SAYING IT WILL CONTINUE TO BACK REBELS
The Syrian army and its allies have recently advanced in Aleppo, the insurgents' most important urban stronghold... READ MORE›
IS ATTACKS IRAQ CITY OF KIRKUK, POWER PLANT AMID MOSUL FIGHT
Kirkuk is some 170 kilometers 100 miles from the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, where Iraqi forces have been waging a wide-scale offensive since Monday... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES DRIVE ISIL OUT OF CHRISTIAN REGION NEAR MOSUL
While the Iraqi army is trying to advance from the south and east on ISIL positions, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters attacked settlements east of Mosul on Saturday... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S U.S.-TRAINED COUNTERTERRORISM TROOPS JOIN ATTACK ON MOSUL
Kurdish forces have also opened a new front against the Islamic State, attacking from the north... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL: IRAQ FORCES CLOSE IN ON MORE VILLAGES
Iraqi forces have fought their way into two villages near Mosul as the offensive to retake city enters its second week... READ MORE›