A military operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State IS has begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says... READ MORE›
Iraqi denial Later on Thursday, Iraq's federal police issued a statement denying its forces had been involved in extrajudicial killings... READ MORE›
Some crucial villages on the road to Mosul were taken by Kurdish Peshmerga forces, he reported... READ MORE›
Iraqi security forces continued to battle Isil fighters who launched a diversionary attack in the city of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces have for the first time entered the eastern outskirts of Mosul, as they attempt to drive Islamic State IS militants from the northern city... READ MORE›
Mosul, about 250 miles north of Baghdad, is the Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, and the city has come to symbolize the group's rise here... READ MORE›
Before Iraqi security forces retook this area in August, Islamic State fighters placed explosives at about 20 wells, and snipers detonated them from afar... READ MORE›
The men cleaning up after Isis in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
Oct. 18, 2016 Smoke rises as people flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and members of the Islamic State terrorist group fleeing Mosul, Iraq... READ MORE›
"Some of the families were thrown out of their tents while they were still in them," said one refugee at the camp... READ MORE›
IS have long been suspected of making and using crude chemical weapons in territory it controls in Iraq and neighbouring Syria... READ MORE›
After the Mosul offensive, he says the Kurds will be pressing ahead with a referendum on independence in their areas... READ MORE›
People who are fleeing from clashes arrive in Qayyarah during an operation against Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, on Oct. 19... READ MORE›
Syrian activists claim at least 73 and as many as 125 civilians have been killed in contested northern city that has been hit in US-led effort against Isis... READ MORE›
QAYYARAH AIRFIELD, Iraq -- Just a few months ago, the sprawling airfield at Qayyarah, south of Mosul, was a base for Islamic State militants... READ MORE›
Mosul is the largest city under Islamic State control and is central to its narrative of having restored the Islamic caliphate... READ MORE›
However, in July ISIS lost the airport to Iraqi forces and a month later American engineers arrived to repair the 5,000-foot runway... READ MORE›
Mosul was where IS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate two years ago but is now the group's last major stronghold in Iraq... READ MORE›
Mr Collingburn believes the major roads into Mosul will be avoided due to the dangers left by IS fighters... READ MORE›
The footage captures vehicles surrounded by the Iraqi army servicemen scattered on the vast camp territory... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces and Kurdish forces have recaptured four villages from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant ISIL group near its stronghold of Mosul, reports say... READ MORE›
An air strike has killed at least 20 Iraqi pro-government Sunni tribal fighters in an area south of Mosul, according to the security forces and a minister... READ MORE›
On Saturday morning, a haze of white smoke covered the Qayyarah base, making anything more than a few hundred metres away difficult to see... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces have begun assembling several thousand troops in Makhmour, though many more will be needed to drive the militants from Mosul... READ MORE›
Biden made it clear that the United States supports the Turkish presence in Syria... READ MORE›
Men sit handcuffed and blindfolded under the watchful eye of a black-clad national security officer after escaping from their Isis-held towns south of Mosul hours before... READ MORE›
According to the ISIS' affiliated news agency Amaq, al-Adnani was killed while supervising battle lines in Aleppo province in northern Syria... READ MORE›
Both the Iraqi government and Iraqi senior military officers have remarked to me and to other Australian officials how valuable they find that, she said... READ MORE›
Militias backed by the Iraqi government are recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps, while mounting a key operation against Isis... READ MORE›
Ankara has refused, insisting that it play a role in the Mosul operation... READ MORE›
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