US jets fire flares to warn Russian jets in Syria... READ MORE›
Mosul airport 1 80 Tigris River 2 miles Nineveh Ruins 1 Mosul Amusement Park 2 Mosul The center of government is on the western side of the river... READ MORE›
The capture of the Mosul University campus, seized by ISIL fighters when they took over the city in 2014, came after two days of intense clashes... READ MORE›
A terrorist car bomb attack struck near car dealerships in Bayaa, a spokesperson for the Baghdad Operations Command said in a statement... READ MORE›
The old city lies on the western bank of the Tigris river that cuts Mosul in two halves... READ MORE›
OPINION Chemical dangers in the battle for Mosul People are also worried about what will happen once Iraqi forces move into the west of the city... READ MORE›
Iraqi forces have freed dozens of villages in their advance on Mosul, yet more than 1 million civilians are still trapped in the ISIS-held city... READ MORE›
At the same time, the Islamic State has herded thousands of civilians to Mosul to be used as human shields... READ MORE›
Aid organizations and Iraqi authorities say Islamic State was trying to prevent civilians from leaving so as to use them as human shields... READ MORE›
Islamic State still controls the mosque's grounds and about half of the territory in the Old City, its last redoubt in Mosul... READ MORE›
After hundreds killed by Isis car bomb, Haidar al-Abadi orders corruption inquiry into James McCormick handheld wands... READ MORE›
Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, a spokesman for the coalition fighting Islamic State, also confirmed that the advisors had entered the city limits of Mosul... READ MORE›
May's party, once led by Margaret Thatcher, is traditionally close to the business community and draws much of its funds from individual donations... READ MORE›
The Iraqi government says Nimrud was bulldozed last year as part of Islamic State's campaign to destroy symbols which the Sunni Muslim zealots consider idolatrous... READ MORE›
Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul... READ MORE›
But security forces faced ferocious resistance from several hundred militants hunkered down among thousands of civilians in the maze of alleyways in Mosul's Old City... READ MORE›
They recaptured the eastern half of the city in January and launched assaults on the western side, across the Tigris river, on Feb. 19... READ MORE›
Conflict Armament Research CAR said the Sunni militant group was promoting the development of 'own-brand' weapons to provide its insurgents with otherwise unavailable armaments... READ MORE›
The latest Iraqi government push is part of a broader offensive in Mosul, now in its eighth month... READ MORE›
Iraqi government forces regained eastern Mosul in January, then a month later began the offensive on the western side that includes the Old City... READ MORE›
Iraqi special forces are holding their positions in Mosul a day after entering the Islamic State-held city for the first time since 2014... READ MORE›
The government has found no solution to the regular bombings by the Islamic State militant group... READ MORE›
Iraq resumes offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State prime minister says... READ MORE›
Iraq's state-run Iraqia News TV said on Saturday that PM Haider al-Abadi had travelled to Mosul and had inspected front-line combat units... READ MORE›
Iraqi officials have sought to play down the risk but Washington urged its citizens to make contingency plans now... READ MORE›
US Special Forces troops have been active in Mosul and, according to Iraqi commanders, have clashed directly with Isis militants... READ MORE›
36 COMMENTEMAILMORE WASHINGTON Islamic State militants launched a suicide attack against a base in western Iraq where U... READ MORE›
Ramadi Assault Iraqi Forces in Center of ISIS-Held City, Official Says... READ MORE›
Helicopters strafed the area as elite Iraqi counterterrorism forces prepared to storm it on foot... READ MORE›
Government forces on Saturday also gained control of Hammam al-Alil, about 15 km 10 miles south of Mosul on the Tigris river, despite fierce resistance, the army said... READ MORE›
Indeed, it took the Iraqi security forces six months to retake Ramadi, after government troops fled the city in May under an Islamic State onslaught... READ MORE›
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