350,000 Children Trapped In West Mosul
Around 350,000 children are trapped in western Mosul, Save the Children warned on Sunday as Iraqi forces launched a fresh ...
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US-Led Coalition Praises ‘militias’ Fighting In Iraq
The US-led coalition assisting Iraqi forces in their war on the Islamic State group on Sunday praised the militias involved ...
Key Dates In Battle For Mosul
Iraqi government forces launched a major offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group on October ...
Forces Battling IS In Iraq’s Mosul Theatre
A wide array of Iraqi and international forces are involved in the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State ...
Iraq PM Announces Launch of Operation On West Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced the launch of military operations to retake west Mosul from the Islamic ...
Iraq’s Bashiqa Brings Back the Booze To Clear IS Hangover
Surrounded by the ruins of pastel-coloured buildings still bearing slogans glorifying the Islamic State's "caliphate", Wissam Ghanem is having a ...
IS Leaders Leaving Syria’s Raqa, Pentagon Says
Leaders of the Islamic State group are leaving their Syrian stronghold of Raqa, fleeing in the face of the Arab-Kurd ...
In ‘liberated’ Mosul, Residents Say Danger Remains
The Iraqi forces that retook east Mosul from jihadists last month have moved on to their next battle, leaving a ...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 48
At least 48 people have been killed in Baghdad in the third blast in the Iraqi capital in three days, ...
Assad Vows To Retake Raqa and ‘every Inch’ of Syria
President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday said Raqa is not a priority target for his forces, saying his goal is to ...
Baghdad Blast ‘kills 18’ In Shia District of Sadr City
At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a predominantly Shia suburb of the Iraqi capital ...
Baghdad Suicide Car Bomb Kills Nine
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in a Shiite majority neighbourhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least nine ...
West Mosul Eating Once A Day and Bracing For Worse
As the noose tightens around holdout jihadists in west Mosul, so does the belt around the waists of hundreds of ...
UN ‘extremely Concerned’ Over Conditions In West Mosul
Living conditions in west Mosul, where jihadists are hunkering down among 750,000 Iraqi civilians, are deteriorating fast and a source ...
Valentine’s Day Returns To Iraq’s IS-Free East Mosul
Valentine's Day returned Tuesday to the eastern sector of the Iraqi city of Mosul from where the Islamic State group ...
Thousands In Iraq Pay Homage To Victims of Baghdad Protest
Thousands of Iraqis, mostly supporters of prominent cleric Moqtada Sadr, gathered in Baghdad Tuesday to pay their respects to seven ...
Free Hairdos Boost Displaced Iraqi Women
Twice a month, beautician Chnoor Khezri takes her equipment to a camp near Mosul and gives displaced Iraqi women who ...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Four
A car bomb exploded in an industrial area of south Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least four people, Iraqi police ...
Iraq Forces Foil IS Attempt To Flee To Syria
Iraqi forces have thwarted an attempt by around 200 jihadist fighters to flee their bastion of Tal Afar towards Syria, ...
Efforts To Fight Terrorism In Syria Cannot Succeed Without Political Solution
Efforts to fight terrorism and extremists in Syria cannot succeed without a political solution supported by its people, the UN ...